[pono]

Hiya. I was simply wondering, what small species that people are keeping do they find bold, and do not leg it as soon as they see you? I am going to hopefully get some more phelsuma but my ornata darts away if i poke my head around the door lol. Thanks,

Ed

[Wanderer]

klemmeri are rather bold and robust in my experience. my male lineata is rather brave and outgoing. grandis are always visible.

these are my observations

[hexentanz]

P. klemmeri for sure! P. Laticauda is also another choice.

Not Phelsuma, but if you want some really small geckos which are bold, look at Lygodactylus kimhowelli and williamsi. They can be kept pretty similar to Phelsuma.

[adamkwas]

I agree. P. klemmeri are very bold; inquisitive too!

[pono]

Ok thanks. I'm really liking the look of klemmeri, but also yesterday i saw some L williamsi and L Kimhowelli and they were awesome little characters! Also, I was wonedring what P borbonica, P guttata and P asriata are are like in terms of boldness from peoples personal experience? Cheers,

Ed

[kaikara]

From what my breeder told me and my own experience with them Pea****s (P. quadriocellata) tend to be pretty bold and inquisitive. I have seen them in displays and they don't seem to hide all that much. You might want to look into them too even though they are kind of a medium sized day gecko.

[adamkwas]

If you're looking to spend a little more than klemmeri, and search a little harder for a male, you may look into P. guimbeaui - I know they're one of your favorite species! - my males are VERY bold and with the females it is a hit-and-miss. I have one very shy female, yet the other two are very bold. The guimbeaui aren't too hard to care for (especially since you have experience with ornata), they just need the correct temperature in order to thrive. I was honestly blown away by the guimbeaui!

Good luck

[pono]

Originally Posted by kaikara

From what my breeder told me and my own experience with them Pea****s (P. quadriocellata) tend to be pretty bold and inquisitive. I have seen them in displays and they don't seem to hide all that much. You might want to look into them too even though they are kind of a medium sized day gecko.

Aweosme. Do you know what Q. Parva are like in terms of boldness rather than Q. quads?

Originally Posted by adamkwas

If you're looking to spend a little more than klemmeri, and search a little harder for a male, you may look into P. guimbeaui - I know they're one of your favorite species! - my males are VERY bold and with the females it is a hit-and-miss. I have one very shy female, yet the other two are very bold. The guimbeaui aren't too hard to care for (especially since you have experience with ornata), they just need the correct temperature in order to thrive. I was honestly blown away by the guimbeaui!

Good luck

Yeh i LOVE guimbeaui! Well remembered lol. I've been looking at classifieds but there are none i can see that will be at the september hamm sadly. It seems there are very few around for sale in europe at the moment. Even if i can find a single female i'll probably buy it, but there seems to be a significant lack

Cheers guys

[phelsumatic]

Breviceps hands down for me above all others they really seem to actually want you to piss them off.Little bulldogs and very aggressive breeders much more than serraticauda.
Most phelsuma are a little curious once they get used to you feeding them etc but nothing like the brevi's mine will stare you down.

[jadrig]

Honestly, I feel that it comes down to the individual animal. I have had CB golddusts that I have raised myself which started out real tame...I used to handle them a lot, which made them very calm. One female that used to be tame became really skiddish when introduced with the male.

They change depending on how much you work with them...