New member / New Gekkos

Cnote · #1 07-06-2010, 01:24 PM

Hello everyone i have recently purchased 2 Tokays from a local pet store (BigAls) they seem to be enjoying their new home, its about 3x the size as the pet stores. Have had them for about 2 weeks. I have a 18x18x24 exoterra setup. Pics are horrible i know, taken off my cellphone and macbook camera. Done alot of research but im always looking online for caresheets and for something i dont know yet.

They like to hide alot, one snapped at me cause i accidently touched him with a leaf while cleaning up some poo. They are very quiet and dont bark yet. But the guys at the pet store said they do, im guessing they are still warming up to their new home. They eat alot, ill drop 30 crickets in there and they will all be gone by morning. Anyways let me know what you guys think.

Sorry the pic of them is upside down. does not look that way on my end.

holocaustto · #2 07-07-2010, 04:56 PM

Congrats. Look healthy.

Cnote · #3 07-09-2010, 11:38 AM

They look pretty healthy, but this morning i was cleaning out some poo and found a worm in one of them. I have made an appointment for a vet on Monday, its the earlyest they could get me in. Any thoughts?

**Riverside Reptiles** · #4 07-09-2010, 11:51 AM

It's not uncommon for them to have worms. You should make sure to get a fresh poop sample to take to the vet with you. It's a good sign that they're eating a lot. Have you checked their sexes yet? Make sure that it's not two males.

Cnote · #5 07-09-2010, 11:58 AM

I dont think that they are 2 males the pet store had 3 tokays together but they had to seperate one cause he was attacking one of them. and they cuddle together, daytime they lay with eachother and they have been pretty calm together. And i have not sexed them cause i dont know what im looking for. So should i de worm them or what cause im pretty choked that i just got them and they have worms. They are apparently bred not wild.

**Riverside Reptiles** · #6 07-09-2010, 01:57 PM

The vet will deworm them for you. It's not a big deal. Just some simple oral medication. If you take decent pictures of their ventral areas and post them here, we can help you to sex them. Or your vet may be able to do it for you as well.

**Elizabeth Freer** · #7 07-09-2010, 05:06 PM

Take a poop sample to your vet the sooner the better after collection, but within 24 hours. Place the sample on a moist paper towel, put in a ziploc bag, and then just refrigerate. Do NOT freeze the sample.

Best wishes

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Cnote · #8 07-16-2010, 12:33 AM

Vet told me that the poo has to be 8 hours old or else its not a good sample. Either way, if i can see worms in their poo, that means they have the worms right?

**Riverside Reptiles** · #9 07-16-2010, 12:55 AM

Yes, if you can see worms, they definitely have worms. But they can also have other worms that you can't see.

Cnote · #10 07-16-2010, 01:42 PM

So i just got back from the vet, they are heavily infested with worms. 5 different kinds to be precise. While the vet was holding the female it dropped a nice fresh sample for them to test.

Flagellates
Amoeba
Pinworms
Eimeria
Roundworm

Pet store that i got them from is denying that they had worms when i got them, i have only had them for about 2 weeks. =/
These parasites are transmitted by fecal oral, which means they ate feces from an infected host.
I now have at home oral meds to give them for the Eimeria, which are hard to get rid of apparently.

Not impressed.

btw they are male and female.