so sad for my tokay

chelseagrin · #1 12-11-2011, 01:11 PM

well i woke up the other day and could not find my tokay. the tank is pretty crowded with moss and plants and such so i took off the lid and searched around a bit and couldnt find him. after a while i noticed something must have torn a hole in the screen on the lid and he crawled out. i searched the whole house for him and cant find him i am sure he is deceased by now as the house gets down to about 50 at night and i have two cats and two dogs roaming the house. night is the only time my bedroom door is not closed so i guess its just a series of unfortunate events. i am now looking to clean up his tank a bit and maybe put a pair of L. Williamsi in it. or neon blue cave gecko or whatever name it has.

hexentanz · #2 12-11-2011, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by chelseagrin

well i woke up the other day and could not find my tokay. the tank is pretty crowded with moss and plants and such so i took off the lid and searched around a bit and couldnt find him. after a while i noticed something must have torn a hole in the screen on the lid and he crawled out. i searched the whole house for him and cant find him i am sure he is deceased by now as the house gets down to about 50 at night and i have two cats and two dogs roaming the house. night is the only time my bedroom door is not closed so i guess its just a series of unfortunate events. i am now looking to clean up his tank a bit and maybe put a pair of L. Williamsi in it. or neon blue cave gecko or whatever name it has.

I feel for you, we got 4 cats in this household. Despite this however I had had geckos go missing as well and only twice have I found an escapee deceased. The good news is it was never by a cat. So you may be in luck!

chelseagrin · #3 12-11-2011, 02:31 PM

i hope i come across him. my house is very tidy so there arent many places he could hide i just cant seem to find him. i also doubt the cat would eat him as he is very large and aggressive! but the dog on the other hand may have. you never know.

hexentanz · #4 12-11-2011, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by chelseagrin

i hope i come across him. my house is very tidy so there arent many places he could hide i just cant seem to find him. i also doubt the cat would eat him as he is very large and aggressive! but the dog on the other hand may have. you never know.

You should leave out some water if you have not already. Another addition may be a heat source for him to find, today I found an escapee that got out two days ago only because I turned on the halogen spots under our kitchen cabinets.

chelseagrin · #5 12-11-2011, 03:24 PM

yes i have a small jar lid filled with water next to my door along with a little desk lamp with a heat bulb in it.

**Riverside Reptiles** · #6 12-11-2011, 06:09 PM

Well, hopefully you'll at least learn from the incident and not allow it to happen again. If the cats torn the screen once, they're likely to do it again.

chelseagrin · #7 12-11-2011, 10:13 PM

the cat did not tear the screen. both my cats are so fat they couldnt have possibly even jumped onto the tank. i think he may have been strong enough to actually lift the hinged wood slab and squeeze through. even though that thing easily weighs three pounds or so. but my tokay was a good 10 inches long.

bawner00 · #8 12-11-2011, 10:37 PM

look for it EVERYWHERE!!!!!, I lost mine for 2 months and when I thought it was the end, I found her In the last place I imagined... under the sofa!, so be creative looking 4 it, good luck!! may the force be with you!

**Riverside Reptiles** · #9 12-11-2011, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by chelseagrin

after a while i noticed something must have torn a hole in the screen on the lid and he crawled out.

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billewicz · #10 12-11-2011, 11:39 PM

Yeah, having over 100 Tokay, hatchlings especially, do get out during cleaning and such.

I've found them under and behind furniture, behind picture frames and such. They tend to be creatures of habit and will establish an area that they will hide and hunt in. I've left a tall glass container with crickets and water out and eventually I'll find droppings in the same place which will lead me to the area he hangs out in most. This can take several weeks and I've had them show up over 2 months later.

I've never had one die will AWOL, but if one did you would not miss the smell. Good luck and happy hunting after lights out, HA!

Michael