[docszoo]

Wow the forums have changed... *sigh*

Anyway, I found a baby hemidactylus tucicus (?) at Carlsbad, NM. He is like 3-6 days old when I cought him. TINY TINY. Anyway, we ordered extra-small pheonyx worms for him cause all the pinhead crickets I could find were a little too big. He does atempt to eat them, so that is not a problem. He has a calcium deficiency: I found him stuck on a piece of wood I put in there, attempting death rolls. I, sorry to sound like I harmed him, tore him off. That same foot got cought onto his body. So, I took the branches and ferm I had in there out, and left in the damp paper towel. 3 out of 4 feet have stuck digits. So, any other advice besides sun and pheonyx worms? Appreciate it!

Oh, and I got some pictures of him. They SUCK, but they are something.

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m...2/DSC_8398.jpg

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m...2/DSC_8426.jpg

Thanks.

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Great looking gecko . Could you try flightless fruit flys ? Plus you could put a small bowl of calcium for him in the enclosure .

[docszoo]

I'm in a genetics class. Do you think the vestigial or Apterous ones would work?

And I will try the calcium thing. I doubt I have any.

Thanks!

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vestigial . If you have a PETCO near by they sell them .

[docszoo]

No, my class breeds them for the genetics project. We are mapping out their genes. Vestigial is one of the morphs.

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Well at least you'll have a supply of them .

[Spawn]

Hello:
Baby H. turcicus are fairly easy to raise and with the food you have available to you there should be no problem raising it out of the more critical stage very quickly.
I remember when I took genetics in college. Reading about the fruit flies brought back memories of flightless, apterous wings, apricot eyes, bar-eyes, white-eyes, red eyes, ebony bodied,...well, you get the idea; tons of fruit flies. You also had to know how to tell males from females. I spent many a day in the lab counting flies.
Have a Great Day!!!