Pasteur's Day Gecko (Phelsuma Pasteuri)

[pono]

Hi guys. I finally got my Pasteur's day gecko on sunday. He's great, and settling in really well. He's already starting to tame down and tolerate me being in the room if i move slowly. I set up my camera on a tripod and waited for ages and i got some pics of him and his set up, so here they are:

Hope you enjoy. Feel free to comment :biggrin:

Ed

 

[Graham_s]

nice setup! I like how you've planted that bromeliad in the bamboo.
How have you held that horizontal piece of bamboo in place?

 

[pono]

nice setup! I like how you've planted that bromeliad in the bamboo.
How have you held that horizontal piece of bamboo in place?

Thanks for your reply . I took the lid off the viv, and lowered the horizontal bamboo piece in. Then i raised one end of the bamboo piece slightly so the bamboo piece is slightly sloping down on one side to wedge it between the glass sides. I hope that makes sense :lol:. Also, in my other day gecko viv, what worked well was putting in a wad of kitchen roll wedged at each end of the babmoo between the wood and the glass. Hope that helps,

Ed

 

[Graham_s]

Thanks for your reply . I took the lid off the viv, and lowered the horizontal bamboo piece in. Then i raised one end of the bamboo piece slightly so the bamboo piece is slightly sloping down on one side to wedge it between the glass sides. I hope that makes sense :lol:. Also, in my other day gecko viv, what worked well was putting in a wad of kitchen roll wedged at each end of the babmoo between the wood and the glass. Hope that helps,

Ed

Ah I see thats how I thought you'd done it. I would be worried about it slipping down, but if it's wedged in properly, which I'm sure it is, then it won't be going anywhere. Do many people breed pasteuri? I don't think I've seen many people with them before.

 

[pono]

It is wedged properly so shouldn't slip. I'm not aware of many people breeding pasteuri. I think there are a few more breeders in Europe, but as far as i know, only one person has a breeding pair in the uk.

Ed

 

[Graham_s]

It is wedged properly so shouldn't slip. I'm not aware of many people breeding pasteuri. I think there are a few more breeders in Europe, but as far as i know, only one person has a breeding pair in the uk.

Ed

As I thought! In that case, you're quite lucky to have the little fella!
I'm not familiar with this particular species of Phelsuma, so is he fully grown? Any idea on the SVL?

 

[pono]

As I thought! In that case, you're quite lucky to have the little fella!
I'm not familiar with this particular species of Phelsuma, so is he fully grown? Any idea on the SVL?

I know, i'm very pleased to have such a rare little gecko. I think they get to roughly 3.5-4 inches long, so i think he's either fully grown, or very close to it. I would have said SVL is roughly 1.5-2 inches. With all that said, those are rough guesses off the top of my head, but i'm probably not too far off

Ed

 

[Graham_s]

So he's quite a small chap then. You'll have to find a female for him

I like the new avatar by the way!

 

[quadi]

Congrats to your gorgeous pasteuri. Looks like a young male to me, isn't it?

 

[pono]

So he's quite a small chap then. You'll have to find a female for him

I like the new avatar by the way!

Yeh, i definately need to get him a female. The person who sold me this one actually has a female for sale also at the moment, so i'm going to see how i get along with this one first for a month or two and maybe see about it then. I should have a little more money also then as i've got two baby cresties i'll hopefully be selling in about 7 weeks

Thanks about the avatar! :biggrin:

Ed

 

[zohariels]

Very beautiful, I love they're colouring!

 

[pono]

Congrats to your gorgeous pasteuri. Looks like a young male to me, isn't it?

Sorry, i didn't notice your reply before :blushing:. Thank you very much, and yes he is a young male! :banana:

Very beautiful, I love they're colouring!

Thanks, i love it too. I think they're one of the most beatiful species of day gecko


Today he was lapping up the apple and banana baby food i put in his viv with great enthusiasm and ate a great deal for his size :yahoo:


Ed

 

[quadi]

I think that's the beginning of an Phelsuma-addiction...:biggrin:
Be careful with feeding him too much. Every second day is absolutely enough, baby food only twice a month. He will thank that with a long life and best fitness.;-)

 

[pono]

I think that's the beginning of an Phelsuma-addiction...:biggrin:
Be careful with feeding him too much. Every second day is absolutely enough, baby food only twice a month. He will thank that with a long life and best fitness.;-)

Ok, thank you. He really enjoys the baby food (is actually eating a little now while im typing ), but i'll be careful not to feed him too much. I've got a few more photos i'll put up a bit later.

Ed :biggrin:

 

[pono]

Ok, heres a couple more pics:

And i thought this looked cool:

Thanks,

Ed :biggrin: