My Pasteur's day gecko pair (Phelsuma Pasteuri)

[pono]

The other day i picked up a female pasteur's day gecko to go with my recently aquired male so now i have a pair. I will be putting them together in the next few months. Here they are:

Male:

Female:

And some editing...

Just thought i'd share as i'm over the moon with them!


Ed :banana:

 

[camo]

Very nice pictures, pretty geckos. Like the last haha

 

[kruler]

your male is stunning. I wish I could get my hands on a pair of these.

 

[pono]

Very nice pictures, pretty geckos. Like the last haha

Thanks! When she opened her mouth for the last pic i just though hmmm, i could do some editing here

your male is stunning. I wish I could get my hands on a pair of these.

Thanks. I would definately recommend this species. They are small, freindly, and beautifully coloured. What more could you want! Both of them take crickets from a deli cup that i hold (they jump in to it), and the female takes crickets from my fingers and i've only had her a week! They're fantastic!

Ed :biggrin:

 

[Graham_s]

I'm glad you managed to complete the pair

How easy is it to breed and incubate with this species?

 

[Dyesub Dave]

Very cute little Phesuma. I wish my Gold Dusts and Grandis were that friendly! ;-)

Dyesub Dave. :biggrin:

 

[pono]

I'm glad you managed to complete the pair

How easy is it to breed and incubate with this species?

Thank you very much, i'm really pleased i have managed to aswell. As phelsuma go i think the are about average in breeding and incubating. They are a bit more tempremental than grandis ect, but no way near as hard as cepediana's ect. I think they breed well when you have the set up right.

Very cute little Phesuma. I wish my Gold Dusts and Grandis were that friendly! ;-)

Dyesub Dave. :biggrin:

That was what put me off those species to be honest. I prefer the more bold ones. But, having said that, i am looking at getting a pair of ornata's which are very shy.

Ed

 

[Dyesub Dave]

I was under the impression that many Grandis were somewhat handleable but mine seem very nervous. Perhaps when I get the new enclosure done they'll settle down a bit.

I noticed in your signature that you have some Standings Day Geckos as well. They're very beautiful but I was wondering what they are like to keep. Are they somewhat friendly or very shy like the Gold Dusts?

Dyesub Dave. :biggrin:

 

[pono]

I was under the impression that many Grandis were somewhat handleable but mine seem very nervous. Perhaps when I get the new enclosure done they'll settle down a bit.

I noticed in your signature that you have some Standings Day Geckos as well. They're very beautiful but I was wondering what they are like to keep. Are they somewhat friendly or very shy like the Gold Dusts?

Dyesub Dave. :biggrin:

My standings is very freindly aswell. He feeds from tweezers (would from fingers, but has a nasy bite lol), and always hangs around. He will walk across your arm if you put crickets in his viv and then put your arm as a platform for him to stand on to get to the food aswell (i have only done this once). He's a great character, but i may have to sell him in the near future as i would like to concentrate on breeding day geckos and don't really have the space for two of them. I hope it doesn't come to that though. A very fun species to keep.

Ed ;-)

 

[Greatwun]

amazing geckos! How large of an enclosure do they require?

 

[pono]

amazing geckos! How large of an enclosure do they require?

Its really a matter of oppinion and the individuals involved. At the moment they are separate, and in 30x30x45cm exo terra vivs each. I am going to build them a 40x40x80cm glass viv for them when they are adults. The person i bought these off has had good results with his pair in a 40x40x80cm viv. I was originally going to keep them together in a 30x30x45cm viv as they are only about 4.5 inches long, but after keeping them for a few weeks i realise that is far too small as they explore every inch of the viv.

Ed