Gonatodes albogularis fuscus, again

Gekomon

Gekomon

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Hi here's my lonely, lonely male Yellow-headed Dwarf Gecko in his re-done bioactive tank. His last one had too many flatworms/nemetereans :(. Carefully cleaned everything and new plants and substrate, good to go again. Just wish I could find a female for this poor boy, who you can see basking (sorry pic is not great). Live in Ontario Canada, any leads to FEMALE of this species would be great. Whoever imported them here messed up...they sent males only to all the stores that ordered them.

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Gekomon

Gekomon

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Not that anyone seems interested...but just want to document, that I caught this guy eating CGD. The Pangea Growth/Breeding formula. Existing literature says this species does not eat fruit/prepared food. Wrong! I will try to get a picture but he is so alert, shy and quick that will be difficult. He has some mourning gecko room mates, maybe saw them eating and and decided to try? Now I know why he is so chunky!
 
GeckoLeen

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Don't know how I missed your first post - LOVE your tank! It looks great, and your gecko should be very happy there! Are you planning on breeding them if you find a female? It's possible that the breeder who exported them only sent males as the females are more desirable for breeding more, for more $$...so likely they might be held back.

As for the food - yay! Goes to show, there's always an exception, or information that needs updating.

Anyway, I'm sure your little fella will do great. Have fun!
 
Elizabeth Freer

Elizabeth Freer

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PS:

Neither GU's pakinjak nor Nathan Shepard keep them now.

The closest I came was this:
"I recently saw Josh's Frogs at a reptile show with several species of Gonatodes including fuscus. . . . . .They may still have some online."
 
Gekomon

Gekomon

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Thanks for the replies!! yay finally!!! :D. Thanks for the leads too but I am in Canada, cannot get animals from any American vendors as they do not ship here.
 
Gekomon

Gekomon

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This species absolutely deserves more attention, he is so interesting when you actually sit down and watch him. He spends a lot of time rooting around in the leaf litter like a skink. Problem is he is very skittish and the slightest movement will send him into hiding, even if he see's your eyes move. I do hope I can find him a female I hate the thought of any wild-caught animal never being bred, seems like such a waste :(
 
Elizabeth Freer

Elizabeth Freer

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Gekomon said:
This species absolutely deserves more attention, he is so interesting when you actually sit down and watch him. He spends a lot of time rooting around in the leaf litter like a skink. Problem is he is very skittish and the slightest movement will send him into hiding, even if he see's your eyes move. I do hope I can find him a female I hate the thought of any wild-caught animal never being bred, seems like such a waste :(
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Yes, he needs a mate. :banana:

I have a few geckos that split when I blink too. I'm making their environments more secure.
 
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acpart

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Gekomon said:
Not that anyone seems interested...but just want to document, that I caught this guy eating CGD. The Pangea Growth/Breeding formula. Existing literature says this species does not eat fruit/prepared food. Wrong! I will try to get a picture but he is so alert, shy and quick that will be difficult. He has some mourning gecko room mates, maybe saw them eating and and decided to try? Now I know why he is so chunky!
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I bought a male G. fuscus in January and the seller told me to provide CGD as well. I've been doing that and in the past few weeks this gecko has been absolutely cleaning out the bowl! I hadn't seen this recommendation anywhere else.

Aliza
 
GeckoLeen

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My Cuban False Chameleon is not supposed to eat CGD either, but I put some of the Fig and Insects in his tank, and he's been cleaning that up too! I don't think it can hurt, so I'll continue to provide it. :) He's supposed to eat snails in the wild, so I bought a Can O' Snails - no interest whatsoever in those (most likely because they're not live). But the CGD surprised me.
 
Elizabeth Freer

Elizabeth Freer

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Gekomon said:
Thanks for the replies!! yay finally!!! :D. Thanks for the leads too but I am in Canada, cannot get animals from any American vendors as they do not ship here.
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Have you tried contacting Josh's Frogs ( 1-800-691-8178 )?

Maybe Reptiles2You could arrange an import to Canada?
 
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