Recent content by HaikuDan

Is our friend L.kimhowelli named for named Kim Howell or the surname Kimhowell?

One of my female luii did something different laying a clutch of eggs. She laid one rather large egg in the open right on top of the substrate rather than burying like usual. It appeared fine and fertile and I put it in the incubator. 2 days later, she did the same thing with a second egg that...

I am often shocked by the size and implied growth rate of young leopard geckos I see for sale. For example, I saw a non-giant Tremper albino male that is 37 grams at 10 weeks old. I've seen many others that are comparable. HOW THE HE** do people grow these so fast? (I will not ask "Why?"...

Had a clutch of hainans hatch today after 56 days incubated at 82*F. They were 1.5g and 1.6g. Pics: edit: Sorry, I can't seem to link to the images directly but can be seen here: Goniurosaurus hainanensis

Hi, I recently acquired a 1.2 group of L.kimhowelli. Unfortunately one of the three died very shortly after arrival. I'm having a hard time figuring out if I have 1.1 or 0.2 remaining. In the remaining two, as well as the one in my freezer, I do not see obvious hemipenal bulges nor...

One of my mourning geckos was due to lay a clutch (they always seem due to lay a clutch!) but something strange happened. They always lay in the same spot in a fake plant in their 12"x12"x13" enclosure. A couple days ago, I looked at them to find one egg smashed on the substrate that looked...

I was housing 2 L.lugubris in an Exo-terra 12"x12"x12" but both escaped. I caught both within a short time and put them in different 12"x12"x12" sliding screen topped enclosure that is more secure. I can't figure out where the squeezed out of the Exo-Terra. Does anyone have experience with...

I'm at a point in my new herp room that I'm building shelving and planning for some new cages. I'm having a hard time deciding on what cages. My interests and goals lay primarily in gonis, felinus, coleonyx, basically every other eublapharine species I can someday get my hands on. Of course...

I'm going to need some cages (mostly for colubrids) in the nearish future and thought the Showcase cages looked pretty good. Is anyone here using them? I haven't been able to find much in the way of reviews on the herp sites I frequent. Thanks, Dan

Hi, I am considering a misting system and would appreciate input on the following products or suggestions of any others. Big Apple Herp's misting system - US$110 HerpCages/Barr's misting system - US$20? + DIY? Pro Products ProMist PM-60 - US$180 I do not need a large sytem, only enough for...

I wanted to suggest combining the two feeder forums into a single one. Neither has that many messages, and I doubt I'm the only one that is unsure of which one to post a topic to. Dan

Has anyone picked up the new Prof. Breeders Series book Live Food by Bruse, Meyer, and Schmidt? I was going to order a copy, but thought I'd look for opinions of it first. Thanks, Dan

Anyone know if these are different editions of the same book? Geckoes: Biology, Husbandry, and Reproduction (Krieger, 1995) Geckos: All Species (Chimaira, 2003) Thanks, Dan

I'm wondering how people serve (non-climbing) roaches to their geckos and avoid the nymphs being lost to digging in the substrate? My gecko enclosures have either a coco fiber/cypress mulch blend or a sand/dirt blend that would likely allow digging escapes if I just dumped the nymphs in like I...

Just wondering if anyone has gotten anywhere with this species? I haven't heard anything about them in some time other than the fact that nobody was having much success with them at all. (Although last mention I've heard of p.masobe was back before much progress had been made with cat geckos.) D