Recent content by whimsy

I would like to revise my bowl feeding tip a little, since I recently had a cricket get knocked out of the bowl into the substrate. I now put my gecko's crickets into a beaker. He gets a little confused if he approaches from a lower level. As long as he sees it from above, there's no issue.

So, I am trying hard to not freak a bit. I'm a big fan of bowl feeding as you may know. I had three crickets in the glass bowl. My 11 month old giant hit the crickets hard and knocked one out. He ate the other two from the bowl no problem. Then he nabbed the third from the substrate. Right...

Here's a pic of my gecko's femoral pores. She/he is 11 months old. What do you think? Male or female? Thank you!

Here's a pic of the new setup. The (real) sun was just rising, so the room is still quite dark.

I don't remember how I came across it, but I just recently purchased an awesome LED fixture intended for an aquarium. It's the Current Satellite Freshwater LED+. It has a bunch of white, and RGB (red, green, blue) 6500K LEDs. It also has an amazing array of options for color and special...

I'm posting this because I am a new P. grandis owner, and I JUST tried bowl feeding crickets to him. It is awesome! I'll never feed him any other way! Here's the deal if you don't know, prep your crickets with calcium/D3, then... put 'em in a small clear bowl and put 'em in view of your...

Once again I have really tried to find my own answer. So far all of the discussions I have read covered leopards, Tokays, etc., but not grandis. I read the care sheet, but as I recall it presents several options. I'd love to hear what you guys use. If there's a big thread somewhere that I...

I have searched for this, but did not find a direct answer. Are orchids, in general, safe to place in the terrarium? I know orchids are a huge group, but I mean the common species at home improvement stores, nurseries, etc. Also, what do you guys think of them, assuming they are safe? Thanks!

Hi lizard people. Happy to have found this forum, and pleased with how friendly and helpful you guys are. I am not new to reptiles, but hope to obtain a yearling or adult-ish P. grandis very soon! My empty set up is Exo Terra 18x18x24 with 2 CF bulbs (2.0 and 5.0), a daylight (60W) basking...