Recent content by Nathanb

I would try and get him onto crickets personally - they're very much the staple of the day gecko diet; all of my phelsuma are on crickets with the occasional mealworm or waxworm - crickets move quicker and will make him hunt for them which is better. ;-) He won't eat every day - I feed pangea...

OK - I'd say 4-5 days a week is way too much, all of my day geckos get fed twice a week - usually Weds and Sun. I generally chuck in about 20 crickets per gecko and let them 'hunt' for them in amongst the plants - you have to remember in their natural habitat food doesn't appear on a plate -...

OK, I'm hoping someone can help out on this one. I've introduced quite a few geckos in the past and only admitted defeat once (with a 1.2 of P grandis), this time I'm trying not to admit defeat...... I have a group of 1.2 of Pea****s - the females both get on absolutely fine with each other...

OK - so I got my answer on this today! Poor junior in this case didn't even make it out of its shell before Mum had it for a snack! Fortunately I managed to catch the previous 2 'juniors' before Mum or Dad got to them and there's only 1 viable egg left in the tank, all the rest she's kindly...

Hi, I've been keeping day geckos for a while up to now all phelsumas and williamsi. I've just acquired (well, I haven't got them yet - I'll get them Saturday) a pair of these spectacular little lizards (well, it's 3 - the previous owner is putting 'junior' in as part of the deal.) I'm setting...

Hi, I'm in the process of setting some bioactive tanks up in the garage to grow baby/juvenile gecko offspring on. All tanks will have 10% UVB bulbs on them - is that all that plants need to keep them healthy or do I need to think about putting something like a UVA on there as well? Thanks Nathan

Hi, I'm looking to add some more lined day geckos. A store has sent me the attached (photos not brilliant I'm afraid) - I'm swaying towards female, does anyone else have any thoughts? Thanks

OK, so I've been after a breeding pair of peac0ck day geckos for ages and I thought I'd hit jackpot today when I found a 'breeding trio' at a store 60 or so miles away. The store were keen to move them on so I went and took a look, they seemed happy after observing them for a while in the tank...

Hi, What else can I feed my day gecko - she's been on a cricket staple with some Morio (super) worms and mealworms. I've been trying to figure out how the worms disappear from the feeding dish so quickly and I got my answer yesterday - the crickets eat them as soon as they go in! (OK - so she's...

Hi, I'm thinking about trying to breed crickets - there's no way I'm going to try it in the house (my wife will divorce me!) so I'm aiming for the garage - only problem, there's no windows/natural light, it's well insulated so warmth isn't an issue - how much light do they need? Will I get...

Hi, My female williamsi has laid and egg overnight, which is a good thing :-) Only problem is where she's decided to lay it - there's no way I can move it and no way I can protect it without breaking the egg (she's glued it to the glass and plant tag of a mounted orchid, so if I move the...

Hi, I have a pair of grandis (male and a female) and a seperate female (I tried them as a trio but the other female turned on the one who's now seperate) The female on her own is a much more vibrant green and a much higher red so she's the one I really want to breed - any suggestions for how I...

Hi, I have 3 x P grandis, 1 x proven breeding pair and a third female (which my wife has called Geraldine and we've had quite a while longer) - they're in 2 separate enclosures. They were all together but the one female turned on Geraldine and I had to separate them (I posted about this on this...

Hi, I'm hoping someone can help me on this - I've had my 3 juvenile williamsi for a couple of months now and I'm pretty sure the other 2 are a male and a female; this one's a bit smaller though and this morning's the first time it's stayed still enough on the glass to get a photo and for me to...

Quick on these (and mealworms for that matter) - I always feed them to my grandis in a dish - one of the Morios got out earlier and is loose somewhere in the enclosure, there's no way I'm trying to get it out as I don't want to dig all the plants up and that will just unnecessarily spook the...