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  1. Saskia

    AFT refusing to eat, sugestions please??

    LEFT: BEFORE RIGHT: AFTER Same Camera, same window, both with flash, however, my hand looks lighter in the first picture, so, maybe the sun was brighter or something :(
  2. Saskia

    AFT refusing to eat, sugestions please??

    About the pictures: the first 2 (the ones from the first post) were taken with my cell phone, with the flash on, next to the window, the last pictures there are 2 of them that are also taken next to the same window, with the same cell phone, and also with the flash on, you can compare the...
  3. Saskia

    AFT refusing to eat, sugestions please??

    FIRST 2 PICTURES: WITH FLASH LAST 2 PICTURES: WITHOUT FLASH (SAME CAMERA AS PICTURES FROM FIRST POST) URATES: HALF WHITE HALF YELLOWISH. Theese pictures were after her soak, do you notice any changes??, I am looking for a thermosthat locally to try starting to complete all my gecko´s vivs...
  4. Saskia

    AFT refusing to eat, sugestions please??

    Info that migh help: General Information Species of lizard: Hemitheconyx c. Gecko's name: Doesn´t have one yet Morph: Wild / normal Gender: Female Age: Unknown... 1-2 years Weight: 45 grames Total length: Don´t know Length of your reptile when you first acquired it: the same but haven´t...
  5. Saskia

    AFT refusing to eat, sugestions please??

    I got 3 AFT geckos receintly, a few weeks ago from a trusted friend who bought them over a year ago, one of them is not eating.... she has a regenerated tail, a very fat one, she was housed with 2 other AFT before (one male and another female), but I separated and now she is housed alone... when...
  6. Saskia

    Leopard gecko Biondi: Unusual pupae in moist hide... parasite???

    My female tremper albino has receintly started pooping inside her moist hide, a week ago I was doing the cleaning and noticed that the paper towel inside the hide was brown... I opened it and discovered 2 large poops there, and some small light brown pupae...... I started beating myself "I...
  7. Saskia

    Experiences on Breeding different sized leos

    I would very interested in knowing if anyone has experience mating and breeding different sized leopard geckos.... If the male is smaller I would guess there is no problem, but what about when the male is bigger than the female, has anyone done that?? I stoped breeding a couple of years ago...
  8. Saskia

    Cannibalism in leopard geckos

    I will dare to post this picture, for educational purposes, this is a gecko I rescued, this happened the very same day I rescued her: The prey is not a leo, it is a Hemidactylus (a common house gecko), but I doubt that the "predator" would make a difference between any smaller gecko..... It...
  9. Saskia

    Possibly Brumation happening?

    blazingecko11: My father has smoked cigarrettes for 40 years now and he hasn´t had lung cancer..... does that mean that cigarettes don´t cause lung cancer? does that mean he is not at risk of getting lung cancer any moment?? Loose substrates such as sand CAUSE impaction, your gecko hasn´t had a...
  10. Saskia

    New AFT (Hemytheconyx caudicinctus owner, can´t find a caresheet, multiple questions

    Good day!! I got my new AFT trio yesterday, I have one normal, one albino and one striped and am super happy!! My friend who gave them to me told me: "They are just like leopards, only brown and a bit bigger" so, I had a leopard gecko like set up ready for them!! However I was looking for a...
  11. Saskia

    Calcium Citrate for Leopard geckos??

    Hello to all of those who whish to read, As I have stated many times, in my country (Venezuela) the reptile hobbists are not very common, and we are like a community and we kinda know each other, several hundreds of people.... But in the pet trade, the reptiles are not an option, so, all of us...
  12. Saskia

    WTH is this????? (NOT a morph inquiry)

    So, Having geckos for around 10 years now, this is the first time I see something like this.... this is NOT a regenerated tail, it´s the "original" one :confused: As you can see in the close up, it is the original tail, with it´s pores and everything....... Had anyone ever seen something...
  13. Saskia

    New giant day gecko owner, with a few questions

    I have had leopard geckos for around 10 years now, and also some other reptiles (snakes), yesterday, a friend got me a Phelsuma madagascariensis (that I didn´t ask for but happily received), and so, I didn´t have time to do propper research before getting the animal like I usually do. I already...
  14. Saskia

    How tough are theese little guys??

    I am expanding my gecko collection by purchasing a new species, and this is the one I am watching more, the thing is, I live in Venezuela and the breeder in the US, thus, it takes it 6 days to get to me, I know leopards do fine with that timing, but can theese guys take 6 days of shipping...
  15. Saskia

    How to properly desinfect an enclosure??

    A couple of months ago I housed a sick gecko which eventually didn´t make it and died, the gecko wasn´t mine, it was brought to me in order for me to try saving him, in the end the cause of death was most likely parasites or some sort of bacteria... which I know can be quite contagious. The...
  16. Saskia

    Database of reptile veterinarians! Handy to check when looking for a herp vet

    I found this receintly and I believe it´s very handy to have this link, specially for US citizens or residents, it the ARAV´s web site, the ARAV is the Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians, which can provide information on the nearest reptile veterinarian to you, you enter your...
  17. Saskia

    Normal? Snow? Mack Snow? or something else? what do you think??

    This is my male Randy, his dad was a super hypo tangerine, his mother I am not sure, posibly a snow, I don´t know if any of the parents are het for something else, here is a picture of Randy's parents "producing" him... (They were on sand, but all husbandry mistakes have been corrected now, and...
  18. Saskia

    Emaciated/super skinny leo, new rescue, throwing up, advise needed please

    Hello to all, and again thanks for reading... Once again I want to rescue a leo, but I know very little about him or his history, don´t know the previous owner, a friend is bringing him to me in a last attempt to save him, he is super skinny (adult), willingly eating but vomiting everything he...
  19. Saskia

    Dwarf Leo???

    Hello everyone!! I have had geckos for close to 10 years, and have read as much as possible about them, and yet I still find new interesting things! This happened this year: I hached 14 healthy babies from may until july this year, and one of them has caught my attention, all of them were...
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