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im having some issues getting the vet on the phone. but i should get ahold of him sometime today. an odd new development occurred: she layed an egg. but i dont know if its the older one dystocic one that by some miracle passed, or the newer one, now fully developed being layed normally. ive...

i looked in my cage this afternoon, and saw the female laying her first egg of the clutch. i took it out and placed it in the incubator and then left her alone to lay the second. now, several hours later, she still hasnt laid her second so i checked to see if she is carrying one and she is...

hey everyone, i placed my super snow RAPTOR male and ember female together a few weeks ago, and im certain my female is now gravid. shes off feed too, but i hear this is normal. she was eating very eagerly before, and is still very active and basks and all that other stuff. i have an incubator...

so ive been a member on this forum for ages, and have been caring for leopard geckos for almost 10 years. ive finally decide to take the plunge into breeding them on a small scale. i have had an ember (RAPTOR patternless) female for just over a year now, and she is about 2 years old. i...

so ive had my leo for over 2 years now, and she was doing great up until 4-5 months ago when she stopped eating (dont worry she has eaten since then, i was trained on how to force-feed snakes and lizards). she is perfectly healthy, otherwise. great muscle definition in her hind legs, so she is...

recently i started seeing peices of vermiculite in my leos stool. i keep vermiculite as the medium of my moist hide, but now im worried it could impact my leo if she keeps eating it. i was wondering if there was something else i could use besides paper towels and vermiculite/perlite? i was...

a few weeks ago, i lost Rheia, my leopard gecko i got when i was 12 to cryptosporidiosis. she caught it from an adopted leopard gecko i took in to try and save from a neglectful home. over the weekend i soaked the cage and some of the decor in bleach to sterilize after being misinformed that...

i adopted a 9 year old male leo a week ago. he was in poor shape, skinny, chronic shedding problems, and blind in one eye. i have removed almost all of his old skin (except from 2 toes where it is hanging on tightly, and probably wont come off until the next time he sheds). and given him a...

i have recently been thinking about trying to breed my leo. she is a female about 5 years old, who i never weighed. normal pattern. anyway she is in a 20L viv, i would clean it out, and redo it before adding her and a male into it. would i need to keep another female too to keep the male...

i just got another hatch of my gold dusts, and 1 of the 2 geckos has a tail that is 3/4 of the normal length. they just hatched today, and i dont have pics yet but i can try to get them. any ideas what it is? the parents, and the other 3 geckos i hatched from them (2 of which are for sale, pm...

over the past few monthes, my female laid 4 eggs (2 in april, 2 a few weeks ago). they were all in an incubator. yesterday, i saw a hatchling basking, in the cage. apparently, i missed the first egg (or pair). anyway, this one will be larger than the first incubated pair to hatch, and i can...

around october i got my first phelsuma, a pair of P. laticauda laticauda. i got em from wimpy on here. anyway a while ago i got a pair of eggs. one dried out or something (not exactly sure what happened), but the other harched yesterday. i now have it in a critter keeper with the top covered...

i have been trying to find the average lifespan of a medium sized gecko, but i just cant seem to find it anywhere. could somebody please tell me.

anybody have any experiences with zoo meds day gecko food? how easily do geckos accept it? im thinking about trying it. is it nutritionally complete enough to be a staple diet? also, how long does it last before it goes bad? oh, and is it a paste or what? i just looks like a light orange...

i have seen a lot of mention to using "puck" lights as a basking lamp for day geckos. well i would like to use one, but i have no clue where to get one. where can you buy them? also, how much do they cost?

i plan on getting some day geckos around september, so i got some info from the members on this forum (thanks guys). i then also bought a book on them; Day Geckos In Captivity by Leann and Greg Christenson. i have a few questions after gaining info from the book: 1. i plan on getting...

anyone use this product? Pond Lighting & Water Features: Ultrasonic Disc Foggers would it be good for a day gecko? id like to use it on a timer instead of misting, but would it work?

title says it all. considering the temp, and lighting, and humidity and such are all good; can any kind of day gecko be keep in a standard 10 gallon terrarium, and which ones?

im looking to buy a gold dust day gecko (in the US) anybody know a site that sells them? or a store in north NJ, or even NYC.

how much did you guys pay for your 20 gallon cage, i saw one for $50?!?!? is that how much they normally cost?