my new sikorae

[oscar]

well i did it. i bought a pair at the show yesterday. i wasnt too impressed by the overall selection, but these 2 looked pretty good.

this is the male.

this are some really bad shots of the female.. i didnt realize they were so bad until i had emailed to me by my wife. lol

there is a slight bit of curling on the female's tail so i've been trying to make sure she is well hydrated.. sprayed them once when i got home @ 4PM yesterday, again when i went to bed 'round 11PM and again this AM 'round 6:30. that ok? should i try anything else? any advise would be well appreciated.

Scott

 

[JeffG]

Congrats man!

I also walked away from that show with a leaf tail ..
I was wearing a green button down short sleeved shirt with blue jeans, im a younger looking fellow. Happen to see me wandering around?

 

[oscar]

unless you were in a deli cup, i'm afraid that i didnt. :lol:

just saw you posted so i'm heading over there to check out your purchase.

Scott

 

[Brandon]

they look great oscar! Glad you found something you liked! regarding the female's tail, other uroplatus keepers will be able to help you out a bit more, but you could also try to see if she'll lap up pedialyte from a feeding syringe.

 

[miguel camacho!]

dude...some people that are new to uroplatus dont realize that curling of the tail differs from folding. folding and crumpling of the fleshy sides of the tail indicate dehydration, while curling the tail is something completely normal that the geckos do themselves. folding is best described then the sides kinda get flimsy and fold inward towards the midline of the tail. curling is when the tip of the tail starts to curl backwards toward the base of the tail, but the tail essentially remains flat. kinda hard to tell from the pics, but good luck, and nobody ever hurt their gecko by giving it something to drink (no beer though, heh).

 

[oscar]

ahhh.. thank you Miguel. i think i understand the difference and i'll check it out more, but it kinda does sound like its 'folding' and not curling. its not curling overall, but the edges are curling inward towards the center of the tail.. thats how i understood it to be an indicator of dehydration.
i would never feed a leaftail beer.. after all.. i dont know if beer is native to Madagascar! :wink:

Scott