well ive got good news...

[miguel camacho!]

some of you migth know or have read about the trade that i made several months ago with a reptile importer based out of florida. i traded 12 crested geckos and 7 giant day geckos for 9 leaftails. they didnt have any leaftails at the time, but they said they'd be sure to let me know when they got any. after a few attempts to give me mostly males or nearly half the number of geckos we agreed, i finally got word the other day that they're coming through for me. i was hoping to get something like 4.5 satanics, but instead ill be getting 2.2 satanics, 2.2 ebenaui, and 1.2 henkeli. 2 more animals that i bargained for, im guessing its because they didnt want me to leave with a bad taste in my mouth. nevertheless, im happy it finally came through. i pick them up on tuesday after my interview in florida. worked out at just the right time. i cant wait to see what they look like. im definitely going to be more careful about my trades from now on, even people ive done business with several times. the spearpoints will be a new one for me, but i already have a tank set up for them and cant wait to see how everything turns out.

be expecting pics later in the week after i get back.

 

[sikorae]

Look forward to pics.

 

[Dragonflames81]

glad everything worked out for ya man, I've been lucky I"ve only done a few trades and haven't got burned yet. I have read though about to many people getting screwed

 

[weswright]

Cant wait!

 

[Captive_Creations]

glad everything is alright Can't wait to see pictures!

 

[miguel camacho!]

picked them up around 1 on vday...one female henk is a bit dehydrated, but ive got plenty of leaftails back from that state in the past. i wouldnt say any of them are spectacularly colored or anything, though one of the female has a nice subtle pattern to her. both the female satanics are juvies, so they probably wont be breedable for a year or so. one of the female spearpoints is on the smaller side too. but one of the male spearpoints is gigantic! i know ebenaui tend to be a lil bit bigger than satanics, and ive seen a lot of spearpoints before at shows, but never one this huge!!! im beat right now after 12 hours of driving, but the new arrivals are in their tanks, sucking up water droplets. hopefully ill have enough energy to snap pics for everyone tomorrow.

 

[Dragonflames81]

thats awesome man can't wait to see the pics

 

[L.A.C. Herps]

good to hear mike, glad none of them are on the verge of death or anything like that.
also, VERY glad that the deal finally went through for you!

 

[Bowfinger]

I figured they would not give you the best stock, but at least they came through...

 

[miguel camacho!]

well, as you're soon about to see, a couple of the henkeli arent in top shape. but ive got just about everyone eating and drinking, so i expect things to improve drastically over the next few weeks. anyway, heres the pics of all of the new arrivals...

spearpoints:

tiny female

normal sized male

nomal sized female

giant sized male


satanics:

juvie female

barely juvie female

larger juvie male

2 pics of the same smaller juvie male, flash on and off


henkeli:

adult male, regenerated tail

adult female, a bit dehydrated, regenerated tail

adult female, underweight and dehydrated, original tail

 

[L.A.C. Herps]

all are looking pretty good mike, definitely salvageable on the one female for sure.
give a few weeks and i'm sure they'll all be doing great.

 

[Bowfinger]

all are looking pretty good mike, definitely salvageable on the one female for sure.
give a few weeks and i'm sure they'll all be doing great

yes, they look great... I have seen way worse come back and breed. Great pictures!

 

[miguel camacho!]

thanks...i forgot one more tidbit of good, but not the best news...i got an infert from my female corkbark....i made some drastic changes in the enclosure lately, including adding some heat which i think is helping some things out. this is the one i actually saw mating a while back, so hopefully she's stil retaining a little. id love to get some eggs from them! ive never had so many geckos laying infertile eggs at once!