U skorae photoshoot DUW!

[Rydog]

I was bored today and boredom = Pics. These are all the same gecko.

My U. Sikorae Female

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i114/Rydog123/Sikorae7.jpg

Hope you liked them

 

[thorrshamri]

She's got really awesome colors :wink:

 

[Gecko_Danny]

but this dosen`t have yellow rings around her eyes

 

[the moof]

Beautiful gecko. such stunning colours. Gecko_Danny has a point, can anyone explain this?

 

[Gecko_Danny]

And just like your gecko sikorae on the picture The moof but that one got white eyes

 

[Rydog]

Compare these two images, I couldn't upload them for some reason, one I took the other Percision Herp took(the better one)



http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i114/Rydog123/Sikorae_Threat_Display1.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i114/Rydog123/Sikorae6.jpg

Mine never gets that bright eyed.

 

[Gecko_Danny]

Yea its wierd it most be two diffrent species or a subspecies or something

 

[Rydog]

ya I don't know I will keep an eye one her, shes not dehydrated, calcium deprived and doesn't have any endoparasites, so if it is a subspecies then this is very cool, if not, I still have a cool gecko 8)
also she is wild caught, so there is more of a chance.

 

[strikedistance]

All it is is stress. You can the the orange ring. When there fired up they get really yellow.

 

[Rydog]

but shes mostly like this , even when I don't have her out, it could be stress but then she must be stressed out 24/7 even when shes hunting, its really doubtfull. Also sometimes it is darker than others, and sometimes lighter. thats the general trend, either I have been treating her critically wrong or her eye color is a little different than others. Also i have yet to see her fire up so it could be the case.

 

[thorrshamri]

Just one question-what's the total length (including tail) of your sikorae?The snout tip looks pale,it could be a "Diego henkeli" from Montagne d'Ambre,they are often larger than usual sikorae and lack this yellow circle around the eyes.However,according to Svatek and Van Duin,2001,they are to be kept like "normal" sikorae.They can reach lengths up to 210 mm while average sikorae are more in the 140-180 mm range.

 

[Rydog]

never knew that, she is 8 inches maybe more. for now I am going to attribute this to "stress", if nothing comes of any of my efforts to calm her down, this will be my next thought.

 

[thorrshamri]

Then I would definitely go for Montagne d'Ambre locality for your sikorae,it could become a subspecies of its own in the future as it owns distinctive features. :wink:

 

[Rydog]

so it is a subspecies of Sikorae or Henkeli? Very cool indeed, I thought she was a bit big for a Sikorae but never thought of that, thanks for your research very interesting. Although I am still going to treay this as stress to be on the safe side, after about another month and she is still like this we can make conclusions.

 

[thorrshamri]

It would be a locality of U. sikorae,it lacks the typical markings of U. henkeli,but it is sometimes mistakingly sold for henkeli because of its large size.
It is not a scientifically recognized subspecies yet,just evoked in a few pieces of literature like the 2001 book I mentioned before.Minimizing stress and offering plenty of hides is indeed a good idea,you should spray water directly on your gecko every evening and give the tank a good spray too.My sikorae suffered from coccidia,which seems fairly common among those animals,so take a fresh fecal sample to your nearest vet lab-checking for parasites is a must as it is an imported animal. :wink:

 

[Rydog]

I do spray it directly every day, I also spray it 3 times a day, feed it every day, but I have not done a fecal, I will definitely do that.

 

[thorrshamri]

I think it's better to feed on every other day or 3 times/week,they don't find that much prey items in the wild.Mine used to eat 2-5 large brown crickets dusted with Miner-All I on every feeding.If it is a female,small roaches and small snails are a good diet too,provided they are free of any pesticide or chemical treatment.Snails are an unvaluable source of extra calcium.I also used T-Rex spray "Bio-Mist" to help shedding and rehydrate my former sikorae,and it worked fine.(Sorry if I make weird sentences from time to time,as you can see,English is not my native tongue :lol: )

 

[Rydog]

I feed her when shes hungry, I put one cricket in at a time and if she goes for it then I keep going, if not then I take every cricket out, I am also getting some B. Dubia nymphs soon so that will be good, I spray her with regular water, I don't see how she could be stressed out, she is very active at night and sleeps in the day like a normal sikorae.

 

[thorrshamri]

Please keep us informed about how she is doing ,will you buy a male for future breeding?

 

[Rydog]

as we speak I am saving up more money for a bigger enclosure and a mate for her. I am going to try to get one that is like her although that might prove to be too difficult. It will be interesting to see whether her offspring have the same eye coloring.