My first hatchling =) (P.Kuhli) -Dead ='(

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IdaLj

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One of the eggs hatched today =)=) and I cant stop smiling!
Hi/she is so cute!
Here is a bad picture, but its the only one I got right now.
http://archive.pixbox.se/arkivet/synligt_18/10590000-10599999/640x480/10596239.jpg?0

When this is my first one I have no idea how to do this :eek:

Is it normal for it to shed on the first day? becuse that what its doing :p

How long can it stay out of food? Its kind of hard to get that small size of food in this side of sweden, I have order some but i dont know how long it takes for it to arive.
 
Gecko_Danny

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wooho congrats Ida.

Its normal fore it to shed the first day!

I dont know about the food but from where did you buy the food if it is from cricket express does it usually dont take a long time fore it to arrive.

Ive heard that some kuhlis eats fruit baby food, you can give it a try.

And good luck with the baby! :wink:
 
Elizabeth Freer

Elizabeth Freer

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More congratulations, Ida ~

In my humble opinion Ptychozoon kuhli rival any gecko for beauty! Their markings as juveniles are simply exquisite! As adults they are just simply exquisite as well with their various identifying body flaps which help guide their "flights", their sometimes nippy or not "personalities", and their wonderful tails. They make great pets!!!
 
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IdaLj

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Tnx Danny and Elizabeth!

And i agree, they are so beutiful as babies(and as adults ofcourse)! The top of his tail is "jet black" with a little white dott. =)=)
 
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IdaLj

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Im sad to say that hi didnt live for long..yesterday i past away...
But its very strange...
at half past five hi eat and was very alert and jumpd after the cockroach, but when I was going to clean the tank at nine, hi was dead..still hanging on the wall.. =/
I left him in there for a couple of hours hoping he was just faking it or someting,.... but hi was dead..... =(

I was hoping that mabye someone could give me an answer/reason of why hi died?

Rest in peace little friend.. :cry:
 
camo

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If he ate the cockroach or something it could have got lodged in his mouth and he choked.
 
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IdaLj

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Thats an opption...
Mabye Im gonna open him up to se..
Just dont know if I could do it...hi was my little baby..
 
camo

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I know how you feel, but you have to do what you have to do. You don't want to make the same mistake if it was your fault.
 
Elizabeth Freer

Elizabeth Freer

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Hi Ida ~

Those are my thoughts too. Could he have choked? Maybe the cockroach just got swallowed "funny", maybe sideways, and some how became stuck?

Were these cockroaches from the same source and the same size that he was accustomed to eating?

I once had a Hemidactylus garnottii ingest a mouthful of peat moss when going after a cricket. He injured his mouth in the process. That gecko died several days later. When I examined him I found peat moss blocking his throat.

Sometimes it's best to open up the creatures so we know better next time.

I am sorry that he has passed on. My thoughts are with you.
 
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IdaLj

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Elizabeth: He have eaten that size and bigger before, from the same culture.
But, Im not sure but i think i saw him like an hour after hi eat, and if hi choked hi would have been dead then wouldent he?

Im gonna ask my boyfriend to open him up, couse I cant do it :cry:

Thanks for the help, both Elizabeth and camo.
 
Elizabeth Freer

Elizabeth Freer

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Ida ~

Thanks for your reply. I know how it feels to be sad when a gecko dies. I am quite sad for yours too.

Had you given "him" a name? He may have been too young to sex for certain at ~11 weeks old. Looks like he had a great black tail flap with that white spot!!

Maybe the initial blockage was not total and still allowed an exchange of some air. He could have had a hard time breathing an hour later when you checked on him prior to his death. What makes you think he was dead (but "faking it") when he was still hanging onto the glass/wall of his terrarium? It seems like he would have let go when he died.
 
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Brian

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How was the humidity? Is it possible it had particles stuck to it when it shed from loose substrate?
 
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IdaLj

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Elizabeth Freer said:
Ida ~

Thanks for your reply. I know how it feels to be sad when a gecko dies. I am quite sad for yours too.

Had you given "him" a name? He may have been too young to sex for certain at ~11 weeks old. Looks like he had a great black tail flap with that white spot!!

Maybe the initial blockage was not total and still allowed an exchange of some air. He could have had a hard time breathing an hour later when you checked on him prior to his death. What makes you think he was dead (but "faking it") when he was still hanging onto the glass/wall of his terrarium? It seems like he would have let go when he died.
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Nope no name just "ödlebäbis" (in english lizardbaby)
He was just over 2 months.
Yes, hi was really beutiful! :cry:

I tock(spelling?) him down and held him in my hand and hi was...lifeless.. Then I put im back in the tank and let him ley(spelling?) there for 2 hours and he had not move.. I put him back once more and let him ley for another half hour but hi still didnt move.....

Brian I dont really understand, could you explain? (my english isnt very good)
 
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Brian

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I've seen geckos die from shedding the skin and having parts of incubation material or substrate stick to the shed skin. Or having shedding problems from low humidity.

You might try useing babelfish to translate into your own language if you have trouble. I do that for some things.

My English isn't that great either unfortunately. :cry:
 
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IdaLj

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His terrarium is the one terrrarium I got really good humidity in, so I dont think thats what couse his dead.

Babelfish dont translate to swedish :(
But thank U for explaining =)
 
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