VERY TERRIBLE NEWS!!! PLEASE READ!!

[smallskiluv-tha-rhaco]

AT THE TIME OF MY FIRST RHACODACTYLUS GECKO HATCHINGS OF THIS YEAR, SOME UNFORTUNATE YET TERRIBLE NEWS COME ABOUT UNEXPECTABLY... WHEN I WENT OUTSIDE TO MY BACK PATIO TO CHECK AND WATER MY GECKO ENCLOSURES; I ARRIVED TO SEE THAT SITTING RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, RIGHT BY MY BABY GECKO ENCLOSURES,
A CAT!!! THE CAT STARED RIGHT AT ME AND IT WAS SO BOLD IT WAS KINDA RELUCTANT TO JUMP OFF SO I SPOOKED HIM WITH SOME ANGER AND THE CAT BARELY SCAMPERED OFF OVER THE FENCE BUT KEPT STOPPING A COUPLE OF TIMES TO TURN AROUND AND STARE AT ME...

RIGHT AFTER THE CAT JUMPED OFF THE FENCE, I LOOKED DOWN TO NOTICE MY LATEST CAGE THAT HOUSED MY THREE JUVENILE CRESTED GECKOS BEING TOTALLY DEMOLISHED!!! I WAS ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATED THAT EVERYTHING THAT I'VE INVESTED INTO WERE ALL ABOUT TO BE ALL BUT TOTALLY DESTROYED!!! WITH MY 3 BABIES EATEN QUICK AND EVERYTHING ELSE COMPLETELY RAIDED; MY PLANTS ROOTED OUT, DISHES THROWN OVERBOARD!!! MY NEWEST CAGE BEING A BIG ALARM AND THE CAGE NEXT DOOR WAS ALSO ALMOST BROKE INTO BY THAT PESKY CAT AND THERE WERE MORE CATS IN THE NEIGBORHOOD THAT EVER SINCE I BROUGHT MY GECKOS OUTSIDE TO STAY & LIVE IN MY BACKYARD PATIO YEAR-ROUND THEY WERE AROUND LOOTING FOR A QUICK MID-NIGHT SNACK!!! SO AFTER THIS LAST INCIDENT THAT I NEEDED; NOW IT'S TIME FOR ME TO MAKE MY VERY FINAL DECISION, MY VERY LAST OPTION, AND THAT IS TO SELL ALL MY GECKOS!!! MY ENTIRE BREEDING COLONY ALONG WITH MY 6 OTHER BEAUTIFULLY COLORFUL JUVENILES WHICH ARE NOT THAT FAR AWAY FROM REACHING THEIR BREEDING STAGE SO BY NEXT YEAR THE JUVIES SHOULD START BREEDING... AND LAST BUT NEVER LEAST ARE MY EVER-BREEDING TRIO OF GARGOYLES WHICH THEIR FIRST TWO BABIES ARE HATCHED OUT BY NOW!!! BETTER YET, ONE OF MY FEMALES IS VIBRANTLY RED STRIPED!!! HOW ABOUT THAT???

RIGHT NOW I'M STILL UPSET YET HEARTBROKEN THAT I HAVE TO MAKE THIS SACRIFICE BUT AT THE END IS FOR MY OWN GOOD...
BECAUSE I DONT WANT TO RISK SO MUCH MORE PRICELESS LOSSES, FEEL ME???

SO YET I HAVE NO OTHER OPTION LEFT...
BUT I ALWAYS SAY THAT I HAVE ALOT OF PASSION AND ENTHUSIASM RAISING MY WONDERFUL GECKOS OVER THE YEARS; IT HAS BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE BUT FOR NOW I HAVE TO BREAK MYSELF FROM TAKING TOO MUCH CARE OF THEM, AND IT'S GONNA BE VERY TOUGH FOR ME FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS OR WEEKS......

ONE OTHER NOTE: I'M YET UNABLE TO SHIP THEM SINCE I HAVEN'T DONE IT WHATSOEVER SO IT WOULD BE SOMEWHAT RISKY FOR ME TO ATTEMPT THAT...

SO IF YOU'RE IN THE SAN DIEGO AREA AND YOU ARE SERIOUSLY LOOKING FORWARD TO BUY A NICE BREEDABLE ADULT CRESTED OR GARGOYLE GECKO THEN YOU CAN SEND ME YOUR PM!!

ONE MORE NOTE: THEY'RE ALL FOR GOOD REASONABLE PRICES SO PM ME FOR MUCH MORE INFO ABOUT MY GECKOS, COLOR MORPHS, SEXES, PICS, YOU NAME IT!!!!!!

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

Sorry to read that the cat ate your three juvie cresteds.

Is there some reason you can't keep your geckos indoors? Perhaps you could build a small greenhouse on your patio that is cat-proof? Have the cats even knocked over cages?

Life without geckos is not nearly as fun!

 

[DDReptiles]

How do you keep cresteds outside in San Diego??

Sorry to hear about your loss.

 

[smallskiluv-tha-rhaco]

Sorry to read that the cat ate your three juvie cresteds.

Is there some reason you can't keep your geckos indoors? Perhaps you could build a small greenhouse on your patio that is cat-proof? Have the cats even knocked over cages?

Life without geckos is not nearly as fun!

No it's not, that's why I'm deeply upset, sad, & heartbroken that I have to let all of them go......
The cats already destroyed some over the years and I ended up buyin new ones but they keep on comin for more so and cant deal with this any longer......
I can't keep them inside! There's no way! I live in a townhome with my mom and my sister... I have a like 7 screen cages and also I'm planning to sell my screen cages and all the materials and my crested and gargoyle gecko diets......

 

[smallskiluv-tha-rhaco]

It was my plan to keep them all outside in our patio when we were moving in since I couldnt keep them indoors; there's no room thus I don't want to keep them indoors, too many cages, it's unhealthy and hazardous!! LOL!!! But since then they adapted very well to this weather and climate that they even bred, reproduced, and so forth my colony grew and grew...... And I was planning to introduce more geckos, especially the giant leachies and chahouas but after what transpired last night, I deeply disappointedly felt that I couldnt deal with this any longer...... The cats keep coming back for more... I'm absolutely devastated because all this completely ruined my chances of even acquiring my very first pairs of leachies and chahouas so I'm terribly sorry but there's no other option left......

 

[se7en_point_zer0]

Hey i sent you a message, im in california and interested in what you have. Can you private message me with some photos and a contact number i can reach you at?
-Yasha

 

[Brian]

You could cat proof the cages with a heaver gauge of screenover the lighter screen. Or a large walk in heavy guage screen that houses the smaller screen cages.

 

[strikedistance]

This is another reason why all cats that are outside should be shot or ranover!!!!!

 

[smallskiluv-tha-rhaco]

You could cat proof the cages with a heaver gauge of screenover the lighter screen. Or a large walk in heavy guage screen that houses the smaller screen cages.

Cant bro!! My patio isnt a full backyard plus my mom would "hell no" not let me!!!

 

[smallskiluv-tha-rhaco]

Special thanks for the requests guys, I gotta head to the shower right now since I just got back from work so I'll be right back to return all the pms ya sent me... So hold on tight my peeps!! :wink:

 

[smallskiluv-tha-rhaco]

HERE'S A SNEEK PEEK OF THE CRIME SCENE

.and these gecko-hungry felines keep coming for more... :evil:

 

[smallskiluv-tha-rhaco]

Yes! I've been keeping them outdoors year-round for a long-while that they adapted pretty well...... Until NOW!! :roll:

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

I know about the cats. Have you lost any rhacs or eggs to San Diego lows? How low can it get there?

 

[smallskiluv-tha-rhaco]

They only breed during mid-spring thru summer and start laying eggs a lil after that......

No I havent lost any rhacs to low temps, since they hibernate, their bodies shut down and once the lows go a lil up say at least 65 they wake up and stay active......

 

[Calfirecap]

Have you considered trapping the cat and taking it to the pound or out for a swim?

 

[carrier]

This is another reason why all cats that are outside should be shot or ranover!!!!!

Have you considered trapping the cat and taking it to the pound or out for a swim?

wow, you guys are idiots. why keep reptiles when you obviously have no respect or understanding of life?

smallskiluv-tha-rhaco, sorry, but maybe you should have moved them somewhere safe the FIRST time the cats got at them. please don't blame the cats for getting into the cages. it is your responsibility to keep them safe. while i've made some mistakes with my geckos in the past, i can't see how this would surprise you when you claim this has happened before.

 

[Bowfinger]

Yes, we all love animals and cats deserve respect too. They do what they do and we (other people) bring them to our homes, they are just doing what they know best. I don't have cats, but while living in Long Beach,CA I have seen some very mean things done to cats that will make you sick, not to mention things done to dogs; i.e. cats with skin ripped offf the tail, bloody bones of a tail, bullet holes in pit bulls etc etc...the point is of all people we should not only feel for geckos and such, but not consider hurting another animal in a cruel way out of love for a different animal. They all are very helpless in our hands and behave the way that helped them survive as wild animals, basically they are dumb pre-wired animals unlike ourselves so don't expect more. I think some people here though are just joking about injuring the cats to lighten the situation...I hope.

 

[strikedistance]

bad joke

 

[heiser]

sorry, but maybe you should have moved them somewhere safe the FIRST time the cats got at them. please don't blame the cats for getting into the cages. it is your responsibility to keep them safe.

OK...cats are OK pets BUT, it is YOUR responsibility to keep your cat within your property bounds. Why blame the gecko owner? If someones stray dog bites you I will be the first to say, "You should have kept yourself safer".

Maybe he should have better secured his cages after the first attack (actually before the first attck), but only because he should have expected racoons or other native predators. Dogs, cats, non-native snakes, what have you, if it's yours keep it to yourself. Feral animals are mostly a pain and catching them and bringing them to the pound for adoption or humane euthanasia is completely acceptable to me. You got all bent out of shape for a few frustrated remarks from people fed up with jackasses letting cats run loose or feeding feral cats. Why is a cat's life more valuable than the songbird's or gecko's? I'm not just picking on cats, stray dogs hit me the same. I like my dog but, I don't force her on the rest of the world.

BTW, you have to bring the cats out pretty far offshore cause they can swim pretty good. :wink:

John

 

[Precision Herp]

Well put Bowfinger. I agree. And the cat may not necessarily belong to anyone or be being fed by anyone. There are and always have been wild cats doing what they can to survive.