where to get gold dust day geckos?

[@marko@]

im looking to buy a gold dust day gecko (in the US) anybody know a site that sells them? or a store in north NJ, or even NYC.

 

[Geckos and Goannas]

they are often availible during the summer as wc adults. in other words they are offered variably. somtimes you can find them every where and somtimes you cant find them anywhere. we can get them at the pet store i work at through Cal Zoo. but i live in indiana. ask your local pet stores who their wholsalers are or ask them to check the list.

 

[@marko@]

alright, i have seen them in the store once, but never again.

 

[baugh]

You will have better luck finding them on line. I know there is a couple of people who breed them on here. I will have some hatching out here shortly and there are other people on here that should have them already.

 

[@marko@]

you have bred them? wow, thats cool.

would you mind giving me some info then?




what ratio of fruit to bugs should i feed them?
and would a UTH stuck on the side of the tank be a sufficien heat source?

 

[lessthantito]

UTH are not very good for Arboreal geckos a heat lamp of some kind is much better suited for them everyone feeds theirs a different ratio of bugs to fruit/gecko diet I usually feed them gecko diet mixed w/ fruit babyfood once a week and I feed crickets, Phoenix worms, silkworms 2-3 times a weeks

 

[baugh]

I have to agree. Don't use a uth. It could heat up the glass and burn there pads.

The friut to insect is up to you. I offer mainly crickets, but I also offer real friuts with repashy two part diet. This has worked really good.

 

[@marko@]

hmm so no uth. would a total of 55 watts of flourecent light over a standard 10 gal be enough for heat (i doubt it). if so what do i do (the flourecent lights take up all the room from the top of the cage)?

 

[Adrn]

Try kingsnake.com - classifieds - geckos. I have personally purchased WC from Steve at Reptile Depot in SoCal. They ship FedEx overnight. On the east coast, Glades Herps down in FL has carried them. One of my laticauda breeder pairs has produced three clutches so far. One has hatched out, one is in the incubator at 37 days, the last was laid yesterday in the sansevieria leaves under their basking spot. I will be moving these eggs to the incubator this evening. If you do not have room for a basking light, try to make room. The small puck lights sold at major hardware stores work well in conjunction with flo lighting.

-Adrian