What do you guys think of my williamsi set up ?

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Picture isnt the best I took it with my phone since my camera broke .

Tank is 24" tall , 20" long and 10" deep All glass with a screen top .

 

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its fantastic i love it :biggrin::biggrin::banana:

 

['stoph]

Nice they are so small you can add more/smaller branches if you want to.

Do they also sleep in the bromelia like mine do or don't you have the animals yet?

 

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I acctually just got the animals a couple hours ago .

What do you guys recommend doing about red mites ?

 

['stoph]

Hooray for you but boo on those mites.

I had some tips in the care sheet - I picked most of them off with some fine tweezers.

http://www.geckosunlimited.com/community/gecko-care-sheets/31790-lygodactylus-williamsi.html

There's also a bunch of tips in the pests and diseases subforum just scroll thru it and you'll find a couple of threads about mites.

Pests & Diseases - Geckos Unlimited

 

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Regarding the mites.

I have a question. If they are present is there really a need to pick them off ? Dont they dropp off eventuly when the have come to the finale stage of development?

If the animals that have them eat and do well is there a problem if they are present ?

I am curious to see what will happen if they will be left alone on an animal that otherwise works well. Will they at a later stage create a problem? Or just drop off and die ?

Regards
Daniel

 

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The guy I got them from said they will fall off when they shed .

 

['stoph]

Normally it's not that harmfull but your gecko's just had a stressful trip and is probably rather thin on weight so any parasite is a potential danger for the health of your gecko.
In nature mites will fall of and the gecko has only a small chance of becoming a host again but now you're keeping them in a small enclosure where the chances of multiple encounters could change.
Yes they can fall off and move away and with a shed the gecko might eat them but that's gambling on odds.

What if they start breeding in the vivarium?
life cycle of the mite can be completed within 10 days + can survive for up to 10 months, so populations can grow rapidly, sucking the life out of your animal..
Not to forget they can carry diseases from one animal to the other.

Some more info
Getting rid of reptile mites
Mites!

So far i found it easy to remove them so i don't see the problem most of the time you can gently scratch them off with your fingernails - there has been only one mite i couldn't get to; it was in one of the eye corners (I'm glad it wasn't one of my animals)
I've tried to keep far away from possibly toxic chemicals - so just stick to water, olive oil,vasiline,soap, tweezers, cotton buds and in extreme cases you might want to try those mite products for reptiles.

When there are mosquitos,leeches,ticks,lice, mites on your skin don't you want to get rid of them?

 

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Thanks for the advice stoph , I'll de mite them today !

 

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I will also make an effort to get rid of them.

It will be a big job. I have 25 L.wiliamsi, 35 L.picturatus and 30 L.lutepicturatus to mite off :sad:

Wish me luck.

Regards
Daniel

 

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HOLY ^&*% thats alot of lygo's ! I do wish you luck daniel , your going to need it .

I caught mine corting just now , I wish I had a video camera to tape it , its so different than standings cortship .

 

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HOLY ^&*% thats alot of lygo's ! I do wish you luck daniel , your going to need it .

I caught mine corting just now , I wish I had a video camera to tape it , its so different than standings cortship .

Thnx i am really going to need it. It think my weakend is "saved" :coverlaugh:

Best Regards
Daniel

 

['stoph]

Hopefully i can double my number of Williamsi..I have found 3 eggs in 4 days. YAY

 

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Cool stoph , Im hoping to start finding them also . Ive seen alot of courting but copulation yet . I already set up a few raring set ups . Ill post pics of those soon enough to .

Jason .