My Flying geckos :)

[Palor]

I got my flying geckos today a nice little trio (1.2). They are fat, healthy and aggressive like any self respecting wild caught flyer should be. If they weren't bitey I would of been worried about em.

now for the pics!

In the containers:

The Male:
He was really unhappy to see me and decided to hold on to my finger for awhile, growling and making little noises the entire time.

Female 1:
No pics of her moving into the tank, she bit me and then every time I went for my camera she would let go and try to run for it. In the cage is where her pic is.

Female 2:
Not so bitey, she was fairly cool about being moved and sat on my hand. When I picked her up she just squealed alot.

Then my camera died sparing you more and longer pic spam.

 

[Palor]

And a pic of the tank. It is a 40T

 

[uro]

very nice geckos and very nice tank

good luck with the geckos

 

[aja19919]

Nice Flyers, may I ask where you got them? Were they CB? Love the photos too! ;-)

 

[Palor]

Definitely not CB. I do plan on breeding them. I love Flying geckos and CB ones are much less bitey and likely to allow handling.

 

[siz]

Ha, the male does look pretty unhappy with you in his close-up.

 

[Palor]

Ya, I love that pic. It is one of my favorites.

So I had to remove the pretty big leafed plant, it was ID'd as a toxic chinese evergreen, oops.

 

[Palor]

So I ended up "holding" the male flyer when he decided to jump onto my hand. Time for pcis as when he realized I wasn't a stick he was not happy.

Then of course he bit me when i tried to get him back into the cage.

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

Just a caution for your WC geckos!

Hi Palor ~

I love all your flyer photos! I never can get enough of these.

Since you say that they are WC, one word of advice. Be sure to check each of them over very carefully in all the folds of their skins for very small bright reddish orange mites. Often the mites accompany WCs.

Should you find any mites, take a q-tip moistened with vegetable oil (canola or...) and dab it on each mite. Then take a dry fresh q-tip to brush the mite off. On my lovely WC Ptychozoon kuhli male I found 28 mites. All were removed. Male flyer is doing good.

Should you find mites on one flyer, you should isolate him/her till you are certain the mites are gone for good.

 

[DrJekyl_MrHyde]

yup...mine also WC and lots of red mites too...

 

[Palor]

I did that. Went over each one very carefully and removed any mites i found, which was 1 mite They guy who had them treated them for mites, but you always check em over anyway. I still check them every few days just in case. At least they don't make me bleed when they bite The biting actually makes it easier to examine them.

About 23 years ago i had a terrible experience with mites and lost 1/2 my pets to them. I will never let something that horrible happen again.

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

Remove red mites as soon as you can!

Hi DrJeykl MrHyde ~

Have you had the opportunity to remove ALL those mites on your WC flying gecko? You really should! It is not a good thing to leave the mites on the gecko. The method I describe in my last post above really works. It is time consuming, but very effective.

Since the mites can travel to plants and other cage furnishings, please keep only those that you can wash/disinfect till the mites are gone. One thing you can do with wood furnishings and coconut huts is wash them with mild detergent, rinse thoroughly, and then microwave them to disinfect.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Geckos rule!

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

Excellent job!

Hi Palor ~

Good to hear that you found only 1 mite!

Sorry to hear that you LOST so many critters to mites in the past. Hopefully your experiences will motivate others to remove mites carefully and quickly.

What's a little nip now and then from such appealing geckos? I mean, it is scarcely a real bite usually :lol: My female Ptychozoon kuhli is 5.5 years old and captive hatched from a WC mom. My male is that WC one with the former 28 mites. Both Sara and Jon are doing well.

I did that. Went over each one very carefully and removed any mites i found, which was 1 mite They guy who had them treated them for mites, but you always check em over anyway. I still check them every few days just in case. At least they don't make me bleed when they bite The biting actually makes it easier to examine them.

About 23 years ago i had a terrible experience with mites and lost 1/2 my pets to them. I will never let something that horrible happen again.

 

[Palor]

I love them, such an odd and unusual gecko. I always had a love of Ptychozoon kuhli's and was so happy to get this trio

Only 2 geckos left on my wish list; Mourning geckos and Phelsuma Klemmeri.

 

[cindy]

Hey Palor,

Wow, nice looking animals!!! Are those P. Khuli or the other species off flying gecko??
My friend had a couple off Kuhli ( one wc and one cb), but she decidied to focuss only on Rhacodactylus ssp.
I really liked them, so I was a bit dissapointed when I heard that she sold them...
Good luck with yours!
Greetings,
Cindy

 

[Palor]

Glad you like em. I can't wait till I have little baby flyers

This is why we are vigilant with new geckos, found 2 tiny tiny baby mites on one of the girls last night when doing my usual mite checks.

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

Anti-mite

Very happy D) to hear that you are continuing your mite checks till you are totally certain those mites are gone for good!

(See, you found a couple more!)

 

[DrJekyl_MrHyde]

..one of mine flying gecko seem not to be climbing and on the been on the ground for two days ... read from elsewhere that if a flying geckos stay on the ground mean is sick or dying ? When i catch it out it seem like to strength to run away...like very weak but the day before it was feeding very well...also saw that his legs are like shaking like cramp up like that..any idea what happen to my geckos?

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

Take Immediate Action!

Hi ~

Put your flying geckos in separate cages immediately!

Is there a size difference between your flyers? One could be stressing the other out! One could be hogging all the food.

What size is their cage? Do you have bamboo sections where they can hide? Mine love to climb into the bamboo sometimes.

Are you dusting their crickets with calcium powder with vitamin D3? If not, begin doing that right away. That could be responsible for the seizure (?) you describe with the legs shaking. If you dust their crickets, the seizures might disappear, but waste no time.

Did you remove all those red mites you found?

Keep us posted, please.

..one of mine flying gecko seem not to be climbing and on the been on the ground for two days ... read from elsewhere that if a flying geckos stay on the ground mean is sick or dying ? When i catch it out it seem like to strength to run away...like very weak but the day before it was feeding very well...also saw that his legs are like shaking like cramp up like that..any idea what happen to my geckos?

 

[DrJekyl_MrHyde]

I did remove the mites...so far so good... at the moment all of them are the same size... but i do have two male house together in a 2footer tank.
Since i got them (2weeks) i have feed them with calcium but without D3..as i cant get cal with D3 as it out of stock at the moment.(will get it ASAP when they have stock)
The 1 gecko that is not doing well...i have separate it and i think it could be some bone disease due to lack of cal or D3.. so i let it bask in the morning sun awhile and hydrate it with lots of water ... it seem much better and it climbing again... and when i handle it .. it can still bite me... seem much better then yesterday. i also notice that it skin is shedding..

i am staying in malaysia temp is ard 27-32 c .
temp should be ok for the flying geckos....But do flying geckos need basking lights or sunlight ?