dewrun
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Hi All,
I'm new to this forum and would like to learn more.
I've been keeping herps for a long time but have been very busy with school until recently earning M.S. and Ph.D. in Pharmacology/Toxicology.
I began breeding leopard geckos, Eublepharis macularius, in 1993. However, at the time I didn't have the money to expand my dream into a full scale hobby/small business.
Believe it or not, one of my first pets is still with me. "Slimer" is a 23 year old tiger salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum. That's right, the name came from Ghostbusters which was one of the hottest movies during the eighties. Slimer was rescued from a swimming pool in Yuma Arizona and brought to a local pet shop. I acquired him (her?) for 10 dollars in 1987. His slow rate of metabolism and aging is very interesting. Slimer seems perfectly content in a 5 gallon aquarium with astroturf, one small rock and bowl of water.
My first leopard geckos lived approximately 15 years. The female offspring from my original pair are still alive but are also getting quite old. Likely they have reached reproductive senescence but have not been paired with a male in few years. I also kept a solo Fat tail gecko, Hemitheconyx caudicinctus, which lived for about 13 years. I had a trio of wc banded geckos Coleonyx variegatus variegatus that lived to be about 8 years old each but unfortunately did not reproduce.
I would like to get back into breeding and studying geckos. Recently I attended the Herp World Expo. It was amazing!
I have since searched for everything related to geckos. My wish list includes Nephrurus amyae, N. asper, N. wheeleri cinctus, N. deleani, and N. levis pilbarensis, Teratoscincus roborowskii, Hemitheconyx taylori, Goniurosaurus sp, Diplodactylus galeatus. I am currently searching for a pair of N. amyae or N. levis pilbarensis. It is fascinating to learn that many of these geckos are astoundingly expensive and rare. This gecko forum is excellent and extremely educational.
Thank you!
I'm new to this forum and would like to learn more.
I've been keeping herps for a long time but have been very busy with school until recently earning M.S. and Ph.D. in Pharmacology/Toxicology.
I began breeding leopard geckos, Eublepharis macularius, in 1993. However, at the time I didn't have the money to expand my dream into a full scale hobby/small business.
Believe it or not, one of my first pets is still with me. "Slimer" is a 23 year old tiger salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum. That's right, the name came from Ghostbusters which was one of the hottest movies during the eighties. Slimer was rescued from a swimming pool in Yuma Arizona and brought to a local pet shop. I acquired him (her?) for 10 dollars in 1987. His slow rate of metabolism and aging is very interesting. Slimer seems perfectly content in a 5 gallon aquarium with astroturf, one small rock and bowl of water.
My first leopard geckos lived approximately 15 years. The female offspring from my original pair are still alive but are also getting quite old. Likely they have reached reproductive senescence but have not been paired with a male in few years. I also kept a solo Fat tail gecko, Hemitheconyx caudicinctus, which lived for about 13 years. I had a trio of wc banded geckos Coleonyx variegatus variegatus that lived to be about 8 years old each but unfortunately did not reproduce.
I would like to get back into breeding and studying geckos. Recently I attended the Herp World Expo. It was amazing!
I have since searched for everything related to geckos. My wish list includes Nephrurus amyae, N. asper, N. wheeleri cinctus, N. deleani, and N. levis pilbarensis, Teratoscincus roborowskii, Hemitheconyx taylori, Goniurosaurus sp, Diplodactylus galeatus. I am currently searching for a pair of N. amyae or N. levis pilbarensis. It is fascinating to learn that many of these geckos are astoundingly expensive and rare. This gecko forum is excellent and extremely educational.
Thank you!
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