gecko.hale
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Aloha, Gecko Lovers!
I live in Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii, in our "Gecko Hale". I have no pet (captive) geckos, but I have lots of geckos that live in our house, on our lanai, and in our yard.
My favorite is the Mourning Gecko (Lepidodactylus lugubris), which is the closest thing to native. They are clearly the most intelligent, but are preyed upon by both the larger gecko species.
We also have House Geckos (Hemidactylus frenatus), which we really enjoy for their chatter and their gay abandon when mating. We've had them fall from the ceiling onto us in their excitement. :blushing:
And we also have a recent alien import, the Gold Dust Day Gecko (Phelsuma laticauda). They have some very endearing qualities and one of my very favorite little guys was a gold dust named Boxy. But in general I am not fond of their aggressive behavior towards the house and mourning geckos, not to mention their unsavory appetite for baby geckos of all kinds. And the males are always picking fights!
I have a small colony of mourning geckos who took over my supply basket on the table next to my computer desk, as well as the orchid pots (they have holes in the sides which make very nice gecko hideys).
We put out water and papaya for all the geckos, and feed them meal worms every day or so. And during baby season, we rush to capture the babies before the "greenies" do!
Even though I obviously cannot control their diet nor their environment, we do see problems in some of them and I think your experiences can give us insight in how to help them.
Mahalo,
Sherron aka Gecko.Hale
I live in Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii, in our "Gecko Hale". I have no pet (captive) geckos, but I have lots of geckos that live in our house, on our lanai, and in our yard.
My favorite is the Mourning Gecko (Lepidodactylus lugubris), which is the closest thing to native. They are clearly the most intelligent, but are preyed upon by both the larger gecko species.
We also have House Geckos (Hemidactylus frenatus), which we really enjoy for their chatter and their gay abandon when mating. We've had them fall from the ceiling onto us in their excitement. :blushing:
And we also have a recent alien import, the Gold Dust Day Gecko (Phelsuma laticauda). They have some very endearing qualities and one of my very favorite little guys was a gold dust named Boxy. But in general I am not fond of their aggressive behavior towards the house and mourning geckos, not to mention their unsavory appetite for baby geckos of all kinds. And the males are always picking fights!
I have a small colony of mourning geckos who took over my supply basket on the table next to my computer desk, as well as the orchid pots (they have holes in the sides which make very nice gecko hideys).
We put out water and papaya for all the geckos, and feed them meal worms every day or so. And during baby season, we rush to capture the babies before the "greenies" do!
Even though I obviously cannot control their diet nor their environment, we do see problems in some of them and I think your experiences can give us insight in how to help them.
Mahalo,
Sherron aka Gecko.Hale
