My roommate has a tokay He got in 2006 and he was a big boy when he got him. He is slowing down and his tail is starting to thin out even though he is eating. I am a bit worried about him (I am in charge of cleaning all the cages and feeding all the critters so I feel like he is mine). I checked his mouth and the black is turning pink, is that unusual? I love his call and it also see like at times it is a bit weak. I figure from what I can figure is his about 15 y.o. How old do these guys live to be? He is in 24 x 12 x 24 glass tank. He has a heat lamp to keep his warm spot about 88. He has been active and hasn't changed much, except slowing down a bit. He use to devour all his crickets as soon as they where in the cage, now he doesn't eat them all at once, but he does end up eating them all over a few days. Anyone have any ideas how I can get him to gain some weight? I would like him to be like he was a few months ago with a very fat tail and gobbling up anything that moved in his tank (even your hand lol)
How old is an old tokay?
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billewicz
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There has been a couple documented captive WC Tokay to live to 20, plus whatever their early years were in the wild.
I would have a fecal exam done and up the nutritional quality of the gut loading feed and supliments for the crickets and dust them before every feeding to your Tokay.
Good luck with him,
Michael's Tokay Hoard
I would have a fecal exam done and up the nutritional quality of the gut loading feed and supliments for the crickets and dust them before every feeding to your Tokay.
Good luck with him,
Michael's Tokay Hoard
My oldest tokay was imported as a large adult in 1995. That was 19 years ago and he was definitely older than 2 years then, probably significantly older. Since two years, he is no more capable of fertilizing eggs. But he is still strong, feisty and healthy looking. No external signs of ageing - he just became a bit less agile with years.
bad_attitude
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I had a female WC (didn't know any better when I got her) for 29 years. Don't know how old she was when I got her, maybe 4-6 months. Definitely sub-adult. She had one health crisis when she was 18 - went off her feed. The vet did a bunch of tests and basically eliminated everything they knew how to treat, so prescribed a broad-spectrum antibiotic, which did the trick.
The gecko did look very old the last few years - her skin wasn't very taut, and her toepads had lost a lot of adhesion. But she ate well until the last couple of months or so. If your gecko isn't feeding well, a vet trip would be a good idea.
The gecko did look very old the last few years - her skin wasn't very taut, and her toepads had lost a lot of adhesion. But she ate well until the last couple of months or so. If your gecko isn't feeding well, a vet trip would be a good idea.
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bad_attitude
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So, I took your sig line marked URGENT very seriously. I read through your 3 pages of leo care sheets even though I almost never had a leo. (I baby-sat a leo for a few months, and she didn't survive. She had been a pet-store purchase and, the vet thinks, probably malnourished early in life. Long story, and she was doomed from an early age, but I was so upset that I never wanted another leo.)
But I don't quite understand about none of that stuff in the viverarium ever. I used to dust the feeder crickets with multivitamins, at a vet's suggestion, and that seemed fine. Maybe you're just referring to open dishes?
And - 11,962 posts. WOW!
But I don't quite understand about none of that stuff in the viverarium ever. I used to dust the feeder crickets with multivitamins, at a vet's suggestion, and that seemed fine. Maybe you're just referring to open dishes?
And - 11,962 posts. WOW!
Elizabeth Freer
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Hi ~
You're correct. I'm ONLY referring to open dishes in a vivarium which allow free access and the possibility of overdose.
If you're looking for a little more reading...on supplements, in particular...check out posts #22, 48, 85, and 96 written by admin Hilde for the "whole" story about supplements.
Yeah, some people have other "lives". :scratchhead:
bad_attitude
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I don't know why anybody would want a "life," since there's the internet now. I may read about the supplements, but I don't have any animals right now. A weird thing - I bought a cute little CB tokay at the LI Reptile Show yesterday and I've been a stressed-out mess ever since. I can't keep her; she's just the wrong pet for me. I'm not going to name her. I was too spaced-out even to get the name of the breeder, so returning her would be very difficult; and it would be better to find her a real home, anyway. I'm pretty sure I can find something locally (NYC); there's a nice adoption place near here that deals with reptiles (my old tokay was there a few times when I went on vacation).
Sometimes this happens when people have children, so this could be worse.
Sometimes this happens when people have children, so this could be worse.
bad_attitude
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Sorry. Will start another topic.
Incidentally, I got confused for a second because at first I read "OT" as "Off Topic" Somebody set up the English language a little bit wrong here.
Incidentally, I got confused for a second because at first I read "OT" as "Off Topic" Somebody set up the English language a little bit wrong here.