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MistyBleil
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In a year or so we need to discus making pretty grandgeckos between your Tidus and my Molly. They would make pretty yellow babies with tangerine tails.
MizTwisted
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He looks wonderful!! ^.^ such a big difference from when you brought him home!!
hmarie186
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Last Sunday he was 35g. He has not been eating well since his shed. Seems uninterested in food. I've actually put the food in with him in the moist hide because he seems unwilling to come out and hunt. I checked temps today and looked at his tummy.Some days he only has a urate and some days it's normal poop. He's been digging up paper towels in his moist hide which I am suspicious he is eating, which is causing the urate only potties and the disinterest in food. He also seems to be climbing the glass when he sees me and just wants to be on me. I took him out this morning after he ate one roach and let him run around on the couch. Boy does he RUN! He ran all around back and forth and then climbed up my arm, across my shoulders and back down my other arm. I think he is very bored in his quarantine cage and Dan wants to wait for new cages til after the new year. 
I don't have room to put anything else in this 10 gallon! I tossed his paper towels in the moist hide and put in some warm, damp eco earth, which immediately went in his mouth. facepalm
I don't have room to put anything else in this 10 gallon! I tossed his paper towels in the moist hide and put in some warm, damp eco earth, which immediately went in his mouth. facepalm
hmarie186
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Finally pooped! It's been three days since he went. Was getting ready to give some olive oil and some warm soaks but I came home last night and there it was. Ate 20 blue bottles this morn. He's also began digging and sleeping in the eco earth in his moist hide and not eating it anymore. I can't tell if he likes it better than the paper towels. It sure is messy! It clings on him and falls off everywhere in the cage.
Ate 20 blue bottles this morn. He's also began digging and sleeping in the eco earth in his moist hide and not eating it anymore. I can't tell if he likes it better than the paper towels. It sure is messy! It clings on him and falls off everywhere in the cage.
Elizabeth Freer
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Hey hmarie186 ~
Christmas is coming v-e-r-y soon! Judging by holiday decorations some people "think" that Christmas is the 28 November this year, the day after Thanksgiving in the USA! ;-)
I know, people are just preparing for the merriment.
Would a GU poll help Dan decide?
Christmas is coming v-e-r-y soon! Judging by holiday decorations some people "think" that Christmas is the 28 November this year, the day after Thanksgiving in the USA! ;-)
I know, people are just preparing for the merriment.
Would a GU poll help Dan decide?
hmarie186
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I told him my presents will be all the supplies for the cages, haha! I wanted to get a subscription to Nature Box but looks like that $191 year subscription is gonna be spent at Amazon and the bean farm.
Since I believe I will still have to do radiant heat panels in the cages I am now looking into a herpstat4 thermostat unless I wanna buy 3 more hydrofarms and have clutter everywhere. These boys are getting expensive. I just want the best for them and to have a nice looking area in our home. Dan is making them a custom table for their cages.
Elizabeth Freer
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Nice to hear that Dan is handy with tools. Can't wait to see their custom table! Eye level for both new cages would be super!!!
hmarie186
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T is shedding AGAIN. Is this normal? It's only been 12 days! I'm not helping him at all this time. He ripped shed off the top of his tail last time and forgot to get the sides and bottom so it just kinda hung there, so I tugged it a bit and then he did the rest and got it off. Put the rock back in so he can rub on it. I didn't even think he was looking dull, but apparently he needs to look fabulous for our family tomorrow
"I'm too sexy for this skin"
"I'm too sexy for this skin"
T is shedding AGAIN. Is this normal? It's only been 12 days! I'm not helping him at all this time. He ripped shed off the top of his tail last time and forgot to get the sides and bottom so it just kinda hung there, so I tugged it a bit and then he did the rest and got it off. Put the rock back in so he can rub on it. I didn't even think he was looking dull, but apparently he needs to look fabulous for our family tomorrow
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"I'm too sexy for this skin"
Guess he's got a little growth spurt! When Donut was about 5-6 months, he shed every other week!
hmarie186
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Wow! Edgar has always been clockwork 3 weeks between sheds. I worried anything sooner was abnormal.
As of right now, he doesn't care that he has shed coming off his neck and the rest just looks itchy and annoying. He went back to bed. I didn't feed him breakfast since all this is going on and I don't want skin regurg again. :-|
As of right now, he doesn't care that he has shed coming off his neck and the rest just looks itchy and annoying. He went back to bed. I didn't feed him breakfast since all this is going on and I don't want skin regurg again. :-|
Don't worry about it :3 Both of mine switch up the time between sheds. Sometimes it's 2 weeks, sometimes it's 4. He probably doesn't wanna eat anyway lol. Just leave him alone for the day, if he hasn't shed in the evening you could always mist him a little :>
hmarie186
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I came home to find a very exhausted and completely shed baby gecko. Last time he kinda gave up towards the end. I think shedding is very stressful for him. He pooped again tonight so I'm sure tomorrow he will be ready to eat and he will feel more spunky. He's laying in his warm hide now.
patgrandprixgrl
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Ty for saving this precious gem. How is she doing?
hmarie186
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He's doing fantastic! Back to normal and eating fine after his shed. Weighs 40g now. I can't believe how big he's gotten.
Funny story though. I changed all the paper towels out of the cage today and replaced the Eco earth in the moist hide back with paper towels after I dropped a roach in his tank and it ran in to the hide with him. Before I could grab it out he snatched it with a HUGE mouthful of substrate. He pooped it out two days later.. It was a large poo. So far he hasn't dug up the paper towels at all. I think it may have been a phase.
Anyway, while I was cleaning his cage I stuck him on the bed and asked Dan to babysit. I came back to find Tidus on his chest exploring all over. Well, Dan had his arm behind his head laying down and T was a little too curious about his armpit hair. Note- he wasn't wearing deodorant either! He started to lick it and then tried to bury his face in it which caused little hairs to poke him in the eyes. So he's got his eyes shut, rooting in Dans underarm and licking everything. We laughed so hard! I was afraid he was going to try to bite by the way he was intensely licking so I picked him up and put him back. He is such a character!
hmarie186
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Yep, he's our little man! He discovered the dogs tonight. We had run-around-the-couch time and our dogs have their own room off the living room that they get penned up in always while any of the geckos are out or being fed just to eliminate risks of anything happening. My boy, Amos, was at the gate watching me and not even noticing Tidus but Tidus sure noticed him! At first he got "hunting eyes" and then just stared him down, not really sure what to make of it. He watched him for about 10 mins and then climbedin my lap and into the crook of my arm. Then he heard Amos scratching around on his bed making a nest and he kept craning his neck to see what was going on. It was so cute I had to take a pic!
He discovered the dogs tonight. We had run-around-the-couch time and our dogs have their own room off the living room that they get penned up in always while any of the geckos are out or being fed just to eliminate risks of anything happening. My boy, Amos, was at the gate watching me and not even noticing Tidus but Tidus sure noticed him! At first he got "hunting eyes" and then just stared him down, not really sure what to make of it. He watched him for about 10 mins and then climbedin my lap and into the crook of my arm. Then he heard Amos scratching around on his bed making a nest and he kept craning his neck to see what was going on. It was so cute I had to take a pic!Aww!
Our cat is super-interested in the geckos. Mostly for play, she has managed to swat (without claws) at Dount a couple of times and he just doesn't care at all. When he comes out, I'll let the cat smell him a bit and he always licks her nose back :> He's a rascal too - when she's around the tank, he'll come up to the glass and tease her endlessly! Eclair will just sit around and watch the weird furry creature running about the room :3
Our cat is super-interested in the geckos. Mostly for play, she has managed to swat (without claws) at Dount a couple of times and he just doesn't care at all. When he comes out, I'll let the cat smell him a bit and he always licks her nose back :> He's a rascal too - when she's around the tank, he'll come up to the glass and tease her endlessly! Eclair will just sit around and watch the weird furry creature running about the room :3
hmarie186
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I can't imagine what our cat would've done had we still had him (re homed him with my mom due to Dans allergies). Edgar doesn't really care. When he's running around on the floor he'll stop in front of the room way out of reach and kinda peer in but then he's onto bigger and better things. However, when Emily, our girl dog, gets zoomies he gets really upset and comes out of his hide, stands all stiff like a bulldog and stares her down. He does NOT like any ruckus going on around here! It's really funny!
I imagine Eclair might wish to climb the big furry creature? Lol!