It has been nearly a year now since I began keeping lined day geckos. Of the original pair, I lost the male about a month after I started. He, however, did his job and the female (known as Momma) began laying eggs.
Enter LF
Soon after birth
after recapture (and shortly before re-escape)
LF is the only offspring that I was able to corral before being eaten. LF has led a bit of a vagabond life, having the nerve of escaping and living over the winter in the corner of the basement. Upon recapture, she was about 3/4 the size of the adult pair.
Yes, I found Momma a new beau. He has a blue cast to his tail when displaying (pretty much all of the time). Hence he is named Blue.
I placed her in with the pair in their new tank
Things did not go well, she was soon set upon by both larger geckos. I moved her to temporary quarters and began an upgrade on her old tank.
The lid with the warped frame was discarded and a new one was ordered. I completely stripped and cleaned the exo-terra 18x18x24. One issue that any naturalistic terrarium face is draining excess moisture. I have had my fill of siphoning and decided, with some trepidation, to drill a bulkhead to continuously drain excess back to the reservoir. the procedure was much easier than I thought and I will do it to my other tanks. There is no going back.
I also like to grow orchids, so I wanted a background that enables good growth. I purchased a good sized chunk of tree-fern and some bulk cork flats and constructed a mosaic-type background. Gaps were filled with a product similar to Greatstuff Pond and Stone. The foam was carved and coated with tree-fern fibre and silicone. The background has been coated with a moss slurry (I will likely order more Dusk Tropics to augment it further). It will now sit and cycle and hopefully get good and mossy for orchids.
LF's new digs
Couldn't resist a little Minnesota, Catlinite is a stone mined in SW Mn, best known as the stone used to fashion the traditional peace pipe.
Enter LF
Soon after birth
after recapture (and shortly before re-escape)
LF is the only offspring that I was able to corral before being eaten. LF has led a bit of a vagabond life, having the nerve of escaping and living over the winter in the corner of the basement. Upon recapture, she was about 3/4 the size of the adult pair.
Yes, I found Momma a new beau. He has a blue cast to his tail when displaying (pretty much all of the time). Hence he is named Blue.
I placed her in with the pair in their new tank
Things did not go well, she was soon set upon by both larger geckos. I moved her to temporary quarters and began an upgrade on her old tank.
The lid with the warped frame was discarded and a new one was ordered. I completely stripped and cleaned the exo-terra 18x18x24. One issue that any naturalistic terrarium face is draining excess moisture. I have had my fill of siphoning and decided, with some trepidation, to drill a bulkhead to continuously drain excess back to the reservoir. the procedure was much easier than I thought and I will do it to my other tanks. There is no going back.
I also like to grow orchids, so I wanted a background that enables good growth. I purchased a good sized chunk of tree-fern and some bulk cork flats and constructed a mosaic-type background. Gaps were filled with a product similar to Greatstuff Pond and Stone. The foam was carved and coated with tree-fern fibre and silicone. The background has been coated with a moss slurry (I will likely order more Dusk Tropics to augment it further). It will now sit and cycle and hopefully get good and mossy for orchids.
LF's new digs
Couldn't resist a little Minnesota, Catlinite is a stone mined in SW Mn, best known as the stone used to fashion the traditional peace pipe.
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