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My giant day gecko is dead but why!! rip maria (pictures)
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mattrethy
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 2:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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are you sure the second gecko wasn't male too?


Definitely sure you could see the massive difference between both of there areas. and she was a year old so she wasn't developing
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 3:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
If the substrate is coco-fibre and she got a mouth full of it while hunting or whatever, I would assume it wasn't fully expanded with water before being used and she died because it expanded in her stomach.

A vet can obviously confirm this with an autopsy, if I were you I would remove the stuff and completely soak it before using it again.

I generally sift through any coco fibre I am soaking in a bucket to make sure it is all 100% expanded.

Not a nice thing to happen but perhaps an example of what can happen if you don't take every aspect of a gecko's husbandry into consideration.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 11:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Aww no so sorry to hear of your loss. I'd get an autopsy just to put my mind at rest tbh..
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 12:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
serpent wrote:
If i remember correctly didnt everyone warn you against keeping Phelsuma's on Geckoworld ?
Moderators and members alike told you that you wasnt experienced enough to keep these alive for very long.


Honestly, I found most Phelsuma m. grandis to be about as easy to keep and breed as R. ciliatus.
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