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Scott W · Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:21 am Post subject:

nope, not found anymore, tbh i was suprised to find the first one as there are so many places for them to hide.

As for the adults, they are looking great, real fat and healthy looking. They love the new racking and bask on the heated shelves. Also when the lights go off at night I have found the 'day' geckos at the bottom of the cages catching crickets or cockroaches that are running loose on the floor.

During the day when I'm in there they show NO fear at all, I can walk within inches of them and they just ignore me, only running if I try to touch them.
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Rickeezee · Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:34 am Post subject:

Top stuff, I take it there are no gaps under doors for them to escape through?

What do you keep your rep house ambient temperature at Scott?

I suppose with so many heat mats etc the gex can warm up as required.

Nice to hear they are thriving free range, nice way to keep them, well done. Have you any experience with Phelsuma madagascariensis grandis?

Has anyone had or keep the above species?
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Scott W · Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:46 am Post subject:

There's no gaps big enough for the adults, although the babies could squeeze through wall vents maybe. The ambient temps have dropped down to 15c at night, but like you say there are plenty of hot spots for them to find.

The thing I find most amazing is that there aren't many water sources and humidity is quite low but they still look good and shed very well (found almost a complete skin last night).

I did have 'grandis' loose a few years back but it didn't do so well, partly I think because I didn't keep so many lizards so there wasn't as much 'free range' food running about. I eventually caught up the grandis and passed them on.
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Rickeezee · Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:55 am Post subject:

Cool, they must get their water supply from the misting systems as you said. Interesting that they are thriving in a non-humid environment.

Even better that they accept your presence without running away at 100mph!

Being a non-gluer I suppose they just lay their eggs wherever they feel safe to do so. Bit hard to find them I would imagine.

Out of interest what ambient tempretures do you keep you rep house at durring the day Scott?

Nice one.
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Scott W · Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 9:08 am Post subject:

at the moment the ambient day temp is quite variable, 28c ave I guess. I will be turning on the air con soon to make sure the temp sticks at 28c (often went past 32c last summer).
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Rickeezee · Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 9:21 am Post subject:

So as you are keeping a relatively high daytime ambient temp are you also heating individual vivs etc? Do you Yemen's deal with the temps OK, well they must do otherwise you wouldn't keep them in there, der daft question!
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Scott W · Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 9:12 pm Post subject:

I still heat the vivs, in fact I may be crazy but I run an air unit to keep the ambient temps down JUST so that I can heat the vivs with a basking spot (if I didn't lower room temps the spot lights would hardly ever be on, creating a uniform heated cage, which I don't like the thought of).

It all seems to work as the lizards bask early morning, then once warmed up are active and scouting the cages all day.
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Rickeezee · Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 3:06 am Post subject:

Makes sense, that's why it's best to keep to converting the garage as is much cooler and always in the shade as opposed to converting the new shed to a rep house. Easier to warm a room than cool it down.
Sounds good to me. Very Happy

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Scott W · Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 9:10 pm Post subject:

just a little update.

One of the males unfortunately died a while back, it climbed inside a tub and couldn't get back out, was dead by the time I discovered him Sad

On the plus side the 1.2 remaining geckos are doing great, you can almost put your nose on them and they don't move, even had a few strangers over today and they still didn't hide away. Also found 4 babies loose in the room so far, 2 in the last two days.

There must of been far more than that hatch but I'm guessing I'm just not seeing them before the adults eat them.
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Peter Parrot · Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 9:15 pm Post subject:

Sounds like a self perpetuating colony almost Scott. Smile

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