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Goose · Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 6:52 pm Post subject: Tokay pics

Heres some poor camera phone pics of my tokay gecko, Viv. I rehomed her from a lad that was going travelling, she was pretty thin (and also called Vivian, after the young ones character, now shes a Vivienne!) but now she is a right chunk. Would love to get her a mate, but am going to have to wait till Ive got time and space to convert the spare wardrobe!
She escaped about a month ago and gave me the run around for a bit, got her own back on me as you will see from the pic!
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Goose · Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 6:54 pm Post subject:

couple more
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BallGuy · Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 6:56 pm Post subject:

Lovely Tokay, that's just a love bite though!

Well done on rescuing her, she seems to be thriving for you.
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Goose · Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 6:59 pm Post subject:

yeah she certainly is the little dinosaur! felt really bad the other day though, played a male tokay call on my laptop and the poor thing was looking about to find out where he was!
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FatBoy · Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 7:13 pm Post subject:

Gorgeous tokay. These are totally underated in the hobby! Crying or Very sad

Nice bite, but just wait until she's bigger! Laughing

Goose · Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 7:18 pm Post subject:

shes about 35cm at the moment, do the girls get much bigger? not sure how old she is as she is a rehome an presumably WC.
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Peter Parrot · Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 7:36 pm Post subject:

Great species and very overlooked as has already been mentioned. I have two females here, must get myself a male soon. She will bulk out a fair bit growth wise rather than getting much longer.
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FatBoy · Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 8:01 pm Post subject:

Goose · Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 8:03 pm Post subject:

thats what I thought. Have to agree with you on the underrated bit, theyve gotta be one of the most beautiful geckos readily available and are fascinting to watch. Anyone got a male? how noisy are they?
Shes bulking out all the time, fed on crickets and locust with the odd waxworm and morios plus a pinky or fuzzy mouse evey couple of months.
Shes also tamed up alot since she came to me, think this is due to her having a lot more cover now (before her only hides were on the floor!). she will sit still now instead of running and hiding when I walk in and will eat food offered off forceps (havent been brave enough to try hand feeding!)
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FatBoy · Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 8:11 pm Post subject:

Sounds like you're doing everything right mate. Can't wait to see how she progresses!

If you share a bedroom with a tokay then a male isn't a good idea. Once they mature they can be REALLY loud! I was at a mate's in Exeter last year, and his tokay (free roaming and about a foot long) which was 2 rooms away kept me awake all night. Laughing