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Frank

Hi! I just got a GT leachianus, so happy and will post some pics soon...and have a couple of questions about him.Can leachianus lose their tail? How long can they live? I searched a lot in the web and could not find any info about this..

Thomas Shanta · Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 7:42 pm Post subject:

Glad you like him Frank,I'm gutted I couldn't keep him,but my girl is alot happier without him and she's enjoying the huge viv to herself for the moment Rolling Eyes

never mind.The red Cresties have gone into their homes and they will not be kept with any males until next spring,one has a slight dent at the base of her tail is that from egg laying.

rudders · Contributing Member Joined: 21 Oct 2006 Posts: 60

Leachianus quite often lose their tails when they have been kept together but they will regenerate a tail, the only difference is that it will often be of a different colour usually a solid dark colour.As for how long they live there have been reports of 30 years so you should have a nice gecko for a very long time.

Frank · Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 3:55 pm Post subject:

Hi Tom! yeah the leachie is gorgeous, he ate a whole banana yesterday! As you said he completely ignores live food...we could say he's a vegetarian!! Wink

Anyway I ordered a special food for leachies that should arrive tomorrow, the t-rex one which I guess is the same you were feeding him with.
About the female crested is not about egg laying, I guess you are talking about the clearer red female...she was like this when I bought her and was about 4 months old, I didn't notice that at the beginning, this commonly happens due to calcium deficiency in the first weeks of life, so I increased calcium on her diet and then she grew and laid eggs with no problems. Unfortunartely the dent does not disappear completely but slowly gets better if she gets appropriate calcium on her diet.

luc · I'm new here... Joined: 21 Nov 2006 Posts: 12

Hi I have been keeping and breeding leachianus for the last 5 years and have never had one lose it's tail. They grow back and most animals that were collected in nature had regrown tails. The age they can attain is probably between 30 and 50 years old we will only now that for certain within 20 years are so because they only have been bred in captivity(in good numbers) for the last 15 years.

Frank · Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 8:41 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the replies! I think that leachianus could live even longer then 50 years... ciliatus are thought to live up tp 25-30 years, and their life cycle is much faster, they grow faster, mature much younger and breed many times a year compared to leachianus. Not in all animal species the life cycle determines how long they could live, there are many other factors that can determine this, but considering that rhacodactylus are genetically so close to each other to be in the same group and with such a difference in their life cycles, then I am almost convinced that leachianus could live much longer than ciliatus, chahouas, etc...

Thomas Shanta · Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 11:44 pm Post subject:

He likes pinks and fluffs as well Franko as well as the occasional finger Laughing

Luc,are you the guy from Belgium if so can you post some pics of your type B's,they have to be the most spectacular Leachies I have seen.

luc · I'm new here... Joined: 21 Nov 2006 Posts: 12

Yes i am the one. here are some pic's of the type B's

I realy liked both your dark morphs, hope to find a male that looks as good as yours but my females are only 1,5 years old so i have some time, were your dark morphs also produced by Troeger ?
here pic's from my dark morphs produced by troeger

the second one is usually darker than in the picture

Thomas Shanta · Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 6:33 pm Post subject:

Those type B's are awesome,I have a friend with a male that looks just like your boys and he wants to pair him with my girl but I'm not sure I should breed a ' B' with her,I really want to pair her with a Yates.

luc · I'm new here... Joined: 21 Nov 2006 Posts: 12

Are you certain that your girl is a yates ? She looks a lot like a mnt koghis dark morph. My animals(type b) come from animals that were also collected in the mount koghis area so these probably would interbreed in the wild with the dark morphs.I haven't seen an other yates animal in europe, so if she is a yates finding a yates male might be very difficult. I will finaly have a female from the same bloodline as my males after the Hamm show.