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check out my 2 latest additions arrivin here on Thrusday!!!!!

tell me wut u think!

Nice little ones!

This is what my step-daughter wants, but they are so quick it would get lost the first day we would have one. If we are lucky enough not to have one get lost the first day, it would at least be minus its tail.
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Mike

2.4 BRB
1.2 Spotted Python
1.0 Cal. King

ouch! well i mean yes they are pretty quick but i guess educating her in not grabbin the tail would be a good way to start lol....i mean it does grow back, but wont be as nice!

She is a couple months shy of six years old and does not always listen to well. This is why she has a $20 California Kingsnake, and not something more expenisive or less hardy.

She is doing well with he kingsnake and loves to hold Mickey (a BRB about 30".
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Mike

2.4 BRB
1.2 Spotted Python
1.0 Cal. King

well at least shes not freaked out by them as alot of her 6 year old friends might be!!

They are not that fast ( fat-tails & leopards ) when compared to Day geckos and tokay's
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Thanks,

Frank Roberts
Roberts' Realm Of Reptile Research

I agree with Frank, I have actually kept and bred Leopard Geckos for nearly three years and they are not really fast at all. Definately wouldn't compare to Tokay Geckos and since they can't suction to windows etc. they are much easier to deal with. Just my opinion though...

Ike

well ike, since you seem to have experience with leopards and these will be my first pair i would like to ask you a question..seeing as i like to get different opinions before i make my choice.

the leopards are about a month old and weigh 8-9 grams. they are both femals and im going to be housing them in a 20 Long glass tank, for now, i was wondering if i should have them seperated for a few months or if i should just put them in together from the get-go?

some people have said house them away from each other till they are abt 3-4 months old. others of course beg to differ and say go ahead and house them togther.

im going to provide enough hides and water for the 2 of them so they dont compete for hides or space or water or anything, i will feed them accordingly so they dont compete for food also.

just would like your insight on this.

thanks

anthony

Anthony.... I didn't know it was possible to sex baby leopard geckos. You say yours are female.... how do you know? I would love to be able to sex mine when they hatch. I have heard of their pores, but I have also heard that that isn't a reliable way.

Thanks for any help!
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Sorry my response has taken so long I was running around.

I ordered my geckos from theurbangecko.com with Craig Stewart...

Leopard geckos are heat sexed and he assured me I was going to get two females, I mean once they get mature enough I can sex them myself. But I specifically told him I wanted hatchlings so I can raise them myself.

Ahh... heat sexed. I didnt think about that. Thanks!
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>>Ahh... heat sexed. I didnt think about that. Thanks!
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
21.29 BRB
19.19 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

I believe I was watching to many episodes of Croc Diaries and Steve said that during the incubation process if the eggs were stored below 72 they are male (or female) and if they were above they were the opposite. Just a shot in the dark but the above is true but temp line might be off a degree or two though
Bob

Yeah, that's exactly it! I don't know the exact temperatures for leopard geckos, but it works the same way. A certain range of degrees will produce 100% males, another range 100% females, and the middle of those two a mix of males and females. Since I think my incubator is set in the middle, I have no idea what my little baby is.
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Very valuable tool for producing known sexes for selling as breeders!!!! Wow!!!
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
21.29 BRB
19.19 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

They cannot be visually sexed until around a year of age. Though they can be temperature sexed with nearly 100% accuracy.

Ike

Hey sorry it took me a while to get back to you. I would say it would be a wise decison to house them apart for the first 3 months of their life. While you do have adequate hides etc. there still is the slight possibility one of the girls could get a little nippy and either purposely or accidently nip the others tail. When I was breeding leos i kept them separetly just to make sure I didn't have any missing tails (which never grow back to look the same). You could keep the current setup though and aviod spending a bunch of money on a new cage and just put some sort of divider in the cage or you can always put smaller cages inside the larger cage. Anyway just my two cents.

Ike

I gotta agree.. I don't think there is much in the reptile world that is as quick as a baby Phelsuma.. those litte guys can move!!

>>They are not that fast ( fat-tails & leopards ) when compared to Day geckos and tokay's
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>>Frank Roberts
>>Roberts' Realm Of Reptile Research
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photos.xtremecombatsports.com

to run "upside down" across a ceiling can probably make them interesting to try and catch if they somehow escaped.

I have never had the pleasure of breeding them. I have kept them in the past and know first hand you do not want to treat them as if they are bearded dragons. VERY HARD to catch. It loved baby food ( papaya ).

I have only kept one species:

Phelsuma m. grandis

Super cool to watch them in their environment, being diurnal doesn't hurt, in regards to making observations of their routines.
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Thanks,

Frank Roberts
Roberts' Realm Of Reptile Research

Very cool! I especially like the yellow one.

My little gecko that hatched out on May 18th is finally ready to go to a new home. He/she had a great photo session today.

So, do your new geckos have names? And what morphs are they? I don't know anything about leopard gecko morphs. I just have my normal pair that give me a baby or two every spring.
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The white and black one is a Snow Leopard and her name is Frost

The orange one is a Syper-Hypo Tangerine and her name is Citrus

Im hoping to get a male next year to breed them and put them in like a 30 Breeder with lots of space

Ohh, I like the names!
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what exactly is a, " 30 Breeder " ??

*standing in corner w/ my dunce cap on*
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Thanks,

Frank Roberts
Roberts' Realm Of Reptile Research

its almost the same size as a 30 gallon tank except that its a lil shorter and a lil deeper

in regards to the "lingo" .
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Thanks,

Frank Roberts
Roberts' Realm Of Reptile Research

....

the vestigal spurs are waaaaayyyyy too long and they seem to have two sets of them??? The Rainbow colors are off the hook though, More intense than any of mine.

Oh,

Wait,

This is OT Tuesday and those are not rainbows!

Cute lil geckos!!!

Congrats!!!
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
21.29 BRB
19.19 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

LMAO....thnx Dave, and also thanks for hookin me up with Jesse she sent me some pics!!!!

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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
21.29 BRB
19.19 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

leopards???

very nice!!
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Thanks,

Frank Roberts
Roberts' Realm Of Reptile Research

leopards fool!

hah, that was funny, I thought leopards, but was not certain, fat-tails are very nice for the record!!!
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Thanks,

Frank Roberts
Roberts' Realm Of Reptile Research

in reply to ur post a lil higher up the line there....they are pretty quick, they will make a dash for the top of your shirt.

now in reply to this....yes fat tail geckos are nice too, but i like all the morphs for leopards

I meant in comparison to "other commonly available" geckos, such as Day and also Tokay geckos.
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Thanks,

Frank Roberts
Roberts' Realm Of Reptile Research

i almost bought a tokay once....then it bit me and didnt let go....lol

they are somewhat aggressive, ( ok ok sometimes VERY Agro )

I have seen babies that where C/B ( not wild caught imports )

surprisingly tame ( due to the keeper handling since it hatched
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Thanks,

Frank Roberts
Roberts' Realm Of Reptile Research

well i have yet to see any juvi's or hatchlings around the stores here, nor have i been able to find a breeder.

what about those day geckos (like the geico one), i wonder how those are....hmmmm...any insight to that?

btw i think its about time i let you guys know all my pets...lol

1.1 Kenyan Sand Boas (CBB Sahara is the female and Gobi is the male)
1.1 Pastel Bearded Dragons (Roxy and Draco)
0.1 BRB (Skittle...my gf's idea for a name...lol)
1.0 "Miami Phase" Corn Snake (WC, so i named him wild child)
2.1 Cats - Khaos, Rascal & Rajah
2.0 Dogs - Max (pit bull and boxer mix) & Scruffy (australian sheppard mix)

oh and cant forget

0.2 Leopard Geckos...gettin here on Thurs.

that should help you out, also goodle. " Ron Trempor Geckos "
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Thanks,

Frank Roberts
Roberts' Realm Of Reptile Research

I have so many species on my wish list.

Here is one of them:

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Thanks,

Frank Roberts
Roberts' Realm Of Reptile Research

A friend of mine used to breed Standings Day Geckos. They were pretty neat little animals. With lots of work he had his so that they would eat out of his hand but they still would not hold still when handled and had to be restrained or they would jump off of you and run. And they run pretty fast. Nice animals to keep in a cage but not to handle like you can leopards or Fat Tails.
Jeff

>>well i have yet to see any juvi's or hatchlings around the stores here, nor have i been able to find a breeder.
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>>what about those day geckos (like the geico one), i wonder how those are....hmmmm...any insight to that?
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>>btw i think its about time i let you guys know all my pets...lol
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>>1.1 Kenyan Sand Boas (CBB Sahara is the female and Gobi is the male)
>>1.1 Pastel Bearded Dragons (Roxy and Draco)
>>0.1 BRB (Skittle...my gf's idea for a name...lol)
>>1.0 "Miami Phase" Corn Snake (WC, so i named him wild child)
>>2.1 Cats - Khaos, Rascal & Rajah
>>2.0 Dogs - Max (pit bull and boxer mix) & Scruffy (australian sheppard mix)
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>>oh and cant forget
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>>0.2 Leopard Geckos...gettin here on Thurs.

Captive breeding of Tokay Geckos is still very rare.

>>A friend of mine used to breed Standings Day Geckos. They were pretty neat little animals. With lots of work he had his so that they would eat out of his hand but they still would not hold still when handled and had to be restrained or they would jump off of you and run. And they run pretty fast. Nice animals to keep in a cage but not to handle like you can leopards or Fat Tails.
>>Jeff
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>>>>well i have yet to see any juvi's or hatchlings around the stores here, nor have i been able to find a breeder.
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>>>>what about those day geckos (like the geico one), i wonder how those are....hmmmm...any insight to that?
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>>>>btw i think its about time i let you guys know all my pets...lol
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>>>>1.1 Kenyan Sand Boas (CBB Sahara is the female and Gobi is the male)
>>>>1.1 Pastel Bearded Dragons (Roxy and Draco)
>>>>0.1 BRB (Skittle...my gf's idea for a name...lol)
>>>>1.0 "Miami Phase" Corn Snake (WC, so i named him wild child)
>>>>2.1 Cats - Khaos, Rascal & Rajah
>>>>2.0 Dogs - Max (pit bull and boxer mix) & Scruffy (australian sheppard mix)
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>>>>oh and cant forget
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>>>>0.2 Leopard Geckos...gettin here on Thurs.

It was Kevin from NERD's who had the "tame" tokay" ( not 100% sure ). I am 100% sure he ( Kevin ) had a good sized snapping turtle that was surprisingly docile. I know it was ( the docility ) directly related to the husbandry the animal received. ( up to and including frequent handling ) I also think it ( the turtle ) was raised from a " hatchling " but, I am about 0 % sure if the previous statement is accurate information.
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Thanks,

Frank Roberts
Roberts' Realm Of Reptile Research

LOVE the snow... they're my favorite morphs, along with midnight blizzards and the good, old-fashioned wild ones!
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65 animals... and the number keeps growing!

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Renee

2.0 amel & anery corns (Foxfire & Daguerre)
1.0 BRB (Loki)

Thanks!
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