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i dont htink they are captive bred but thought youd just like to know.i heardyou lost your lst one.i was thinking about getting a pair of these but they seem to be difficult captives and they are very expensive.
nick

Yes, I think I actualy got my 4 year LTCs for that same price. SIGH... if he still has them in a week or two I might be able to afford them. I'm trying to think how much the vet bills could be, and what the liklehood is I'd actually want/need to treat them for anything. They say with Uroplatus sometimes the treatment is worse than the disease, you know?
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Eryx - All the fun of a boa in a convenient pocket size!

I was using Uroplatus as a metaphor- they're a slightly more commonly kept animal from the same sort of habitat as cats.
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Eryx - All the fun of a boa in a convenient pocket size!

yeah i know what you mean.i just think 150 dollars is to much to spend on a lizard considering i donthave a job(not old enough to get one at the moment).im looking into getting some kind of gecko at the next herpshow though.i have an open octagon tank wich dimensions are 2 feet tall and 2 feet from one side to hte other.do you know what kinds of gekcos i could put in that.ive been thinking about some white lines or tokays.waht else could i put intheir.IM open to suggestions even if they are not geckos.thanks for your time
nick

Sniff... it's not too much for the most beautiful gecko in the world... Both my husband and my employers are introducing the concept of intermittant employment, so we're feeling the pinch too.

I really like crested geckos, you probably can get a baby for about 40$ to start out with. They're just very cuddly.
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Eryx - All the fun of a boa in a convenient pocket size!

IVE THOUGHT ABOUT GETTING A CRESTED BUT ID RATHER HAVE A PAIR OF MARBLEDS.I JUST FIND THEM FASCINATING(NOT THAT I DONT FIND CRESTEDS FASCINATING).RIGHT NOW I HAVE A PAIR OF LEO GECKOS,PLUS A FEW OTHER LIZARDS.WHAT ALL GEKCOS DO YOU KEEP.
NICK

Pretty pathetically, I currently just have a crested and a cat. I've got a bunch of other ones I want in mind, but they're all pretty hefty investments of time and money. Well, I guess I have my whole life to buy geckos, eh?
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Eryx - All the fun of a boa in a convenient pocket size!

WELL IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR SOME INFO ON CAT GECKOS BUT CANT FIND ANY REALLY.I ONLY HAVE FOUND THE BEST INFO IN THE LEOPARD GECKO MANUAL.WELL I THINK ILL WAIT AWHILE THILL I GET ONE OF THESE GECKOS.I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.DO YOU KEEP AND BREED ERYX.IF SO DO YOU SELL THE BABYS.IVE BEEN THINKING OF GETTING ONE OF THESE SINCE IV FINALLY GOT MY GRADES UP SO MY STEP DAD WIL LET ME KEEP A SNAKE(HE DOES NOT LIKE SNAKES BUT LIKES LIZARDS).THANKS
NICK

Cats are kept a bit like chameleons, if chameleons were nocturnal. Sounds a little strange, but it works. Once you get them acclimated, they're probably no tougher than house or day geckos. The whole problem is getting them used to captivity.

I should be drowning in baby Eryx, hopefully, in a few months here, if you're interested in getting one, email me and I can tell you what I'm expecting.

As another update, we had a bit of money saved up toward the Lucas cats, but since we had gecko on the brain we sort of went out and spend it on a female crested to go with our male. Oops! It probably wasn't half enough money, anyway, once you count in shipping, caging, and medical bills for even one new cat.
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Eryx - All the fun of a boa in a convenient pocket size!

well now that i think babout it it would cost alot to keep a cat gecko.also i found a caresheet on these off google from a guy who bred them but hasnt had any since he sold all his.it is a pretty good one.ill find the adress in aminute.how old are your 2 cresteds.i was wondering how long from now you might have babies.also on those eryx.do you have any kenyans.this is the kind i want.just a regular morph.it been harder and harder to find them at reptile shows lately.how much will they be including shipping.ill find that caresheet real quick too.
nick

the web site is http://home.neo.rr.com/catgecko/
it is a pretty good one.
nick

Yeah, that's the guy I got mine from.
I will have normal Kenyans, hopefully two litters. I'll probably be writing my own caresheet this year, but the more research you do the better if this is your first snake. Total cost with shipping will be somwhere between 65 and 85$, I'm estimating. If you email I can show you all sorts of pics of the parents and whatnot.
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Eryx - All the fun of a boa in a convenient pocket size!

I was just at the Unique Animal Expo in Portland Oregon this weekend, they had tons of Eryx there. Saw a really cool anery one and an albino, though it looked more like a leucistic to me. Neat little snakes.

Chris

how hard is it to breed sand boas.im looking to get one that i will eventually be able to breed.im thinking of starting wiht some african house snakes as they breed readilly adn dont take any cycling.would it be better if i started out with these or went straight to sand boas.thanks
nick

Sand boas breed like monkeys. Well, at least Kenyans do. Your problem will be finding somewhere to sell all the offspring.
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Eryx - All the fun of a boa in a convenient pocket size!

well i think ill start out with some kenyans then.i will kep you in mind when im ready to buy one(after i get the cage set up).im also going to check prices at the next reptile show i go to.why will it be hard to find places to sell the offspring.
nick