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Yet another gecko-cam

rveety Feb 10, 2003 10:41 AM

I've been lurking in this forum since I got my 2 female juvi's 1 month ago. They were not eating much (maybe 1 cricket a night, sometimes none) and regurgitated much of what they ate. I took them to the vet 2 weeks ago and he found hookworms and provided me with de-wormer. After their second dose they are doing much better.

Gecko-cam

In the cam you'll see their primary hide (cardboard box), water dish, and feeding dish. The feeding dish really stimulates eating for my geckos. I place crickets in the dish (they won't touch mealies) and they watch from their hide as they crawl by. Then they jump out and munch down a cricket, then go back to watch for more. As they've been getting better they eat more each night. Last night they ate 5 3/4" crickets..mmmm I know they should be eating more, but its a good start. The crickets can't escape from the dish, so I leave some at night and watch the webcam. I'm using a camcorder so I can see in the dark unlike most normal webcams. In the morning I count how many are left and remove them to be re-gut-loaded.

Behind the visible hide is another hide and a piece of driftwood. They always poop on the wood instead of the paper towel substrate...good and bad, as I have to keep cleaning the wood but I don't have to change the paper towels as often To the right of the feeding dish is a small dish of calcuim powder. Everything is a bit cluttered now so I'll be getting a 20L tank soon.

The picture is from the day after I got them. They are inside the box from the red reptile light bulb. They look much better now and are starting to fatten up a bit. At the time I didn't know what to look for and got skinny tailed geckos. On the top is Mozilla and on the bottom is Rosy.
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Replies (1)

daFrimpster May 13, 2003 10:35 AM

I tried to go to your gecko cam but it asked for a user name and password.

>>I've been lurking in this forum since I got my 2 female juvi's 1 month ago. They were not eating much (maybe 1 cricket a night, sometimes none) and regurgitated much of what they ate. I took them to the vet 2 weeks ago and he found hookworms and provided me with de-wormer. After their second dose they are doing much better.
>>
>>Gecko-cam
>>
>>In the cam you'll see their primary hide (cardboard box), water dish, and feeding dish. The feeding dish really stimulates eating for my geckos. I place crickets in the dish (they won't touch mealies) and they watch from their hide as they crawl by. Then they jump out and munch down a cricket, then go back to watch for more. As they've been getting better they eat more each night. Last night they ate 5 3/4" crickets..mmmm I know they should be eating more, but its a good start. The crickets can't escape from the dish, so I leave some at night and watch the webcam. I'm using a camcorder so I can see in the dark unlike most normal webcams. In the morning I count how many are left and remove them to be re-gut-loaded.
>>
>>Behind the visible hide is another hide and a piece of driftwood. They always poop on the wood instead of the paper towel substrate...good and bad, as I have to keep cleaning the wood but I don't have to change the paper towels as often To the right of the feeding dish is a small dish of calcuim powder. Everything is a bit cluttered now so I'll be getting a 20L tank soon.
>>
>>The picture is from the day after I got them. They are inside the box from the red reptile light bulb. They look much better now and are starting to fatten up a bit. At the time I didn't know what to look for and got skinny tailed geckos. On the top is Mozilla and on the bottom is Rosy.
>>

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daFrimpster

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