Inochi's egg hatched!

[slleipnir]

Just curious if you got my PM ILR???

[ILoveReptiles]

Hello Selleipnir,

I'm sorry I didn't get back to you sooner, but my PC was crashing last night and I had to blow out some of the dust. It's fine right now though. I tried to send you this in a PM but it was too long and wouldn't go.

To answer your questions, yes, Inochi means "life" in Japanese. Japanese names just appeal greatly to me for some reason. I'm considering getting my blackbelt in one of the subsidiary disciplines of Kung-Fu. I just love anything Japanese..

I'd always thought by default the females are more, but it could be that the male is a lot larger, and hence, costs more. 190.00 for a leopard gecko is a bit pricey though. Unless of course it's a Tremper Giant ...

I'm selling my baby geckos after they've been started for about a month or so for $50.00 each, so it's all relative.

I wouldn't pay much attention to the show your father saw. They were probably talking about Tokay Geckos if that's the case, because those are very nasty. They do not like being held, and will bite. Their bites are very powerful and can cause a lot of damage. They also vocalize quite a bit, their call sounding almost like a bark. I used to have one and the thing would actually growl and bark at me. It was extremely bad-tempered, and I named it accordingly: It's name was Leviathan.

Leopard geckos are different, they are relatively friendly when they get older, and seem to enjoy being handled. However the young geckos are quite shy and skittish and will run if you try to handle them too soon. This can be bad because they can bolt right off of your hand if you're standing up and fall. Or you could grab at them inadvertently and the tail could drop off. If you are getting a younger gecko, I'd start slowly, by putting your hand in the cage and just leaving it there for a few moments. Let the gecko come over and investigate you, don't reach for it.

And I don't recall ever saying you needed to kill the crickets, I just happen to feed mine canned crickets. It's a lot less of a hassle than live crickets if you ask me, and my geckos seem to really like them. They'll take them right off the end of a pair of tweezers if I offer them.

The thing that I said you should kill, by crushing their heads before feeding them to the geckos, were mealworms, as they have been known to chew their way out of the gecko's stomach after being eaten. I've never actually SEEN this happen, but I've heard stories.

I had thought that the food needed to be alive at one time too, but I tried these crickets in a can on a whim once, and my geckos just went nuts over them. I couldn't believe it, and I've been using them ever since.

I usually feed mine every other day (the adults), and I try to get the hatchling to eat every day. The canned crickets also come in a mini size, which is just about perfect for her. It's also important to dust the crickets with a bit of calcium and vitamin powder suppliment, for the best possible health of your gecko. If you feed live crickets, you also have to worry about gut-loading, which can be a real hassle. I usually lose half the crop of crickets before I've even wound up feeding them to the geckos, and boy do they smell. I do not know whether or not the canned crickets were gut-loaded, but the suppliment powder I use takes care of that issue. I also occasionally feed my adult geckos a pinky mouse. It's quite the mouthful, and only an adult gecko can handle it. They are good around the breeding season for an extra nutrition and calcium boost.

I hope I helped you. If you have any other questions please ask!

[slleipnir]

To answer your questions, yes, Inochi means "life" in Japanese. Japanese names just appeal greatly to me for some reason. I'm considering getting my blackbelt in one of the subsidiary disciplines of Kung-Fu. I just love anything Japanese..

I'm very much into the whole Japanese thing as well. I think just about everything about it is amazing

Anyway, thanks a lot for all the info. It cleared a lot up for me. The one thing aobut her prices is it's canadian. So 60 bucks for a young one would be ok I think. That american site would have ended up to be like over 100 for me for like a 60 dollar one. I just need to go buy all its stuff which I think I'm going ot have trouble with but oh well, I got a list of tihngs I need. I posted a picture of the one I'm interested in in another thread I posted. It's a cutie

Thanks so much again

[NoahsMommy]

How neat!!! First...she's really, really pretty! Second, I'm amazed you can determine sex with incubation....wow! That's so cool!

Thanks for sharing these pictures and this information. I don't know a whole lot about geckos and found this thread very interesting and informative.