Pet ideas?

[slleipnir]

Wow, thanks for that info That does help a lot, and I'll look at that site as well The one thing is, I don't believe our pet stores have leopard geckos. I was disappointed not to see any. There was one gecko however, I believe he was a Mediterranean (spelling?) Gecko. I think anyway. He looked a lot like that picture wolfchan posted, only he was gray and his head looked a little different. I wonder if most geckos are similar in what you described the leo to be like??

[ILoveReptiles]

Well Leo's are unique in the liking to be handled aspect. Tokay Geckos are quite the opposite. They are NOT something that you could handle. I used to own one, and it was absolutely vicious.

I wouldn't ever get a reptile from a pet shop anyway - they don't tend to treat them very well. And I have seen some that are in really rough shape.

I'd go to a private breeder online... lllreptile.com has some good geckos, and there are many other reputable breeders. www.leopardgecko.com is one.

I myself am breeding my 4 females with my normal male. So far the eggs seem to be doing well but they're not due to hatch until late June.

[slleipnir]

Oh, ok. I just kinda live far away from pretty much everything so do they send them do you or something? Isn't that hard on them though?

[ILoveReptiles]

I had all of mine shipped express overnight to my door. It shouldn't be TOO hard on them if they're packaged properly, and naturally I wait until the weather gets warmer.

Most reputable breeders won't ship them if it's too cold.

[slleipnir]

Oh, I see. I should look for somewhere in Canada then

[ILoveReptiles]

Yeah ... The closer the better. But I had mine shipped all the way from California to Connecticut and they were fine.

[slleipnir]

I just e-mailed the site that you listed, they said they don't ship to Canada anyway Do you know of any that might? Or how I can find out?

Connecticut is close to New York right? (sorry, I'm horrible with geography ) I'm right on the other side of Maine pretty much. Do you know of anywhere close to you maybe? I don't think it's that far from me hehe (sorry for being so hopeless haha) I was thinking of asking the pet stores if they know anywhere

[ILoveReptiles]

Well I found one LG breeder in Canada...
http://www.hqreptiles.com/

I don't know how reputable they are... so I can't make any call on that.

Google.com brought them up when I entered the keywords Leopard Gecko Canada

[Twisterdog]

We have a rough green tree snake. He eats only insects, that's the reason I got him. I could NOT handle feeding mice to a snake, no way.

He is VERY easy to care for. Drop some crickets in a few times a week, and spray his plants with water a couple times per day. That's it.

He is very nice, but very fast. We hold him a lot, but you have to be careful not to ever let him loose.

He is beautiful, and sweet. We have had him for years, and he is very healthy. I had to special order him from the pet store, but even then he was less than $20.

[slleipnir]

Thanks Twister Those sound really great too! But I kinda have my heart set on a leo now! lol If I can find one that is hehe. I think I'll look into the tree snake too though

[CathyBogart]

Oh! I had a rough green snake as my first reptile! They're fun! His name was Fluffy.... ^_^