Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Update Aug 13

Well ther have been some positive things of late....

A few of thrm liked the banana flavored food, but more of them seem happy to be back on the regular stuff. In a couple of weeks I will see how they handle the mango flavor.

I have noticed that Sylvester is not so much "what ya doing?" in the mornings, and it would appear to have been a phase he went through. I am still waiting though to see if he is indeed a he or not. There seems to be no issue on what he will eat ... he devoured the food in front of him without a worry. He does seem to be making "friends" with Lady M in her tank that sits besde his, but as yet I am not sure if it is a best-buddies thing, or a making-eyes thing yet ... it may even be a territorial thing. It will take more time to know ....

Lady M has a habit of squaking at me when I go to handle her, but she is getting better at things. The last time I picked her up she didn't complain. Mind you, she was a bit distracted with her neighbour. She seems to be settling in just fine, eating and whatnot. The only odd ting is she runs for her hide when I spray them at night. I figure she will adapt sooner or later to this all ....

Ghost as well is settling in now, even though we were off to a slow start. It took a while for him to come out, and even then he would hide as soon as I came near or opened the tank door. He is eating more now, and he actually did't bolt when I opened the door to spray tonight. He just sat there, working on last night's food. I hope to soon be able to handle him, even if it is just a few minutes.....

Well thats it from me and the critter crew .... more vids and weight updates soon!

Friday, August 9, 2013

A visit with Lady M

I have noticed Lady M and Sylvester hanging out a bit more than before - as best they can - after I swapped their tanks's places. She does this upside down type thing towards the lower part of her tank, and he does this upwards thing near the top of his .... around where the two tanks's glass walls meet ...

They sat like that for over an hour last night ... but oddly not so much tonight .... I am not sure if it is a best buddies thing, if Sylvester does turn out to be a female ... or if it is pre-love thing if he is a male. Either way it is both cute and a bit creepy ... even for geckos LOL

Speaking of Sylvester, he has yet to show if he has the male goods or not. It is still undetermined what he is ... but it is looking more and more like Sylvester may become Sylvia .... or Priscilla ...

On a good note, I have notice both Elvis and Ghost eating a bit more than before ... but it is not yet enuff to reduce my concerns. I am hoping to get them all crickets on Sunday as a treat so that may help too.

Monday, July 29, 2013

Red has grown up ... sort of ...

My little mexican jumping bean is no more .... Red seems to have outgrown that phase ... and he has gotten bigger ...

He still is silly - like he dumps his dishes - but I think that is simply inherent in gecko DNA ... LOL

I went to see what the ruckus was, and he climbed right up my arm. No spazzy jumping, just hand to hand walking ... but calmer than ever. He sat still (perched on my fingers, of course) for most of an hour. I did get a chance to take a new video of him (see YouTube) and upload a pic of him to FBook. He tried to not go back in after his hour time, but I still had to eat my supper. Definitely a nice change in his behaviour.

Ah well, back to stuff ...

Saturday, July 27, 2013

Thursday, July 11, 2013

Picky Eaters

Well I am not sure who is eating less, Elvis or Ghost.

Elvis seems to no want anything to do with the food he is being given, to the point he dumps his food dish out of the ledge onto the floor of his tank. He is starting to look really small so I am getting a bit concerned.

Ghost ... being new ... has yet to give any real indication of eating other than the poops in the tank, but even those are not really substantial. Lady M is new, but at least she is eating.

I got paid for some sales (woot) so I was able to place an order with Northern Gecko for food etc. I am hoping to figure which critter will eat which food, as I ordered some small bags of the flavoured variety to test. I am hoping to get them crickets this week too as it has been a while for that treat for them.

Well they are all doing their nightly party and weirdness so have fun kids!

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Water time!

So at tonight's watering, poor little Elvis just wanted to hang out. Unfortunatly it was too late for that, bu I will try to give him some time soon. He does not seem to be eating so I am hoping to get some flavored food for him soon.

Another funny for the night, was when I went to water Red, and found him hanging out upside down from his ceiling! Silly thing .....

Sunday, July 7, 2013

Ages for the crew ...

OK ...

Finally took some time to take a shot at figuring how old each critter is as of today ... as best I can based on when I got them and their weight ... so in order of when they joined my house:

GEORGE is about 2 years and 1 month old

ELVIS is about 2 years old

RED is about 1 year and 6 months old

LUCINDA is about 2 years old

SYLVESTER is about 1 year and 5 months old (slow grower)

MAX is about 2 years old

CHARLIE is about 1 year and 10 months old

COSMO is about 1 year and 8 months old

GHOST is about 1 year and 10 months old

LADY M is about 5 months old



I hope to have each live a long life ... with proper care these guys and gals can easily live for nearly 20 years ...