Tonight ...

Well the kids have been sprayed down for the night .... and I made the point of handling Charlie for a couple mins ...

Of course, since it has been way too long, she was jumpy .... but I am determined to get them past that once again .... at least Sylvester was not jumpy tonight and let me pet him ....

Random post ...

It was a nice thing to be greeted by an excited gecko tonight when I got home .... Sylvester was right there saying HI in his way .... at least that is how I am going to take it .... LOL

Hungry kids ....

I guess Red was hungry for his food ... cuz before I finished putting his dish in he was all over it ... had to convince him to move out of the way enuff to give him fresh water ... definitely getting time for a bigger feeding dish for him ...

Silly Lucinda

Well I went hunting ... and found a surprise ...

She has actually laid 2 clutches since I last knew .... they were buried in her laybox .... so I have no idea when she laid them ....

I did candle them, and they appear to be duds still ... so I guess they did not get busy after all .... no worries ...

Day 43?

Its been 43 days and still no clutch from Lucinda ...,

Odd ...

Oddly enough ... while putting stuff away ... I came across 2 grasshoppers .... one big guy and one small one ... must have been hiding in Max's tank as his is the only one with holes to permit that sort of thing .... guess he doesn't get crickets anymore ...

Good Night from the Critter Crew

All have been misted ... and 5 of the 8 got a quick touch/pet from me ... of course Max was hiding ... and Charlie & Lucinda are jumpy as always .... guess I better get back to working on that ....

No eggs still

Odd ...

I figured Lucinda would have laid her next clutch by now .....

She laid her first Dec 26 .... her next 40 days later on Feb 3 .... but still nothing since ...

She was paired with Max for a week Feb 17 - 24 .... but nothing to indicate they did anything ....

I am waiting until she lays her next clutch before I debate setting her up with George .... but I am wondering if they are too young ... or if Max was not quite ready ....

Odd behaviour...

Little concerned about my little Sylvester ....

He has not been out and about all night yet .... and when I went to check he was still hiding out under the fern in the corner ... it can't be from the temperature in the apartment cuz the others are up and around ...

Hope it is just weird thing he has going on tonight ....

Just a random post ... took a look at Lucinda when I was putting Cosmo back ... saw she was in a shed ... looks cool ... just saying ....

Well it's (sadly) been a while since I did some hands-on time with the geckos, and even longer since I took any vids of them .... getting near time for a new weigh-in for them too ....

Well, by request ... here is Cosmo ...

Expo

The Toronto Reptile Expo is on Sunday .... and I would love to go but alas no spare funds and definitely no spare gas money ... if you have not been to a reptile expo, you should go ... really ... it is an awesome experience .... hopefully I can save up for the next, but they get so hot in the summer the ones now would be better in a way .... oh well ... the kids all say G'Night ... LOL

Quiet Night

It seems all the kids are having a quiet night .... no jumping or thudding or anything ... wonder if the day/night change with my shift is affecting them - means their over-head room light is not on the same schedule as their tank lights ... Not sure about changing the timer to match for the rest of the month since I will be on some crap shift starting March 31 .... oh well ... crickets for them all this weekend if I can ...

New Ideas

So I made a stop in at Pet Paradise and found some better climbing vines stuff for the crew. This looks like a definate must for them as I am not liking how their current climbing vines are falling apart .... just gotta get the funds ... no rush ....

March 3 2012

Yup I love my critters ... and still wonder about my little crack-head "nocturnal" gecko .... its 10:13am EST and Sylvester is all up and stalking invisible stuff ... and jumping at stuff .... nocturnal ... yeah ... right ...

Random stuff ... to get things started ...


I am still not sure if Lucinda & Max got "busy" but she is due to lay her clutch in the next week or so .... guess we wil lsee when I check the eggs ...


I have noticed my little not-so-nocturnal Sylvester has gotten better at my handling .... he does not bolt so much when I pet him within his tank ...






I am trying to get back into giving them all hands-on time ... hopefully it is a habit I can keep up now that my work shift may enable me to get more sleep ...

Welcome to the Critter Crew News!

Since I do spam FaceBook with my crew, I wanted to start an alternate spot for random updates and posts ... so as not to annoy those who may not want to hear the little critter things of the day. I have uploaded all the videos of them to date to YouTube ... and it can be found via my Google+ account ... Any questions? Then let's begin ....