Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Max Time

Well tonight was a nice visit with Max. He has not had an outing in a while, same as the rest of them, so I decided tonight would be his turn. He was spazzy and jumpy ... crazy Max ... but then he calmed down .... sat on my upper arm sleeve nice and peaceful .... for a while at least. Then he did the few jumps as usual, but then he calmed down again and just chilled out in my hand. He repeated this on and off pattern for a while, until I put him back for the night.

I hope with time to get them all back into the routine of time out and that they adjust instead of the spazzy jumpy stuff ....

Monday, April 29, 2013

Silly

Well now that she has laid her clutch, Lucinda seems to be in and out of her laybox ....

No idea why .... she didn't even lay them in there anyways ....

Silly girl ....



Sunday, April 28, 2013

Lucinda's Eggs

Well she did it ... she laid her 2 egg clutch as expected this weekend.

She was giving signs that it was coming, like digging in her lay box ... hanging out inside her tree "house" thing ... and being restless on Saturday....

Early this afternoon I found her 2 eggs in the bottom of her tree. I don't know why I bother with a lay-box for her... half the time she lays them in the tree.

Now, after a bit more research, I am worried that IF her and Max DID get busy, maybe I tossed out fertile eggs. It seems I need to wait a week after they are laid to be sure, so her newest eggs (today's eggs) are in the incubator. I will re-candle them next week to see if they seem OK or not.

Friday, April 26, 2013

Sad Day

This was a sad day for me and the critters ... as we had to say good-bye to our best buddy JB ...

He was great little hyper-active ball of fur ... aptly named JB (aka Jail Break) for his unique attempts at making a break for doors and the such ... yet failing so entertainingly. His mentality (such as it was) was balanced by his loving cuddles.

All our hearts (both mine and the critters') go out to our friend Rose. Her heart is broken ... and all we can offer is to help pick up the pieces and put them together with duct-tape. The hurt will fade, the pain and the tears will lessen, but the memories and the smiles never will ...

So this post is for you Rose ... and for JB ... part of our extended (but never too far away) critter family .... we love you!

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Finally

Well I finally got Max weighed ... but holy spazzoid gecko! I think it will need to be him up next for a proper outing ...

He went from 38g in December to 50g now ....

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

The Lady Lucinda

What an awesome night ....

I got in a quick visit with George .... weighed him ... and saw he did a nice growth since December ... he was 39g then and now he is at 49g .... should be nearly as big as he will get .... but we shall see ....

Then I went to get Lucinda for her weigh in .... little concerned since she only gained 2g since the December weigh in ... I will be keeping an eye on her ... maybe try to get them all crickets as soon as I got the money to do so ....

When I went to put her back, she turned around instead ... gave me a look ... and climbed up to my shoulder, looking at me most of the way. She was not wound up, or stressed or agitated like she had been previous times in the past. She was content, calm and happy to be just chilling and hanging out in my hands. She was like that for nearly 2 hours ... going from one hand to the other occasionally ... not worried one bit about nothing .... it was amazing!





They may not purr or make other cute sounds .... they may not cuddle and get playful on the floor ... but my group of gecko crack-heads each have their own unique personalities ... and help me to slow down .... both physically and mentally .... when handling them .... their extreme levels of trust (they don't spazz nearly anymore) that is shown in not firing up but just chilling out so calmly ... makes me smile inside ... I love my critters!


Monday, April 22, 2013

Cleaning

Well I finally got my slow-slacker butt into gear and cleaned 3 tanks tonight .... and got 2 more weighed ...

It appears my little hungry monster called Red has passed poor little Elvis in weight ... but all 3 (including Cosmo) need to get into the next size up of tank. They do not have enuff room to move around ... Since Charlie is in the same weight range but leaner, her being in a larger tank is a key I think.

Elvis went from 25g in Dec to 32g now in April ...

Red went from 19g in Dec to 38g now ...

Charlie went from 34g in Dec to 37g now ...

Cosmo went from 25g in Dec to 41g now ....

Wee little Sylvester went from 7g in Dec to 14 now ....

Friday, April 19, 2013

Water drops

So ... as I am sitting at my desk shutting down my nightly Skype session, I can hear Sylvester hitting the glass wall of his tank. The critters had just been sprayed for the night, but there were no crickets to pounce on (note to self: the crew is long over-due for cricket treats). Normally, my wee little crack-head gecko (aka Sylvester) will try to attack my fingers on the other side if the glass, but my hand was no where near his tank.

When I looked, the silly thing was "hunting" the water drops as they ran down the glass LOL

Silly thing .....

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Charlie Time!

Well I am still working on each one getting time each night ... and tonight was Charlie's turn. Based on how she has been in the past, I fully expected a MAJOR freak-out ...

Oddly (in a good way) she was a little jumpy but calmed down SO fast .... she did a great lot of hand-walking ... and thumb perching ... and she even let me pet her a few times without spazzing ... that was so great, even though she is still camera shy .

The funny of the night ... I am most often on Skype chatting while doing art and my gecko hands-on time .... and when I paused in the hand-walking to type a few words, I swear I got the look of "Are you done yet?" from her .... then she would do more walking when I put my hand there for her.

She didn't gain a lot in the 4 month window .... going from 34g to 37g .... but, in comparison to Cosmo, Charlie has a larger tank ... more room to move around and such. I guess I better start tagging some larger tanks on kijiji for her .... Red or Elvis (both actually) will need bigger too before long ....


Finally

Finally got around to giving Cosmo (for starters) some hands on time. It took her a bit of spazzy jumping but she did settle after a bit. I also got a chance to weigh both her and Sylvester ....  the last time any of them were weighed was back in December. Cosmo is currently at 41g and looking like she needs more room to live in.... meaning she has outgrown her tank. She needs room for a laybox too. Sylvester is up to 14g but still so tiny compared to the rest. I think he was avidly watching my handle Cosmo .....



Monday, April 8, 2013

Tonight's Entertainment ....

While misting the tanks ... here is the fun of the night ...

Max took a leap towards the open doors ... but failed .... LOL

Elvis made a run for it ... and Charlie let me handle her ... gonna try to give them proper time out tomorrow ....


Friday, April 5, 2013

Quick Visit ....

I almost had Elvis crawl into my hand tonight .... but he decided he wanted his food first ... so I did a quick visit with Sylvester .... still a nice few minutes of a royal crap day ... after doing tonight's misting, Elvis wanted to come out, or so I thought .... but nooooo he wanted to play at escape artist .... ummm not gonna happen, Elvis .... LOL

On a side note, Lucinda must be getting near time to lay her next clutch as she has been in her tree a lot tonight ... I will have to check her tree and laybox again .... need to get the date when she does lay them for her pattern ...