August 2nd 2015

Well there are now 4 babies .... and OH so cute! Check them out on Facebook or the website at Katt's Kritters (nursery)  to follow as they grow ... and become ready for new homes!

More babies to come too ....

Last week I tried to focus on Lucinda by giving her a fair bit of hands on time. It worked out pretty well, as she got more calm each time.

This week it will be Sylvester .... who does not have MBD ... she is just a chubby gecko. I have been trying to give a bit less or a bit watery food ... to her and also to Lady M. I will be monitoring to see if it is working, as well as some "exercise" with hands on time ....

Time to go feed the zoo .... !

July 12 2015

So ... after much sweat and muscle, I managed to move the geckos into the spare room ... tanks and all .... and move the stuff from there out to the area where the tanks had been. This is all in the hopes that I can run the breeding as a side venture since there is no way to make it my sole income.

Either way, being overly beat, I will say I shifted their feeding off a night.

It was nice to see the babies came out of hiding with the darker room.... I saw them both out and around when I turned on the light to water them all down for the night.

I am hoping the cat and the geckos can share that room in peace ..... she seems a bit miffed and put off .... or mayne sheis worried she is loosing her spot ....

July 10 2015

Well .... time for some updates.

This week we have had 2 babies hatch .... one Monday and the other Tuesday. They have been named Squeekers and Skeeter for now. As of today the one is 3 inches long, and Skeeter is about 2 and 3/4 inches long, nose to tail.

According to staff at the local PetSmart, I should be able to sell them for about $60 - $75 each. We shall see though, as I am waiting until they are a month old first.

I am surprised to see my improvised incubator actually reading 72 F today since the last few months of use have had it at 70F at best. I am hopeful that this will help the other eggs hatch sooner than the first two did.

Last night, while watering them all for the night, I did some hands-on time with all but Mr Horney-toes ... aka Red... since he is in heat again ... and biting. With the weather and such, I am changing up their feeding. Instead of every 3 nights  I will start feding them every 2 nights. Hopefully that will also reduce the fruit flies ......

Baby #2

And at 109 days ... we have Skeeter ... sharing a space with Squeekers .... I will separate them in a few days ....

Finally!

Well ... after 108 days (or so) ... the first has hatched!

Meet Squeekers ..... seen here trying to encourage his clutch-mate to come out to play ...

June 2015

Well I see I slacked again ... sorry gecko fans ...

So far things have been pretty normal as far as the critter crew goes. I can def say that Ghost has no interest as yet for breeding ... he seems to be younger than I had been advised, and he shows no interest in mating with the females.

Red, on the other hand, has been so far pretty good for breeding. I have gotten 3 clutches from Cosmo since his visit with her, and the first set of 2 eggs should hopefully be hatching anytime soon. I have a keeper all set up and ready.

Charlie finally gave me her first clutch, even though one egg seems to have been infertile. The other looks good, but I plan to do a deep dig thru her tank since she is short 2 clutches that Cosmo did. Red visited her not lomg after he visited with Cosmo. I hope but not to find more eggs in her dirt.

I am going to try to clean at least 2 tanks tomorrow (Elvis and George) as they are past due for a cleaning. I want to try to get an updated weight from them all as well before the two females get gravid again, as it has been a bit since I did a full group weigh in. Yes, I will try to get pics at the same time.

On a different but related note, I am hoping to get a baby translucent veiled  chameleon soon .... and then I will be complete. Also, I heard from Northern Gecko today that they are still keepimg me in mind for the position they posted about. They seemed surprised that I would be willling to move out to Scarborough for it. Hell, why not? The geckos are one of my few passions, so to get paid for tending to them, its a no-brainer.

Amyways, I need to crash .... so goodnight from me, Ravyn, Elvis, George, Lucinda, Ghost, Cosmo, Red, Charlie, Sylvester, Max,  Lady M and Venus....

BABIES!

Finally ... babies are on the way!

I paired up Mr Horney (aka Red) with Cosmo ..... and he had a nice visit .... she was a bit shy at first .... but then they got down to business. Then, since he still had energy to burn off, I paired him with Charlie. He has calmed down a bit, but I think he will be a happy breeding male LOL

And ... I got 2 eggs from Cosmo so far ..... and they look good! It is hard to get a picture to show the shadow shape in the eggs, but I can see wee little ones. I am just waiting for Charlie's clutch, but so far so good. The eggs are only a couple weeks old, so they will have a good 60+ days to go before they hatch.

Yes, I will post pictures then too ....  patience though, kids!

If you look, you can sort of see the shadow in the egg ... they curl around ... but the area I have pointed & circles would be one of the baby's heads .... best I could get ... maybe I can get better in a few weeks ... at this stage they look like "cheerios" in there if anything ....


Gonna be fun!