Hands on time

I decided tonight I was going to give the geckos each some hands-on time, whether they agreed or not.

I started with Lucinda .... and she was quite fine with it all.  No spazzing or jumping. Sylvia was fine, but not the same degree of calm, and Charlie was a bit more hyper. Both of them calmed right down within seconds, and I hope it was cuz they remembered it was me, and that they were safe.

Ghost was fine once I snagged him, but Red was another story. But he too calmed down like the others. Cosmo was surprisngly calm once I scooped her up. Max was true to his name, max jumping but not overly.

George was the only issue, being too stubborn for more than a few seconds of hands-on time, and being edgy the whole time. Lady M made a dive for the floor, and was still a bit jumpy even after. My wee Elvis is still the only one that will jump into my hand and stay there for hours if it weren't for the cat thinking the geckos are toys for her.

I am hoping to continue this nightly or as best I can. Hopefully I can get new vids and weights for them soon .....

JUST PICS

No new info ... other than the matches don't seem interested in doing their business ... LOL

So here are new pics ...

LADY M

 ELVIS

CHARLIE

RED

LUCINDA

GHOST

SYLVIA

COSMO

GEORGE

 

MAX

Quick Posting

Tonight I did a few minutes with some of the critters ..... it has been so long. I am sure they have forgotten who I am.

I gave a few minutes of hands on time to Lucinda, Sylvia, Charlie and Cosmo, and Ghost.

Speaking of Ghost, I am beginning to doubt the two kids did anything. I might try with a different pair yet.....

Inter-species Interactions

Well I decided it was well past time to get the cat and the geckos on equal footing ... after all, they BOTH live in this place ....

So Thursday night, after work, I did some hands on time with Lady M ... took her out of the tank, let her walk hand to hand .... get some time getting to know me since it had been a while for her. I kept Ravyn out of reach for the time, only letting her get closer once in a while - but not too close. Lady M was all "whatever" ... no freaking out, no spazzing, no twitchy tail that would indicate stress etc ...

But MAN did that drive the poor cat bonkers! Funny but .... well funny mainly .... sorry kitty ....

Tonight, I decided it was Sylvia's turn ... oh, and she is not a he known as Sylvester ... I weighed her, and if she WAS a male, it would show by now. So she is now Sylvia, and is either gained a LOT of weight, or is getting ready to lay her first duds. Guess she will get the next big tank whenever I get one ...

Anyways, there was a lot more up close time between the cat and the gecko, but it still drove Ravyn a bit mad .... so close but not allowed to play with the "toy" ... poor kitty. Sylvia was all calm, chilling on my shoulder, doing the walking from one hand to another, not caring at all about the cat mere inches away. No spazzing or tail twitching either, even after Ravyn managed to get a paw onto the gecko.

So this may yet work ... she will learn to not see the geckos as play things when they are out, and the geckos will learn she will not hurt or hunt them. It will be a long work in progress thing, but it will get done. I have denied the geckos their time with me long enough ...

End of the Year 2013

Well the past few months have been rough .... for me at least ... which means that the critters have been lacking for attention.

I made a point of weighing and snapping a few pics earlier this month, but I didn't get all them done. There are still 3 that I am hoping to get taken care of over the next few days.

Tonight, before even booting up the laptop, I spent at least 5 minutes with each of the critters. I hope to do this more regularly (yes I know I say that a lot and still fail at it) .... partly for me, and partly so they can get used to me again. I have also had a few co-workers express interest in having a gecko as a pet, and they are interested in the breeding results from Lucinda & Ghost. That being said, I am encouraging strongly that these people come over at least once in the evening to get to know how to take care of geckos, and to get an idea on what to expect with them.

The trick is working amid all our schedules LOL


CHARLIE now 32g

ELVIS now 37g
















SYLVESTER  now 48g

RED  now 48g

LUCINDA now 47g

GHOST  now 49g

LADY M  now 23g
















COSMO  now 48g






















GEORGE now 56g

 




















MAX now 64g

Nov 6, 2013

Well, since my attempts to stop Ravyn from making googly-snack eyes at the crtters has pretty much failed, I have decided to let them figure it out. Neither her nor them are going to be gotten rid of, so they might as well learn to accept the way things run here.

As a side note, Ravyn is doing her nightly crack-head routine (aka running like her butt is on fire from one room to the other) while I am typing this. I can hear the loss of traction on corners, and am very gld for the small rug in the hallway. Even so, there are still thuds to be heard....

I took advantage of Ravyn being elsewhere (aka eyeing the other critters) and did some hands-on time with Lady M. She was not too jumpy, but MAN she has grown! I am going to have to do a weigh-in on them all soon .....

Charlie

Well she has done it ....

She has been digging ... burrowing almost ... odd if you think about it in a general sense ...

But perfect sense for a gecko getting ready to lay her eggs ... duds or not ....

So now to count and see if she is 40days apart like Lucinda .... speaking of which, I gotta check when her next are .... need those schedules you know .... babies in the new year maybe ....