Three to Get Ready: Oedura
This month, Three to Get Ready moves off the beaten path of gecko keeping to explore the Australian genus Oedura, commonly known as the “velvet gecko” which can no longer be exported. More
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in Featured ArticlesKeeping Records and Marking Breeder Trays: Do I Have To?
One of my personal strengths is that I am very good at organization. One of my personal failings is that I am poor on following through with all the items I’ve organized. That can present a problem. Let me share with you how I got my breeding records and Gecko room organized for the 2012 breeding season. More
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in Featured ArticlesProduct Review: Managing Water and Humidity for Your Reptiles
Today I’m straying away from reviewing a single product and focusing on a group of products relating to water and humidity. In the past few years many new products have hit the market that are meant to keep humidity in your reptile terrariums at appropriate levels, and/or keep your reptiles well hydrated and in good health, but figuring out what is worth purchasing, or which product to choose can be a real pain. More
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in Featured ArticlesTo Pinkie or Not to Pinkie
I chose to write an article on whether or not it is “OK” to feed pinkie mice to adult leopard geckos. Not only have I had experience with feeding pinkie mice, but I have also contacted herpetoculturist Ron Tremper. Ron Tremper is the former curator of reptiles at the Chaffee Zoological Gardens (Fresno, Ca) and is a world recognized authority on the selective breeding of leopard geckos.
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in Featured ArticlesThree to Get Ready: Rhacodactylus leachianus
Rhacodactylus leachianus, the largest known gecko, fascinates many due to its sheer size, coloring and personality which ranges from the phlegmatic to the aggressive. More
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in Featured ArticlesPhelsuma Pronki: Pronk’s Day Gecko
Phelsuma pronki, described in SEIPP, 1994, (Senckenb. biol, Frankfurt am Main, 74, 1/2. 193rd) is named for the explorer Olaf Pronk. The gecko was originally described based on several types: the Holotype is at the Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (SMF 75 950); the Paratype is at the Museum of Zoology, Dresden, (D 35 785).
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in Featured ArticlesThree to Get Ready: Paroedura
Although, according to wikipedia, there are 16 species in the Paroedura genus, Paroedura picta is by far the most popular to be kept in the reptile hobby, as you will see below. More
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in Featured ArticlesBreeder Chronicle: Heating your Racks
Still waiting. I can’t help but look inside the incubator at the 5 remaining eggs looking at the two single-egg clutches that are due to hatch around the same time. It should be any day now. In the meantime I’ve been feeding the geckos and cleaning the cages but other than that there hasn’t been a lot to report.
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in Featured ArticlesBreeder Chronicles: Another Breeder Weighs In
Since our usual leopard gecko breeder, Justin, was unavailable for this month’s installment of his breeding saga, I thought I would take the opportunity to comment on my breeding successes and failures for this, my eighth season.
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in Featured ArticlesHow To Incubate Leopard Gecko Eggs
There is a variety of methods for successfully incubating leopard gecko eggs. This is the method that I have been using. I have had a lot of success with it and I hope you will too.
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in Featured ArticlesThree to Get Ready: Uroplatus
Our second installment of Three to Get Ready focuses on the genus Uroplatus, commonly called the “Leaf Tail Gecko”. As you will see, Uroplatus geckos seem to stir up intense devotion in those who choose to keep them, as they are not easy to care for.
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in Featured ArticlesBreeder Chronicles: Gecko Management Tips
In many ways the past month has been like the start of a new season. After I lost all my eggs I’ve been waiting for the couple of geckos that are still laying to give me a few last clutches but for the most part the big season that I’ve been preparing for isn’t going to happen. Such is life when you work with animals.
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