Few more geckos

[dtknow]

Has their been any selection for wider heads/more impressive crests with these guys?

 

[Talkenlate04]

All of these guys are still very young so it remains to be seen what they will end up looking like as adults. For my pinners I have mainly been looking for decent structure, and nice pinning. All of them had at least 1 full pinner parent. Some had two full pinner parents. My ultimate goal is to produce full pinners next year. Most of them have awesome crests with the exception of the creamy pinner gal that has a coupe spots on her, her crest structure is not all that great, but its not bad ether, I do love her creamy colors though!

It will be interesting to see what they produce.
This guy will be the main stud for the ladies. Looks like he might have a decent crown when he is older.

 

[Talkenlate04]

New lady coming next week!
(picture taken by current owner)

 

[Miss Bianca]

OH WOWWWWWW

Now that's pretty! She's gorgeous!

:drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:

PS: your reviews aren't clickable anymore.. FYI..

 

[dtknow]

How much CGD do you think you go through? Are they pretty expensive to feed in this manner?

 

[Talkenlate04]

OH WOWWWWWW

Now that's pretty! She's gorgeous!

:drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:

PS: your reviews aren't clickable anymore.. FYI..

Huh that is weird, I took that link out of my signature. Hmm oh well.

How much CGD do you think you go through? Are they pretty expensive to feed in this manner?

It's not that bad at all.
A 4 pound bag costs $47.99 and lasts me about 5 1/2months maybe a bit more. So if you round down and call it 5 months it costs me less than $10 a month to feed everyone. $9.60 actually. And we are talking a total of 60+ geckos now too so I think that is pretty low in the cost department.
A 4 pound bag for someone with 1-10 geckos would last a long LONG time lol.

 

[dtknow]

I'm assuming you are also supplementing with roaches/crickets?(although I heard the diet could be fed solely I doubt many people do as we all like watching are animals catch bugs).

You'd also have to keep in mind that someone with fewer geckos would not be buying 4 lb bags(would you? How long can you safely store it in powder form in a cool/dry place. Is it best to store in the fridge? I know frequent removal from the fridge makes condensation form...unless right when you bought it you portioned it out into ziplocs or similar and removed these from the fridge as needed)

Wonder if these guys are into soft bodied prey at all(earthworms?)

You could also treat them occasionally to some of your leftover fruit(pretty much free). Although you might in that case want to supplement with calcium($6 and lasts indefinetly if plain and good for about 6 months if including Vit D3).

 

[Talkenlate04]

There are smaller bags you can order. They can be kept fairly easily in the refrigerator for 6 months after opening. You just have to go with the bag size that best fits you’re needs. Smallest size bag starts a ¼ pound.

I do raise my own crickets and that is a very, very cheap thing to do. In a simple setup they don’t really smell ether. I doubt that is costing me anymore then $30-40 a year to do. My baby geckos don’t get live food until they are a bit bigger. I like to get them hooked on the cgd before introducing live prey. Plus I house my babies together in a large setup together until they grow some then I break them down into smaller groups to raise up after that.
They eat roaches readily as well and I know of many people that keep a dubia colony to feed to their geckos. I can’t keep dubia myself because I became severely allergic and was hospitalized a few times before they pinpointed where my breathing problems were coming from. (took several years to start affecting me.)

I would steer clear of earth worms as feeders. There are any number of untold nasty things inside earth worms that could infect your gecko.

There are people that offer fresh fruit/left over fruit all the time with varying degrees of success. Most treat it as a treat and do not do it on a regular basis and to my knowledge don’t add anything to the fruit ether. (steer clear of acidic fruits like oranges) There is even a recipe floating around for a yogurt fruit smoothie.

 

[Talkenlate04]

One of my pinner breeder females Kalee (first time breeder) only laid one clutch for me back in June, and despite being pretty ugly eggs one hatched last night! Soooooo close to being full! Ether way still a great new baby! :clap:

 

[dtknow]

Congrats and what a cute little goober. funny how the eyelashes are all droopy eh?

Not too sure of the fascination with pinners. I much prefer Harleys and Brindles from the photos. Is part of it the difficulty of fixing the trait?

Actually, have you ever seen wild type(as in close to founding stock) cresteds available? I've heard/seen a few F1's still around.

 

[Talkenlate04]

I just like pinners myself. I have a nice group of extreme harleys Ill be breeding next season as well.

The few F1-F2 geckos I have seen are really plain looking.

 

[Talkenlate04]

They just keep on coming!

 

[Talkenlate04]

And the clutch mate hatches today! So close again!

Main male for next year,

 

[JC]

These are really high value geckos. Just curious, how much would you sell the last one for? Are you by chance working on fire morphs?

 

[Talkenlate04]

These are really high value geckos. Just curious, how much would you sell the last one for? Are you by chance working on fire morphs?

Do you mean flame morphs?

The gecko in the last picture, he is never going to be for sale. In person he is coal black when he fires up and the contrast is amazing. He is going to be my main breeder male next year in my pinner project.

 

[dtknow]

So for particularly nice males do breeders ever offer stud service?

 

[Talkenlate04]

You know I was thinking of doing that with a few people I know. I know it is not common practice because there are tons of males out there, but I am game for that. I do know though, I would really have to trust the person before I sent them high end stuff on loan.

 

[dtknow]

I was thinking either that or you meet up at a show, drop off your female with the male, and the next day of the show pick her up and pay small fee if they've indeed mated(with photos or your own eyes to ascertain that).

 

[Talkenlate04]

Or half of every clutch is mine.
Ok that might be a bit much, maybe only half of each clutch for the first three clutches.

 

[dtknow]

Splitting the first 3 isn't a bad idea actually and could make people willing to do it with no fee(who knows your female may produce something their females don't...worthy gamble). I'm assuming you'd want to be caring for the female and eggs/babies though instead of them in the hands of the owner of the male.