Tokay's aren't delicate. I have about 4 inches of sub in with Zeus that I keep damp due to having live plants now. I spray now and again he has a full water dish. I have covered the mesh lid pretty much though. I just have a space for the UV bulb.
Sitting at my computer one evening when I heard a weird rattling thumping sound out in the carport. It repeated every few seconds to about a minute. After about 15 minutes I gave up trying to work and went to investigate. Up on the wall on top of a window frame a hefty Tokay had a small rat in it's mouth about as long and a little more bulky than the geck. The rat was struggling. The Tokay would pause then slam the rat about, banging it and the Tokay's head against the wall. Eventually that razor sharp bony ridge did it's job, partially cutting the rat in half.
I sometimes give Zeus a F/T mouse and he still shakes the hell out of them and smacks them against things.
Pretty violent and brutal. I assume that is how they cut the prey up into small enough chunks to swallow. Probably cuts through some bones as well?
Can see why people call them tree crocodiles
Aye, I call Zeus my little tree crocodile.
I think it's just to "kill" them. Zeus swallows them whole. Although with larger prey it'd work. Like a croc doing a death roll.
Like a terrier shaking the rat.
Zeus is an all in kind of chap once he's decided. It's a good life skill. Decide what you want then get it.
Zeus's tootsies. Not sharp as I wasn't actually focusing on them.
Surely Tokay's aren't hard to come by in the states?
They are still abundant and cheap as WC imports, but over the years the location for where they are imported from has changed and the more recent imports don't look as good to me as the ones from 20 years ago did.
Aye, after I posted on this thread I saw your thread and posted on that.
