Oliver Kuepper / Featured Articles / 4 Comments / February 15, 2011
So people ask me, and I see a lot of ‘talk’ on the forums about the exact nature and techniques that are required to properly cool an animal down for the winter. A lot of questions are asked and the most common are the obvious such as: “At what temperatures should I cool my geckos? And for how long”, “Should I feed them during this time?”, “Do juveniles or first year breeders need to be cooled?” or “Is it really necessary for me to cool my reptiles?”.
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Gregg Madden / Featured Articles / 14 Comments / February 8, 2011
For a few years now, we have been using bio-active soils in lizard and snake cages.
The idea behind bio-active substrates is that you will have an entire eco system in your reptiles’ cage. The benefits from this are awesome. The natural good bacteria, microbes, isopods, substrate mites, and other insects that live in the soil, virtually act as a sanitation crew.
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Aliza / Featured Articles / 5 Comments / February 1, 2011
This question is heard often and usually for one of two reasons: either the questioner has just gotten hold of a new enclosure and wants something to put in it, or someone who has successfully kept a gecko for the first time wants to expand to a new, different or more challenging species. As usual, the internet can be a wonderful resource in the quest for a new gecko species to keep, but it is just that, a resource, not a mind reader.
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Ashton Bradshaw / Featured Articles / 5 Comments / January 25, 2011
Behind the curtain of captive husbandry, one gecko species thrives, while another will not. To understand the species, their environment, anatomy and biology, must further studied. All animals have species-specific needs. Some needs are minimal some are greatly complex. Some needs are obvious while others are obscure and unknown. However these needs must be met to provide health, a quality life, and comfort for captive geckos.
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Daniel Martindale / Species Spotlight / 4 Comments / January 18, 2011
Mourning Geckos are small, parthenogenic, colony geckos. They are very active, have social hierarchies and very distinct body language and vocalizations.
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Brian Hansbrow / Featured Articles / 3 Comments / January 11, 2011
We had kept reptiles for years. We had bred a few and had been able to sell everything we produced. It seemed like a no-brainer to turn our hobby into a real business. You know, with a name, a logo, some cards, and contact info. We thought we understood the nature of an online business. We studied other reptile related web sites and we thought, “We’re going to the next level!”
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Ted Cook II / Featured Articles / 1 Comment / January 4, 2011
Geckos come in a variety of sizes, shapes and colors. Despite this variety, there are gecko species that seem to be very like each other, yet have evolved in different parts of the world. Novice keepers, noticing the physical similarities between these gecko pairs are often tempted to keep them in the same enclosure, which is usually a bad idea since geckos that have evolved in different parts of the world have different needs.
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Aliza / Readers' Questions Answered / 2 Comments / December 28, 2010
No matter how many caresheets we read, when it comes to a specific situation with one of our animals, we don’t always know what to do. Sometimes adjustments are possible, sometimes it is too late . . .
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Laney Simmons / Featured Articles / 3 Comments / December 21, 2010
With the vast source of information available on the internet, and so many products readily available, do I really need a herp vet for my geckos? Can’t I just go to the vet my family sees for our dogs and cats?
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Chad New / Featured Articles / 2 Comments / December 14, 2010
Automation of daily maintenance is one of the best decisions that I have ever made regarding time management. Providing for geckos that need high humidity, “rain”, or lots of water can be a real chore when you have to fill up your misting bottles daily and spend large amounts of time in front of the enclosure misting away.
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