[PETS] Reptile lovers anyone?

[Veslyre]

Hi! I own 4 leopard geckos, planning to get myself a blue-tongued skink if I have a big enough enclosure.

Here's an image of all four.
View attachment 274532
From left to right, down to left:
Cheese > Taco \/
Lemon < Popcorn

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[yAhA 01]

parang okay mag alaga ng ganyan ah ^,..,^

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parang okay mag alaga ng ganyan ah ^,..,^

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parang okay mag alaga ng ganyan ah ^,..,^

 

[icemanx2]

ts ilang months old na ung mga leopard gecko mo? ang papayat nung dalawa sir. read more about care sheets and diets nila. kawawa naman. I used to keep LGs and I quit just a couple of years ago, sa tail palang ng leopard gecko malalaman mo kung healty sila, ung tails ng 2 pets mo super skinny.

 

[thenth]

ano ba foods nila?

 

[Veslyre]

ts ilang months old na ung mga leopard gecko mo? ang papayat nung dalawa sir. read more about care sheets and diets nila. kawawa naman. I used to keep LGs and I quit just a couple of years ago, sa tail palang ng leopard gecko malalaman mo kung healty sila, ung tails ng 2 pets mo super skinny.

Yes, this was the time that Lemon was still sick.
She tends to be very anorexic at some point in the year then reverts to eating normally.
She's growing fatter now (BTW she's also an enigma)
As for Popcorn, yes, (s)he is also not so fat because (s)he too is a bit anorexic.
(s)he because I still don't know the gender but I think Popcorn is a girl
As for Taco and Cheese, they both just LOVE to eat, feeding them is a joy
I feed them all by hand, to avoid the feeders gnawing off their body parts. I hold the worm down with a good pair of tweezers and BAM they attack

In terms of age, Lemon and Cheese are quite old (both are just rescue leopard geckos so date of hatch is unknown), Taco about a year and a half old and Popcorn under a year.

ano ba foods nila?

They eat superworms (since that's the easiest for me to find and care for) but if you care for reptiles your menu for them wouldn't be limited to that

You could feed them:
- mealworms
- superworms
- crickets
- dubia roaches
- waxworms (only as a treat)
- grub pie (only in special circumstances)

 

[thenth]

They eat superworms (since that's the easiest for me to find and care for) but if you care for reptiles your menu for them wouldn't be limited to that

You could feed them:
- mealworms
- superworms
- crickets
- dubia roaches
- waxworms (only as a treat)
- grub pie (only in special circumstances)

I see. exotic talaga sila. once palang ako nakakita/nakahawak
and theyre cute haha

sabi sakin ng kaibigan ko, ingatan ko daw yung paghawak dahil baka maputol yung buntot (ang taba kasi medyo mabigat)

so napuputol talaga buntot nila?

 

[Veslyre]

I see. exotic talaga sila. once palang ako nakakita/nakahawak
and theyre cute haha

sabi sakin ng kaibigan ko, ingatan ko daw yung paghawak dahil baka maputol yung buntot (ang taba kasi medyo mabigat)

so napuputol talaga buntot nila?

Yup! They only release their tails when they sense danger, I have handled them very often and they have not released their tails at me.
Releasing their tails is a defense mechanism -- when in the wild instead of dying, they sacrifice their tails to make an escape from a predator.
If no one eats the tail however, the gecko can always come back to consume the tail.
Their tails act as a storage of food too, other than being used for defense.

 

[Dementa]

hindi ko kaya mag alaga nyan buti kapa ts

 

[thenth]

Yup! They only release their tails when they sense danger, I have handled them very often and they have not released their tails at me.
Releasing their tails is a defense mechanism -- when in the wild instead of dying, they sacrifice their tails to make an escape from a predator.
If no one eats the tail however, the gecko can always come back to consume the tail.
Their tails act as a storage of food too, other than being used for defense.

ahh ganun pala yun haha. thanks sa info
baka magalaga ako nyan pag nakaluwag ^_^

 

[latiktik]

may papeles pa po ba pag gustong mg alaga nian? dba po bawal mg alaga nian?

 

[Veslyre]

Nope no papers needed.
The kind of lizard you're pertaining to is the Tokay gecko which is prohibited to be cared for as a pet in the Philippines due to the decline in number.
This is a Tokay gecko >> View attachment 276245
This is a Leopard gecko >> View attachment 276246
A Leopard gecko, totally different species

 

[geraldsongoku]

eto po pet ko sulcata tortoiseView attachment 288963