Pytochozoon kuhli?

[CHAMaDdIcT]

has anyone had any pytochozoon kuhli? if so can you tell me your experience they looked really cool, and their really cheap too this is the only place i can find em

http://market.kingsnake.com/detail.php?cat=31&de=711862

feedback please

 

[Syn]

I haven't been able to find any CB. See signature.

 

[CHAMaDdIcT]

haha wow i didnt even see that

 

[Syn]

Try posting a couple wanted ads on some gecko forums, all I can suggest.

 

[CHAMaDdIcT]

how about Phelsuma madagascariensis grandis, or Phelsuma laticauda laticauda? are they good geckos?

P.S. i heard that if you hold them their skin falls off is it true?

 

[Syn]

It's a defense mechanism, it doesn't fall off, but it pulls apart easily. Never grows back the same, either..

 

[CHAMaDdIcT]

oh well would you recommend them for a new herp?

 

[Syn]

They're like chameleons, more for looks than playing with. Get a crested .

I also suggest a gargoyle, Ryan Jarosek has some nice ones.

 

[NewOwner]

Cresties are alot of fun, i reccomend them too

 

[AJA]

I wouldn't reccomend a pytochozoon kuhli for a first gecko. They are all WC and a high mortality rate once in captivity. I know of only one person that has had theirs long term.

The Giant Day Gecko is a cool dude and somewhat easy to care for, but not a gecko for handling.

There is a gecko forum called: www.geckosunlimited.com that has gobs and gobs of info.

Remember that geckos have long lives so be prepared for that.

 

[CHAMaDdIcT]

ok thanx im still deciding which one to get

 

[Syn]

Well the real question would be:

"Do I want a gecko to handle and show my friends?"
or
"Do I want a gecko I can only show to my friends from its cage and never handle it?"

 

[CHAMaDdIcT]

i dont care about handling that much, id rather have something really cool

 

[Fidel]

I have a friend out in Arizona who has had very marginal luck captive breeding these. I think he has only been able to get a few of the offspring to survive.

 

[Pure]

This species holds a great deal of fascination for me. Fidel even if you are not a hundred percent sure, would you care to comment on what some of the issues are with rearing the young?

I'm one of those who plan on getting a few WC and trying my luck with them. The only reason I haven't bought some already is waiting for funds to be available to be able to immediately take them to the vet to be tested and treated for parasites. As I understand it they are usually riddled with them when tested.

 

[Fidel]

This species holds a great deal of fascination for me. Fidel even if you are not a hundred percent sure, would you care to comment on what some of the issues are with rearing the young?

I'm one of those who plan on getting a few WC and trying my luck with them. The only reason I haven't bought some already is waiting for funds to be available to be able to immediately take them to the vet to be tested and treated for parasites. As I understand it they are usually riddled with them when tested.

I spoke with my friend about them last night, and it turns out he has had better luck with them than I thought. He basically keeps them like crested geckos. The females glue their eggs to cork bark or the glass, if on cork he pulls it from the tank, if on the glass he tapes a cup over them as the eggs get glued on really well. He raises the babies in deli cups on paper towels, and feeds them mainly crickets. For some reason he had better luck with them when he was in Kansas than in North Carolina.

And no, he doesn't have any available right now, his x killed most of them when he moved to Arizona.

 

[Syn]

Aww that's so sad.. I hate it when things like that happen.