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Trish
Member Joined: 06 Jun 2003 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 9 |
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Hi Tony, We let the lizard go free, and are now the proud owners of a Leopard Gecko, about 6 weeks old. Our 2 sons have named her Lizzie. I think we may get her a friend! |
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Alan Hyde
Senior Member Joined: 17 Apr 2003 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1437 |
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Hi Trish, Congratulations on the new arrival! My son had a pair of leopard geckos , so if you need any tips just fire away. Carefull on feeding mealworms , as they find them hard to break down and will regurge. Good luck with her, Alan |
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Trish
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Hi Tony, It's good to know you know about Leopard Gecko's. What is the correct temperature for day time? The Reptile Centre say 82 - 84 degrees F, we have it at 82 degrees F,, Two sites I looked at say 85-95, and 85-90 degrees F. Night time we have set at 84 Degree D like the Centre advised. We want to be sure we get it right. |
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I have just realised I adressed my last message to Tony, Sorry Alan!! And I meant degrees F, not D!!
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Alan Hyde
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Hello Trish, No worries on the name error, after all, it was me who jumped into the thread . A good Idea would be to vary the tempretures betwwen 85 and 90 . That way it should feel more natural. I don't 95 in nessecery. It wouldn't harm the gecko at all , but it's not a comfortable heat for them. If you get the chance, why don't you post a pic of her on the off topic forum , I'd love to see her. All the best, Alan |
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Trish
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Alan, Many thanks for the advice!! Will certainly post a pic, I'll let her settle in first though, then she might strike a pose!! |
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Alan Hyde
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Trish, I look forward to the pic, perhaps I'll try to dig out the pictures of my sons to post. This is where it all starts , geckos today, varanids the next Take care, Alan |
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Admin Group Joined: 01 Jan 2007 Status: Offline Points: 10 |
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Mervyn and I sighted 5 heavily gravid Common Lizards at Dartford today; overgrown bracken site, around 7.00 PM after an extremely hot day. Mervyn also spotted many healthy rabbits and the warren nearby, all within 50ft of an M class road. So sometimes wildlife can live with development I guess. |
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Chris G-O
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An early sighting of an adult female common lizard today on Boscombe (Bournemouth) clifftops....and a baby wall lizard with it....photo to follow if i can work out how to do it; system seems to have changed.
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Hi Chris, RAUK does not support picture uploads directly to the forum any more as it used too much bandwidth on the server. I can mount pictures on behalf of members, or members can use http://www.photobucket.com to mount their own pictures on the forum. here are your early common lizards, |
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