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 #1313112


Gekkoboyz
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 Still wont stick...

my goldie wudn’t stick to the glass after he shed, that was ok, but now it’s been a couple of weeks... so what should i do, whats wrong?....he wont let me look at his pads but from what i can see he looks good.
06/10/07  07:33pm

 #1313898


Jbnkat
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   Message To: Gekkoboyz   In reference to Message Id: 1313112


 Still wont stick...

How is your set up? Do you have foilage or anything he/she can hide in up high? Maybe it feels stressed......
Where you able to clean off his pads at all? Or soak him?
06/11/07  11:42am

 #1317971


Gekkoboyz
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   Message To: Jbnkat   In reference to Message Id: 1313898


 Still wont stick...

actually hes got real and fake plants, caves and branches, hes shedding again though, this time much faster,and his skin seems thicker than his shed two weeks ago. ...and yea hes stressed, he just dropped his tail in transport...i’ll post about that next.
06/14/07  04:58am

 #1538173


Listo
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   Message To: Gekkoboyz   In reference to Message Id: 1317971


 Still wont stick...

I’ve had my golden gecko for four years now and he has never been able to stick to glass. I mist him and have foliage, he just can’t. I don’t know why though.
12/06/07  09:06pm

 #1546427


KrazyKelli
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   Message To: Listo   In reference to Message Id: 1538173


 Still wont stick...

Check the toes of the goldie to make sure the shed is completely off. If not, give the goldie a warm soak in a lidded container (with breathing holes in the lid) for ten minutes then try to remove the stuck shed with a damp q-tip and tweezers.

There are a few reasons why a goldie wont climb. The obvious one is that it’s going to shed or that there is shed on the toes. Another is that the walls are too dry. An even more, but unpredicted, one is that the walls are too wet (you try walking up glass when it’s covered by a waterfall of slick water). The last is that the golden gecko is so stressed out and/or ill that it’s too afraid to go much of anywhere. My golden gecko didn’t climb much in the first few months I had him because he was dieing from parasites and his combined stress was making them jump in quantity. After a complete deworming and force-feeding process I’d care not to go through again, his health climbed and in consequence he started climbing everywhere in the tank.
12/14/07  01:47pm

 #1546450


KrazyKelli
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   Message To: KrazyKelli   In reference to Message Id: 1546427


 Still wont stick...

You know.. it suddenly occurred to me how extremely old this thread is... Why in the world did Listo bump it?
12/14/07  02:32pm


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