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Avril*~
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 Hello i need advice NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

UMMMM IS IT OK IF I HAVE 2 GOLDEN GECKOS IN A 15 GALlon tank?!?
and is it ok if i feed it just insects???cuz i have mice in my house but i cant get to them unless i tear apart my floor boards
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03/04/08  07:07pm

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KrazyKelli
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   Message To: Avril*~   In reference to Message Id: 1647984


 Hello i need advice NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do some research

Look at the last 5 threads.

One golden gecko should have a 20 gallon tank minimum. SO a 15 is too small for one, let alone two. They are insectivorous, not carnivorous.

As for the mice, get a pest control person out to lay out some poison traps. They are very effective and knock off large populations of rodents. I may have misunderstood your post, but you should not get a gecko that’s the size of a mouse to take care of mouse populations in your house.
03/04/08  07:21pm

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Avril*~
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   Message To: KrazyKelli   In reference to Message Id: 1648018


 Hello i need advice NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

no i mean some geckos eat baby rats that i can feed to them in stead of just insects
03/04/08  07:24pm

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   Message To: KrazyKelli   In reference to Message Id: 1648018


 Hello i need advice NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

those mice could carry something that could harm your gecko! please get a bigger tank, and read some care sheets posted on this website Good Luck!
03/04/08  07:25pm

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KrazyKelli
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   Message To: Madcowgreen   In reference to Message Id: 1648025


 Hello i need advice NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The bigger problem with feeding pinkies (baby mice) is that they are all fat and no nutrition. They are only fed to much bigger gecko species and only when those geckos are gravid/pregnant. The huge risk involved is septic bowel, where the bones of the pinky puncture the intestines or rupture the stomach of the lizard, which leads to horrible suffering followed by death. Another risk is Fatty Liver Disease, where the fat content from repeated pinky feedings will make the lizard obese, followed by liver damage from the overflow of fat, followed by toxins running loose in the body and, if not caught in time, will make the lizard suffer and die.

Fuzzies, which are baby mice with fur, have an even bigger risk of septic bowel for geckos.
03/04/08  07:44pm


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