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Txmomma26 View Profile |
That said, once they are seperated, how long does it take them to de-stress and begin to return to normal colors? Right now, they are a brownish color and have been for a few days (which is why I started double checking my research and found this forum). Also, I’m tempted to get some tree branches/wood from our yard (no fertilizer or pesticides in 10+ years), but am not sure if that is safe...I want to make their new seperated homes as healthy as possible for them after screwing this up! Any advice you have on tank setups is greatly appreciated. Right now they have Repti-Bark, a few hidey places and a couple fake plants. I’ll definitely add more in the plant area. Their temps stay around 70-75 at night, 80 or so during the day. Humidity runs between 70-80% with misting a few times a day. They are both eating a couple large crickets every couple days, plus a bit of fruit. Thanks again!!!! |
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| 03/13/08 11:18pm |
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KrazyKelli View Profile |
Message To: Txmomma26 In reference to Message Id: 1660250 Golden Questions
I’d switch off reptibark and go to something more dirt-like such as non-fertilized potting soil, or a lizard version of it at the petstore. There is also a product called Bed a Beast which is coconut husk made to resemble dirt. It comes in a brick format and comes apart in water. Avoid stuff such as ’lizard litter’ or ’calcisand’ as they’re pretty bad and can kill the goldie if ingested. The problem with reptibark is that the crickets will hide in it. That and if the goldies go poking in it to get the crickets, they could ingest a chunk of bark that can cause some internal damage. It doesn’t happen often, but does happen with many different gecko species due to attempted hunting of hidden crix. You can use sticks from the backyard, but you should go through one of two proceedures before putting them in the tank. 1, bake. 2, boil. I haven’t ever thrown sticks in an oven before, so cannot give advice on how to do it. Instead I throw the sticks in a large pot of boiling water (if the stick is large, do one end then the other). I also debark the sticks afterwards to prevent any unknown insects or mites from smuggling in underneath it. You could also go to your local Petsmart location and get 11 to 25" fake logs. They can be pricey, but you don’t have to deal with bugs and goldies love climbing on them. You can also go to your local hobby store location and pick up 6’ of fake pothos vine for roughly three dollars. It can be cleaned or disposed of and it covers a tank pretty successfully. You should bump the tank temperature to around 85 to 87. It’s a little low right now. Lastly, it can take weeks to months for goldies to settle in. The fact that you know that yours are eating is fantastic as they usually get stubborn and try to starve when stressed. Right now put the tanks in a secluded room/s where they can’t see one another and tape cardboard or a cut up paper grocery bag on three outer sides of the tanks to promote seclusion. The more places for the goldie to hide in the tank, the better. Do not to bother the goldies outside of feeding or misting. It’ll take two weeks to three months for them to settle in, depending on the goldie. |
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| 03/14/08 01:20am |
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KrazyKelli View Profile |
Message To: KrazyKelli In reference to Message Id: 1660348 Golden Questions
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| 03/14/08 01:28am |
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Txmomma26 View Profile |
Message To: KrazyKelli In reference to Message Id: 1660351 Golden Questions
Just out of curiousity, we’ve found a 55 gallon tank that would be usable as well. Does anyone have any experience with dividing a tank of that size? Would you recommend it or no? Thanks again! |
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| 03/14/08 10:41am |
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KrazyKelli View Profile |
Message To: Txmomma26 In reference to Message Id: 1660541 Golden Questions
On the by, you are one of the coolest new goldie owners I’ve seen so far. Not only did you come on open to suggestions, but you were also already planning to fix any problems you had at the door. Usually I have to go on and on about stories and lecture people to change to what’s better (or right). Either that or they expect the people here to do all the research for them instead of checking out google or reading other threads. I was in your shoes once back when I got my first goldie years ago. The petstore talked me into it. I ended up with too small a tank and I was knee deep in problems with a gecko that was dieing of huge parasite numbers. Over a hundred dollars in vet bills and three months of forcefeeding later, I learned my lesson. He’s also in a 25 gallon tank (I stacked two ten gallons and screwed them together.) And the irony is that I researched the species beforehand. The main issue was that the petstore was selling sick geckos. The rest of their goldies at the store ’mysteriously disappeared’ after my vet reported the store to animal control. I personally believe they were put down. My goldie is still alive today. |
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| 03/14/08 02:06pm |
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Fuzzra View Profile |
Message To: KrazyKelli In reference to Message Id: 1660683 Golden Questions
Thank you so much for any input. |
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| 03/15/08 08:09pm |
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Txmomma26 View Profile |
Message To: Fuzzra In reference to Message Id: 1662121 Golden Questions
And from what KrazyKelli said to me, it can take quite a while for them to de-stress....maybe even months. Just make sure you aren’t picking it up/handling it unless absolutely necessary, he’s eating every couple of days and has lights on about 12 hours a day/off 12 hours a day. Also........and this is just a thought.......make sure that any fruits you feed him are not citrus fruits. Mine likes bananas and mangos. But only once in a blue moon, not every feeding. I try to alternate crickets one night, skip a night, a bit of fruit and a cricket the next, then nothing for a day or so. Repeat with or without fruit in the mix. Somewhere down the page, someone wrote about obese goldies....be careful that you don’t fatten him up too much - that will put even more stress on them. What color is your rescued goldie? |
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| 03/15/08 09:25pm |
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KrazyKelli View Profile |
Message To: Txmomma26 In reference to Message Id: 1662247 Golden Questions
I find fruit as a treat, like you said. Stuff with too much acidity should be avoided. Bananas and mangos work well. A goldie can get addicted off fruit if fed too much of it, the same goes with waxworms and occasionally superworms (though supers are nutritious). They can get obese from too much food, too many superworms, and from eating waxworms in a larger quantity than one or two a week. Pinkies are also extremely fattening, but I don’t recommend giving them to a goldie at all. You should not be feeding vegis at all. They are insectivores. Vegis will do little to nothing and fruit has little nutrition in it. The thing you don’t want to do is go under 70 F for the tank. It’s alright for the warm side to say around 85-87 during the day and drop five to ten degrees at night. But if the tank starts getting too cold it’ll mess with their metabolism. This is more of a case since goldies are more active at night. I forgot about mention the extent of calcium. There are three types of powders you should be using. Calcium with d3, calcium without d3, and vitamins. You can usually get d3 calcium and vitamins in the same bottle. Provided you feed 4 times a week, it’d be non-d3 calcium dusted on the insects 3/4 times, vitamins/d3 calcium 1/4. That’s the general ratio. Vitamins help keep the lizard healthy. Calcium is a little tricky. It helps the bones, but they can’t metabolize it into their systems very well without the d3 ingredient. It’d just go right through the gecko otherwise. However too much d3 will lead to a problem called ’d3 toxicity’ which can make the gecko sick. You can replace d3 with a UVB light, however since goldies are nocturnal it may not work as well. That and UV bulbs are expensive and loose their power around 6 months of use. |
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| 03/15/08 11:41pm |
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KrazyKelli View Profile |
Message To: KrazyKelli In reference to Message Id: 1662429 Golden Questions
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| 03/15/08 11:43pm |
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Fuzzra View Profile |
Message To: KrazyKelli In reference to Message Id: 1662434 Golden Questions
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| 03/16/08 06:18pm |
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Txmomma26 View Profile |
Message To: KrazyKelli In reference to Message Id: 1660683
Funny story, real quick - our cricket keeper developed a ’leak’ of crickets. I seem to have 15-18 live crickets roaming the house. Last night, one crawled near my food on the living room floor. I picked it up and chunked it into the smaller goldie’s cage. It hopped/walked around and then screwed up and walked too near the goldie. I got to watch him scarf it down rather quickly!!! I was pretty surprised and had only turned out lights a little bit before. So, I’m quite the happy Goldie owner right now.....seems all will be okay. |
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| 03/17/08 03:09pm |
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Fuzzra View Profile |
Message To: Txmomma26 In reference to Message Id: 1664597 Golden Questions
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| 03/17/08 03:29pm |
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Reptile88 View Profile |
Message To: Txmomma26 In reference to Message Id: 1660541 Golden Questions
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| 05/25/08 03:30am |
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Zip chew2 View Profile |
Message To: KrazyKelli In reference to Message Id: 1660351
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| 05/27/08 08:10pm |
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Zip chew2 View Profile |
Message To: Zip chew2 In reference to Message Id: 1748476 Golden Questions
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