i am back, and breeding

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 7:17 am

Do you seriously eat them?

Lambchop · Post by **Lambchop** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 7:20 am

Sure! If you cut them in rounds, you can skewer them shish-ke-bab fashion. Lots of things you can do with them, then. Yum!

The pinkies you can nibble whole, though. Deep-fried.

chrisoff · Post by **chrisoff** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 7:23 am

<a href="http://supercocktails.com/2286/Purple-Gecko">Excellent Gecko recipe</a>

jkwest · Post by **jkwest** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 10:53 am

Cranberry wrote:Do you seriously eat them?

Haven't you ever watched Man vs. Wild?

That guy eats anything!!

mutepointe · Post by **mutepointe** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 12:35 pm

i liked the geckos with uniform coloring, they were pretty. do the geckos with tails that do not match the bodies realize that they are clashing with themselves?

rhulsey · Post by **rhulsey** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 2:12 pm

beautiful critters, WC - thanks for sharing.

reg

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 2:32 pm

geckos are really cool, I think. We have little brown and grey ones all over around these parts.

When I lived in Houston, though (most of my life) I never saw geckos. All I ever saw were these critters:
http://www.jsdragons.com/images/anol-engeling-sm.jpg

I always liked geckos better. The geckos here are more fragile, though..i tried to catch one when I moved up here (like I used to catch lizards in Houston as a kid) to show my son, close-up, but i ended up squishing it.

I haven't tried to catch another one.

gonzo914 · Post by **gonzo914** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 3:20 pm

Cranberry wrote:I love reptiles. So pretty.

Especially when flung on high without benefit of a little reptile parachute to slow its pace as it hurtles earthward toward certain death upon the craggy rocks below.

djm · Post by **djm** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 3:21 pm

If I have to look at lizards, I would much rather watch chamleleons. They are incredibly bizarre (to me), both in appearance and mannerisms.

djm

WyoBadger · Post by **WyoBadger** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 3:52 pm

Wow, that forth one's tail looks exactly like a cricket! That is some sophisticated deceptive camoflage, but I can't see how it's a real advantage, except maybe to attract a mate.

Tom

Bothrops · Post by **Bothrops** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 3:58 pm

Nice albinos you have there!

I bred leopard geckos in the past, but just normal phase heterocygous (sp? sorry, english isn't my first language..) for leucistic.

They're so beautiful!

Cheers,
Bothrops

pipersgrip · Post by **pipersgrip** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 5:24 pm

thanks guys

WhistlingArmadillo · Post by **WhistlingArmadillo** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 6:09 pm

Wanderer wrote:...
When I lived in Houston, though (most of my life) I never saw geckos. All I ever saw were these critters:
http://www.jsdragons.com/images/anol-engeling-sm.jpg
...

Yikes -- where I live in Houston, geckos are everywhere (I can almost always count on at least one on the kitchen window and another around the front door -- at our old house a few miles away we'd have about 30 hunting around the front door).

You're right about them being fragile -- usually I have to carefully herd them out when they intrude (I don't really object to an occasional lizard in the house, but I'm afraid they'd starve to death, since I _do_ object to most of their insect prey).

cowtime · Post by **cowtime** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 11:11 pm

gonzo914 wrote:
Cranberry wrote:I love reptiles. So pretty.

Especially when flung on high without benefit of a little reptile parachute to slow its pace as it hurtles earthward toward certain death upon the craggy rocks below.[/quote