has this ever happend

[dymback]

so yesterday i got a pair of hachling milli and they where fine at the guys house and they where put in a cricket container for transport,
we got home and i went to put them in there tank when i opened it one was fine but the other one was not moving but slowly breathing, so i put it in the tank and called the guy back and told him he said it could be stress and to leave it in a dark quiet room so i did all that but it later passed on.
i was just wondering if anyone would know if it could of being stress or something eles.
dont get me wrong the guy is a top bloke and gave me alot of good advice and i dont blame him i just wont to see what yous think

it was quite a big shock



cheers dymback

 

[IsK67]

Perhaps it got over heated in the container during transport?

IsK

 

[-Peter]

Plastic containers are not good for transporting animals. They heat up very quickly and dont exchange heat well.
Even with yesterdays conditions a trip in a cricket container in a car could be fatal.
Its a bit of a blow but you may need to wear this one.

 

[dymback]

the cricket container had a wet peice of paper towl in it and was only used as we forgot the a tank to pick it up in
and it was also not in the sun in a car with air con and the trip was less then 20 min

 

[dymback]

what would you say is a good thing to transport in so i can not have this happen again,
my poor other gecko is going to be loney know

 

[Vat69]

I've not had this happen to me personally so I can only offer maybes. It doesn't sound like it got over heated. If it was fine at the other guy's house I can only assume it was the stress of being transported. Let us know how you go after letting him chill out for a couple of days.

As for travelling containers I (and many other breeders I know) use chinese-type containers with holes in them for transporting hatchling snakes so I don't know why you couldn't use them for geckoes. You can just put kitchen towel or something in with them to hide in and in an air-conditioned car they're not going to over-heat.

 

[waruikazi]

Cotton bags are my prefered transport container. Or small cages for larger animals so it can breath.

 

[dymback]

hey could breath it had air holes

 

[jordo]

Bags are good for anything that isn't too small, I wouldn't transport geckos or small skinks species in bags as I've heard they will sometimes shed their tail in bags. I often use cricket tubs with no probs but I usually use a "bug box", which is one of those plastic containers with the coloured lid you can buy at petshops. I also put leaves or something in for the lizards to get under which I find stops them struggling to get out the whole trip.

 

[Hickson]

I've used both the Chinese Containers and the cloth bags - but either way, they still go into a small foam esky for the journey. Keeps them dark and in a stable temperature.



Hix

 

[hodges]

so the poor lil fella died ?
sorry to hear if he did
cheers
brad

 

[JasonL]

the smaller the animal, the easier they overheat. Overheat a reptile and it will die in a heart beat. Special care should be taken when tansporting small nocturnal reptiles.

 

[Rocket]

dymback,
I have used plastic ontainers with no probs. the Gecko probably did get overheated so keep it cool. Just lots of airholes, out of the sun when transporting and a damp paper towel for beneath the animals.

BTW: what sex is your castelnaui?
Shawn

 

[dymback]

BTW: what sex is your castelnaui?

my what
and it was in a container out of the sun with air holes and a damp cloth thing in the bottom

 

[Rocket]

Your northern velvet Gecko (Oedura Castelnaui)