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Hi, I woke this morning for find my knob-tailed gecko had passed away, & I want to ask a few questions about choosing the right breeder.
I bought my gecko from a breeder nearly three months ago. Since then, I fed him every day & he barely grew at all. The breeder was very young & said that this was his first 'successful' hatchie. He kept the parents in what resembled a take-away chinese food container, & kept his snakes in containers roughly the size of shoe boxes. My geckos parents were very small, & looked very young to be breeding.
Since I've had my gecko, i've always had problems with feeding. I took him to numerous pet shops & specialists, all of whom just told me to feed him every day to try & get his weight up. This isn't easy when he would eat three crickets with no trouble for three nights, then seem to go on a hunger strike for the rest of the week!
From the moment I got him, he seemed to just lay down. He never dug, didn't really walk around at night..
I'm devastated about losing him & just don't know what else I could have done. Any input would be great.
Thanks
NOTE: I just read in a book I bought that the knob-tails are ready to breed after about 3 years - this breeder said he'd only had them for a year, got them as hatchies.
I bought my gecko from a breeder nearly three months ago. Since then, I fed him every day & he barely grew at all. The breeder was very young & said that this was his first 'successful' hatchie. He kept the parents in what resembled a take-away chinese food container, & kept his snakes in containers roughly the size of shoe boxes. My geckos parents were very small, & looked very young to be breeding.
Since I've had my gecko, i've always had problems with feeding. I took him to numerous pet shops & specialists, all of whom just told me to feed him every day to try & get his weight up. This isn't easy when he would eat three crickets with no trouble for three nights, then seem to go on a hunger strike for the rest of the week!
From the moment I got him, he seemed to just lay down. He never dug, didn't really walk around at night..
I'm devastated about losing him & just don't know what else I could have done. Any input would be great.
Thanks
NOTE: I just read in a book I bought that the knob-tails are ready to breed after about 3 years - this breeder said he'd only had them for a year, got them as hatchies.