And then she dropped her tail

Pookie is one of the first geckos I purchased (she is 3 1/2 years old).  I had been hooked by Squish and purchased 2 babies that I named Pookie and Chewy.

They are easy going girls that hooked me in further.

During routine weekly cleaning I was snapping a picture when she jumped on to my camera.  Not unusual occurrence.  I reached up with my other hand to make sure I didn't drop my phone and scared her into dropping her tail.

When her tail detached she was unfazed.  She sat there like it was a Tuesday...

Photos below tell the story.

Pookie sporting a very fine tail.

Pookie sporting a "frog butt" 

It amazes me how the tail pulls out triangles of tissue so that the skin collapses on the left over tail nub.  Very little bleeding.

 6 grams of beautiful tail. This thing moved for easily 10 minutes after it detached.  

2018 Roeckel visit to Virginia

Pictures from the 2018 Roeckel visit to Virginia.

Beautiful Airport pick-up

Christmas shopping

Christmas Eve poker

Christmas Eve poker

A peek of my girl.

Meatgazer did not need a comeback...

Christmas Eve dinner

Christmas day present opening presents

Christmas day present opening presents

Christmas morning Rolls

Best present ever

Christmas day Catan

Nap time

Weekend Catan

Weekend Catan

Holiday Break Sushi

Christmas break mall shopping

Vacation bowling. Snuck a picture in.

Guacamole- Pacman frog growth thread

On December 8th I purchased a pacman frog- henceforth know as Guacamole.

I think one of the amazing things on these guys is watching them grow.  I want to keep a thread where its growth can be easily viewed.

12/9/18 length (1 6/8")x width (1 3/8")

12/22/18 length (1 6/8")x width (1 5/8") 25g

12/30/18 35g

2/2/19 length (3") x width (2 3/4") 64g

2/16/19 length (3 1/4") x width (3") 85g

3/9/19 length (3 1/4") x width (3") 97g

Tropical fish tank

Love my fish tank.  I like adding plants and wood that allow for height  It has guppies, tetras, shrimp, and a bristle nose pleco.  It is like having a living television.  It is very soothing.

The guppies have been picking these guys off.  I wish they could all get along.

Before and after adding some height.  The nets in the corners are for the baby guppies.

Love all of the colors of guppies and tetras.

Bristle nose pleco

Gargoyle Gecko hatchlings

2018 Gargoyle gecko hatchlings

November baby 6

November baby 5

October baby 4

October baby 3

September baby 2

September baby 1

Abigail and Flash 2018 hatchlings

Let the egg hatching begin.

First hatchlings have arrived.

Blow are pictures of Mom, Dad, and hatchlings.

Abigail

Abigail

Flash

Flash

Baby J - hatch date 2018-8-15 - day 1

Baby J - day three

Baby K - Hatch date 2018-8-16 - day 1

Baby K = day 2

Halmahera geckos

Halmahera geckos are hard to come by.  Most on the market are wild caught and get sick and die rather quickly.  They don't acclimate well.  I have captive bred (CB), wild caught (WC) On the verge of- and long term wild caught in captivity- long term captive (LTC).

I purchased my first Halmahera gecko from an expo.  WC and dead in days.  I learned a hard lesson super fast.


My next was purchased as LTC.  He is huge.  He is glorious.  He made me fall in love with the species.

I went on to purchase to CB babies that are coming along great and look to be a male and female.

I do keep my eye out for Halmahera geckos on the market and found a pair that were LTC.  The previous owners said that they had had them for a year. They were crazy wild when I first got them back in April, 2018.  Over the past 4 months they have settled down a bit.

The key with these geckos is- Never grab at them.

LTC male 

LTC male- love his color changes

LTC male- The boy who started it all

Love their little feet.

LTC

One of my CB babies.  Born July, 2017

One of my CB babes.  Born July, 2017

The CB babies are very mellow

Sweet baby

Hal- LTC that started it all.

LTC female

Hal

LTC male- WC tend to have more injuries.  Dropped tails that have regrown.  This boy has had a rough trip.

Oh, Hal.