tokay gecko

[snakebitten69]

ok so me and kelly went to the pet store to kill some time. of course the lady came over ask us and this other lady and her son if we want to see anything! well the little boy wanted to see the baby balls and we where just looking around! so the lady goes behide there and get the ball out if its cage and tell use think god we did not want her to get the tokay gecko out. i look @ kelly and said humm thats the one we like. lol and the lady said its mean so she get behide her wall to see if she could get him out! she lifted his half log and that little sucker came unglued! barkin and bitting everywhere! i was like wow he is mad! was just kinda funny! i think i am going to get one. i kinda like him! why are thay so mean anyone had any luck with them? looks like fun!

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[Pork Chops N' Corn Bread]

I believe Adrya had some luck oholding her tokay. They are supposed to be the meanest around. I have never held one put I put my finger up to a cage that one was in and I could feel him hit the glass. wow, those things are pure evil

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[snakebitten69]

oh i cant wait to see what adrya has to say about them! {tips-hints}
i think i am going to get one. i kinda think there neat.

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[Pork Chops N' Corn Bread]

If you have extra bugs or thawed out mice, they will eat the ones you don't feed. I have heard of large tokay geckos eating small adult mice. True or not they are magnificent animals

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[louise]

at my nephews petshop when i would watch the store if he had to be gone for the day i would sell the scorps,spiders,snakes and anything else. but i refused to even get near the tokays. i hate them things. i use to have nightmares about them. when my nephew was young he had one and it would stick to the wall and hiss when people walked by. finally it bit him between his thumb and index finger and we couldn't get it lose. we ended up drowning the darn thing to get it off! i was glad it was gone.

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[Pork Chops N' Corn Bread]

I perfer viniger for those pesky biters. I tried alchohal when tess started latching on and that burns when you have a bunch of open cuts where she is biting you. I will stick with viniger now. I have always wanted to try and get a nice breeding group of tokay going. The possibilities are endless and imagine being able to be one of the first people to sell tame c/b tokay on ks.com

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[NicoleRussell]

I love tokays--they aren't lap lizards but they are very interesting beautiful animals

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[Pork Chops N' Corn Bread]

It's not everyday you can hold your Tokay!

Heres the thread adrya posted. Look at the size of that thing

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[snakebitten69]

wow she is holding it! cool i cant wait to get one now! i hear thay get pretty big 10-14in thats cool! now i just need to setup a encloser first!

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[Pork Chops N' Corn Bread]

And a ton of roaches/crickets to feed

[Adrya]

Hey, what a surprise for you all to mention me. heehee

Tokays can be tamed to a certain extent I believe but I think they're cutest when they're the mean little suckers that they are. Brett I believe used to have one that he tamed into a complete lap puppy. I have managed to hold mine a few times when I needed to thorougly clean his cage and I haven't been latched onto by him, yet. I just kinda let him set in my shoulder for a bit while I cleaned his cage and he didn't seem to mind too much, he looked more curious than anything. I'd say he's 11 inches long or so.

I've mostly been feeding mine roaches, superworms and crickets but the past few weekends I've fed him f/t fuzzy mice for the first time and he loves them, and it's a nice solid meal for him with some calcium and other goodies already in the pinky. At first when I offered the pinky to him with a pair of tongs he got all ticked off, puffed up and huffed like he was getting ready for a battle. LOL but then once he grabbed the pinky, he shook it a few times then realized, "Oh, I can eat this!" LOL He's cute for a mean little bugger. He's barked and bit at me quite a few times but no worries. I personally like the Tokays not only because of their ferocious personalities, but they're really pretty as well.

[louise]

they are pretty. i was just traumatized by my nephews when i was young. lol

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[snakebitten69]

thanks for the info i think i am going to setup a tank tonight and go back and get him! he was in shed. but still looked good! i hear there hard to find and there's not a big demand. he was only 17$ i hope thay dont sell him!

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[Adrya]

Mine was around $15 I think but the petstore guy ended up selling him to me for $10 because the tokay escaped when the guy went to get him out of the cage, and so I immediately helped to try and catch the lil' dude, and it was a difficult chase trying to catch the little guy, but we finally did.

With the attitude that tokay's have I doubt he'll be sold tomorrow, so he should still be there tomorrow. If you need any help with getting some things right setting up the tank, let me know.

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[snakebitten69]

hey this is kelly! thanx yall! we were thinking about getting a mueller chameleon (because i have always loved them) but after seeing this little guy i think they are awesome! he will probably be our newest baby. can u house them together? i know u cant have two males but what about females or a male and female?

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[Adrya]

I think you can house a male and female together, or have a small group of tokays, being 1 male and a few females.

But I'm not sure, so I'm hoping someone else can come along and answer that for sure.

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[snakebitten69]

On the caresheets we have read they all say you cant house two males together but you can house females, but none of them say if you can put 1 male in with females. we ae hoping so!

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[NZGecko]

k im getting the hang of this posting, please bear with me.

Tokays are beautiful creatures, ive never seen one in person but the photos ive seen are stunning! isnt being aggressive the breeds speciality?

[Adrya]

Originally Posted by NZGecko

k im getting the hang of this posting, please bear with me.
Tokays are beautiful creatures, ive never seen one in person but the photos ive seen are stunning! isnt being aggressive the breeds speciality?

Yep, it's the specialty of the species, but I love them for it. lol