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Knight rainforest exhibit |
It is not unusual
for Giantdaygecko.com to fill large orders of giant day geckos. Recently, Giantdaygecko.com supplied Discovery Place,
Inc. with fifty high-end giant day geckos for release into their newly renovated Knight Rainforest Exhibit. |
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Here is another large
order of 16 geckos sent to a private collector in California. All geckos are shipped in appropriately sized plastic
containers and in styrofoam and cardboard boxes. Heat packs are used when shipping to locations below 45°F.
Cold packs are used when shipping to locations above 90°F. |
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Giantdaygecko.com
specializes in reproducing highly colored giant day geckos. |
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Giantdaygecko.com
is proud to offer our BLUE BLOOD line. |
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The
giant day geckos at Giantdaygecko.com are housed year-round in outdoor enclosures. |
Emerging from bamboo after a
cold night
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Our geckos have been selectively bred to
tolerate brief exposure to cold temperatures. Every year the geckos will experience a cold night in the low 40's.
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The
main diet fed to our geckos consists of crickets and fruit. |
Vitamin, mineral, and fruit supplements |
Giantdaygecko.com
recommends the use of Rep-Cal products as the source of vitamin and mineral supplementation and guava baby food (Gerber
2nd foods) as a source of fruit. |
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GiantDayGecko.com
participated in a feeding trial for Repashy Meal Replacement Powder, Gecko MRP, version 3.0 and highly endorses its use
for feeding giant day geckos. |
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Giant day geckos can be highly opportunistic feeders
and sometimes attempt to consume anything that appears edible. Their typical diet is insects and fruit. |
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At Giantdaygecko.com, breeding season begins in February. |
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Females
will lay eggs year-round, but during peak egg-laying season, from March to June, they can deposit eggs as often as every six
weeks. |
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To better predict egg laying sites,
electrical conduit boxes are utilized and have proven to be a preferred site for females to deposit their eggs. |
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Giant day gecko eggs are extremely tolerant
of brief temperature fluctuations. Giantdaygecko.com has hatched eggs briefly exposed to temperatures as
high as 102°F and as low as 51°F without incident.
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During heavy rain, eggs have been submerged in water for 4-6 hrs and hatched
without incident.
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Notice abrasions on eggshell |
On rare occasions, adult giant day
geckos will consume eggs of which they are the parents. |
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GiantDayGecko.com is constantly experimenting with better ways to maintain and breed giant
day geckos. A new system to incubate eggs has proven to be effective. In an effort to increase ambient humidity
eggs are incubated above water. |
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Peak hatching season is from April
to July. |
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Giant day geckos
will become quite tame and will come to know their caretaker’s feeding schedule. They will position themselves
in the most opportune location for feeding and readily take food from their owner's hand. |
