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TankBuster
07-03-2006, 6:55 PM
Where I live there are a ton of Geckos, besides damaging the insurance institute, is there any harm in feeding my fish small geckos? Thanks.
Doubt it. :) I gave my fish a lizard that drowned in my yard. Not a gecko though.:grinno:
Ruger345
07-03-2006, 8:19 PM
why??:eek: :eek: :WHOA: :confused:
Don't do that or my dog will bite you!!:headbang2 :ROFL: :naughty:
TankBuster
07-03-2006, 8:24 PM
hmmm...
Honda12
07-03-2006, 9:08 PM
On arofanics in the feeding gallery, I believe their are pics of a guy feeding his aro a gecko. When my aro is big enough I am going to try and feed mine an anole lizard since I have a store around here that sells them for $2 a piece.
TankBuster
07-03-2006, 11:00 PM
Great, thanks for the info
turtall
07-03-2006, 11:18 PM
Gawd I love this guy... If the fish is right then so is the bait. I've seen baby ducks eaten by catfish and I have caught some NICE bass on on lizard lures. Give it a try when you get the chance.
P.S. I like Geckos. Not to eat of course, but I dated one once.
how do you catch em? I have a HUGE gecko in my room and he's ****ting everywhere. Would like to keep him as a pet. Any ideas?
xxblwn408
07-04-2006, 1:12 AM
I feed my silver gecko all the time. I also feed chameleon.
Since my dog seen me catch them, I can never find any. He always kills them and leaves them laying around.
buckeyenut222
07-04-2006, 1:12 AM
how do you catch em? I have a HUGE gecko in my room and he's ****ting everywhere. Would like to keep him as a pet. Any ideas?
get a pond net, that is pretty big and work on hand speed lol believe me you will need it. if its a tokay gecko (look it up on yahoo or google there should be tons of pics) then watch out for the big teeth and agressiveness.
xxblwn408
07-04-2006, 1:18 AM
DOn't be a pu$$y, just grab it with your hands.:D
TankBuster
07-04-2006, 2:55 AM
:ROFL: :thumbsup:
DeLgAdO
07-06-2006, 3:33 AM
Don't feed them geckos
why not?
geckos are a good food source :thumbsup:
lil_blue
07-06-2006, 3:47 AM
lol, if its a wild tokay, id just let it be....
even the ones from petstores are a b*tch to get a hold of, just imagine a wild one
or, grab him with your hands, i like that idea too, just keep painkillers and a pair of needlenose pliers on hand
Daniel Machado
07-06-2006, 8:58 PM
I used to feed my albino oscar pair house geckos... They really LOVED'em, especially the female. Lots of eggs after some live meals. :naughty:
Best regards.
Daniel.
Recycling Works
07-06-2006, 9:22 PM
Do it, Youll save a ton of money on your car insurance
DOn't be a pu$$y, just grab it with your hands.:D
i would if i could. I've seen it ONCE. It doesn't just sit there and wait for me to grab it. I was thinking more on the lines of a gecko trap? I read to cover the rim of a container with some cooking oil or butter and have some food in the middle The gecko will try walk over the oil or butter and then get stuck coz they have no more grip. Dunno of it'll work tho.
Do it, Youll save a ton of money on your car insurance
:ROFL:
catch it, feed it, video tape it, then post it on monsterfish so we can all watch it.
lil_blue
07-07-2006, 7:22 PM
send the video of it tied to a lead weight at the bottom of the fish tank to geico
ask for money or the gecko gets it
a lil something like savetoby.com
sqratch, do the oil thing, only make sure that the basket is made of mesh or something so that the thing cant get out, and then take pics, i love gecko pics
dacox
07-07-2006, 10:56 PM
Feeding geckos should be fine, but if they are collected in your house or neighborhood I'd be 100% sure that no pesticides are being used. I wouldn't want you to poisen you fish with lizards that have ingested pesticides or insects that have been exposed to them.
To catch geckos or other little fast lizards sqratch, I would suggest trying a small noose. This sounds farfetched but, believe it or not, it works wonders. I have used small nooses to catch anoles tons of times. Just get a long, slender stick and some dental floss or fishing line and make one up. Small lizards freak out when a hand comes at them, but for some reason they stay still for inanimate objects, even if it is a noose that is about to lasso them around the neck.
lil_blue
07-07-2006, 11:06 PM
dam, gonna have to try that when i go out collecting
will it hurt their neck?
TankBuster
07-07-2006, 11:14 PM
Its wortth a shot.
dacox
07-07-2006, 11:57 PM
dam, gonna have to try that when i go out collecting
will it hurt their neck?
Na, I've never had an anole hurt its neck on it, and they have some pretty brittle little necks. Just dont jerk hard on it. Let them tighted it themselves as the walk/run away and they shoud be fine.
lil_blue
07-08-2006, 12:14 AM
like a noose knot on the end, or a pull noose?
dacox
07-08-2006, 12:25 AM
A slip knot.... like if you were gonna hang someone or make a lasso
lil_blue
07-08-2006, 12:29 AM
oh, thats easy then, ill just put an eyelet on the end of a broom handle
thx for the idea
Bassman89
07-08-2006, 6:47 PM
Feeding geckos should be fine, but if they are collected in your house or neighborhood I'd be 100% sure that no pesticides are being used. I wouldn't want you to poisen you fish with lizards that have ingested pesticides or insects that have been exposed to them.
To catch geckos or other little fast lizards sqratch, I would suggest trying a small noose. This sounds farfetched but, believe it or not, it works wonders. I have used small nooses to catch anoles tons of times. Just get a long, slender stick and some dental floss or fishing line and make one up. Small lizards freak out when a hand comes at them, but for some reason they stay still for inanimate objects, even if it is a noose that is about to lasso them around the neck.
....good call
Bichirs man
07-08-2006, 7:25 PM
:ROFL:
catch it, feed it, video tape it, then post it on monsterfish so we can all watch it.
yeah, Post it on monster fish!
Tanyoberu
07-10-2006, 8:57 AM
dam, gonna have to try that when i go out collecting
will it hurt their neck?
It won't hurt as much as getting eaten by a fish, I'm sure.
dacox
07-11-2006, 12:20 AM
It won't hurt as much as getting eaten by a fish, I'm sure.
:ROFL: ... that's what I was thinking.
hemiboo
07-12-2006, 10:46 AM
My oscars and jewel LOVES the lizards!!!!
fisher12889
07-13-2006, 7:35 PM
dam, gonna have to try that when i go out collecting
will it hurt their neck?
I think the lizards neck is the last thing you should be worried about, since its whole body is about to be crushed lol
Twistedf4i
07-14-2006, 12:25 AM
There was a baby lizard in my garage i picked up and put in my tank with baby peacocks and a baby jack dempsey and they didnt eat it, the jd picked at it alittle and then left it alone.