finally got a tokay

[large_cichlids]

I finally got a tokay gecko.he is really mean but i plan on taming him.he is over 5 inches should i try feeding him pinky mice.i am so glad because they are my faavirate reptile.

 

[adamstv]

I finally got a tokay gecko.he is really mean but i plan on taming him.he is over 5 inches should i try feeding him pinky mice.i am so glad because they are my faavirate reptile.

Hmmmmm pinky mice.... i dunno about that start with meal/ wax worms and crickets. Iv never heard about pinkies wait for some others to chime in. What did the store people say about it.

If so wait a while. Let him get bigger

 

[Max]

I'd only feed pinkies on a rare occasion and not until he was pretty big. Mine also liked the occasional bit of peach, plum, and strawberry baby food. They are cool lizards really neat in the summer if you get a male . Mine lived on my front porch and would sing for us.
hth
Max

 

[RadleyMiller]

I wouldn't feed pinkies at all. Crickets, waxworms, and mealworms. They are arboreal lizards, and last time I checked, newborn mice can't climb trees. Also, don't expect this taming to work, they have a reputation for being nasty or a reasy. Personally, I wouldn't even try taming him.

 

[Ophiuchus]

This is a caresheet written by our site admin over at HerpFamily.com. It's pretty good...if anyone has tips on how to "tame" tokays, its him. Check it out: http://www.blackshireserver.net/HerpFamily/docs/Tokay%20Gecko.html

 

[freeskierrocket]

"Tame a tokay"....... worst purchase i've ever made.......hate the darn things, it almost took my finger off, my amazon tree boa is a doll compared to that satanic beast........ had to get rid of the "thing"..

 

[large_cichlids]

I found some viuds on youtube.some prove that they can be tamed i guess.buit then again they can be pretty nasty.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLWOZ2sUw8k


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC-oVN0Iwjg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfJ1G4oLXiM



whoa......i actually feel stupid now that i kno i cant completely tame it.But i read u can get them calm to a point for handling.

 

[kakojones]

Tame?? I had one for about a year, it was a gift from someone, and it never liked me. They are some nasty little buggers.
Stick with crickets and meal/wax worms. mine would get a roach every now and then, if i felt like touching one.

 

[big train]

A buddy of mine had a 14" tokay and was fed pinky's at least once a week and i seen it take down a fuzzy as well it was cool i don't know how it affected it's health long term but it was a big strong lizard and liked to eat real meat over bugs any day.

 

[large_cichlids]

are heat lamps okay for them