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I thought it would be fun to have a thread chronically my life with my 21 guys. It will be mostly pictures but also with lots of writing. I thought I would start out with introducing everyone.

We will start with Tír na nÓg, my sweet beautiful Beardie. Who became officially mine today (1/7/12). She was a surrender to the shelter I work at and I am so very glad she has joined the 'zoo'.

Sasha is a very sweet, lovely girl. She is a 3-toed box turtle who I got from a friend who didn't want her anymore.

Scully my girl. I've had her for almost 3 years. She is a Leopard Gecko. My friend bred her.

Neville, is super handsome. Just look at that red? I got him at a reptile expo this summer.

Puzzle is another girl from the reptile expo. She fires up super great, but doesn't have the best crests.

I also have 4 Mourning Geckos. JJ, Elle, Penelope and Emily. They are such a fun all female species to work with.

Oz, I got from Bertopia Geckos this summer. He is such a handsome fellow.

Trinity is from Crown Jewel Reptiles. She fires up a beautiful mocha color and is crowned.

Zoom is paired with Trinity for the 2012 season and I am super excited to see what they produce.

Mango is from Altitude Exotics. She is a beautiful lady. Love her creamyness!

River Song. Unsexed at this point. Beautiful tiger flame!

Dragon. I am hopeful this guy will be a super dal like his father.

Anya, my second Crestie! I love this girl!

Fox is a handsome man! His tail is bright orange!

Hades is my loan Banded Gecko. I hope to him a female at some point!

Velvet, was my first Crested Gecko. She is what made my obsession so strong.

Buffy, Female Tokay Gecko.

Smeagol, male Tokay Gecko.

I will also be getting a male R. Sara soon. We are just waiting for the temps to get warmer! Super excited to get this boy!

Breeding Season 2012:
Fox x Scully
Anya x Neville
Zoom x Trinity
Smeagol x Buffy
Mourning Geckos

Hoping to add a female R. Sara and a few more Cresties!


In addition to all the reptiles. I have a large Dubia colony and 2 dogs.

 

[Tirnanog]

Some more of Miss Tee!

 

[RandyMarsh]

Just wow! Nice collection. How do you keep up with all of them? I don't know anything about geckos or anything, can you co-habitate them pretty easily?

 

[Tirnanog]

Just wow! Nice collection. How do you keep up with all of them? I don't know anything about geckos or anything, can you co-habitate them pretty easily?

Thank You! It is very easy to keep up with. They are all fed every other night. Females can live together, males need to live alone.

 

[Irwinshealth]

Congrats on your new beardie officially becoming yours! I think it is great you took all the pictures
that you did. I didn't realize how many types of geckos there are....very neat Thanks for sharing!

 

[Tirnanog]

Thank You! There are a lot more species then in my collection. But I love my little family!

 

[petri]

Just amazing, what a diverse and wonderful collection of beautiful critters. Your future posts will be fascinating to say the least. And, congrats on getting your new beardie....just beautiful

 

[dragonlover3]

Just beautiful!
Amanda

 

[thegreybush]

very nice collection. I enjoyed the pictures immensely....until I got to the Tokays and I was like grrrrr. I have two of them. Mean as piss. But really pretty to look at lol. Just....mean. really mean.

 

[Tirnanog]

Thank All! I look forward to a lot more posts about my guys. Tokay's aren't mean they are just very, very intelligent and misunderstood creatures. I love my guys. Buffy is pretty tame. At least tamer then your average Tokay. It just takes lots of patience and understanding.

Well I have a funny story for all of you. Miss Tee met Xander (one of dogs) through the cage today. She did the typical puffing up, hissing..etc! Xan took one look and ran out of the room. :roll: He weighs around 80 pounds. Silly boy.

More photos:

 

[lauraj1055]

Gorgeous! All of them. I so want a Crested Gecko!

 

[Tirnanog]

Thank You! I would highly recommend a Crestie! They make wonderful pets.

 

[Kratoskeeper]

Is it just me or do the eyes of geckos look evil? Very beautiful though, i have always wanted one. My cats brought me a wild western banded gecko. I like it a lot, very beautiful and very young, unfortunately it died three days later. After that i thought of buying a leopard gecko till my fiance told me that if they bite you they don't let go, is this true?

 

[Tirnanog]

Is it just me or do the eyes of geckos look evil? Very beautiful though, i have always wanted one. My cats brought me a wild western banded gecko. I like it a lot, very beautiful and very young, unfortunately it died three days later. After that i thought of buying a leopard gecko till my fiance told me that if they bite you they don't let go, is this true?

I don't think so. That is certainly not true. Leos are similar to Beardies, only smaller. They make great pets and are very, very tame. It 10 or so years I've only been bitten twice my a Leo and both times they let go immediately, never broken skin either.

 

[Kratoskeeper]

Well thank you, i will definitely keep that in mind next time I'm able to talk my fiance into letting me get another reptile lol.