Ferry - Rhacodactylus Chahoua (Chewie)

Got a video tonight of Ferry begging for food.

He's doing great and is as sweet as ever.

https://vimeo.com/358959642

From this angle, looks so much like the Tokays I used to have...love how they walk on glass! Such cool creatures.

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From this angle, looks so much like the Tokays I used to have...love how they walk on glass! Such cool creatures.

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Ferry is super cool. He's such and outgoing and active little guy. He gets really excited about his food. If I had insects, he would have been drooling and bouncing off the walls. I just had gel tonight.

Here's a video of Ferry waiting excitedly for his Dubai roaches and then literally leaping and then pouncing on them.

Excitement up to 30 seconds in the video and then, action at 35 seconds in! Jump, POW!


NINJA CHEWIE!

https://vimeo.com/359436178

Geckos are SO efficient when it comes to catching bugs, & they're SO much fun to watch! :love:

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Geckos are SO efficient when it comes to catching bugs, & they're SO much fun to watch! :love:

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He is a good boy and eats his powder/gel too. He will eat that out of my hands. Given the way he eats bugs, I will keep my fingers to myself when he gets those!

So would I, lol. You might not get them back. ;)

What a weirdo.

"Just hanging around, Dad!"

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Weirdos are the BEST! :D

Actually, that might be a strategically defensive way to hang on a branch, if you're a tasty little lizard that a bird of prey might find yummy? Or maybe his tail is
used as a lure??? No matter the reason, it's adorable.

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Weirdos are the BEST! :D

Actually, that might be a strategically defensive way to hang on a branch, if you're a tasty little lizard that a bird of prey might find yummy? Or maybe his tail is
used as a lure??? No matter the reason, it's adorable.

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Super cute and I’ve never seen him do it before. Who cares why?!?! Adorable is right.

Wow, it's been a while since I posted on Ferry. Status quo.

He's hit or miss with his gel food and usually eats it 2X-3X a week while I offer 4X times. He eats a few insects 1-2X a week as well (covered in calcium).

He seems to skip the gel food the most the days he sees the Leopard Geckos eat (they are across the room). Maybe I am looking into it, but he seems to hold out waiting for them the few days I do no align feedings.

Either way, he's maintaining weight around 60-62G. He's a fun guy. He gets super excited for insects and will eat gel out of my hand. He's also very docile and unlike his "sister," Ezzy, a leachie, he doesn't try to END ME every time I pick him up out of his tank. He's more curious and easy going and NOT cage defensive. Nothing against Ezzy, I love her too, but it's funny the different in cage personalities.

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Ferry eating his "gel" ninja style!

https://vimeo.com/428350079

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America Ninja Gecko! :D

Ferry's looking good. He's such a sweet guy too.


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Very nice! :gj: I love geckos and their awesome "sticky" toes.

Geez, he's so cute! And I love the way these guys lick their "lips" as they climb around, it's so funny. :D I suppose it's just the equivalent of a snake flicking it's tongue,
but you never see snakes wiping their eyeballs with their tongues either. :rofl: Geckos are just so special. :love: Thanks for sharing yours.

They really are so cute, that camouflage is just so cool

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Ferry had his tank cleaned today and spent some time with me. What a cutie!

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Ferry bit me! He got spooked/cage defensive and nailed me! He didn't break the skin and let me pick him right up once he realized it was me and I wasn't going to hurt him.

Kind of funny as he was the last guy I expected to nail me. He's so calm and sweet. Oh, well, can scratch that off my list of things that won't happen. :)

He's doing really well and generally, pretty docile.

Well, it seems Ferry is getting cage defensive just like Ezzy. He nailed me 3 times when I went to pick him up today to clean his cage.

He lunge/strikes/bites, but it doesn't hurt or do much damage. I used the same gloves I use for Ezzy, got him out, and he was fine.

I guess it's good that he is happy and wants to "DEFEND THIS HOUSE" just like Ezzy. However, I'd prefer he not. Oh, well.

I don't think handling him more would help as that makes zero issue, in my experience, with cage defensiveness.

Any thoughts are welcomed. Otherwise, GLOVES ON! :).

Aw, that's too bad. But I guess he's growing up & figures that he is the king of his castle. I hope you can work out a truce? :cool: But as you say, gloves on!

Here is a video of Ferry attacking my gloves to protect his home.

https://vimeo.com/495147201


Here is Ferry 3 seconds later, calm and sweet as can be, out of his home :).

https://vimeo.com/495147093

Looking great dave, he really didn't want to play at first did he[emoji106][emoji106]

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Wanted to update on Ferry.

He's been gobbling down his insects, but hasn't touched his gel food in a couple of weeks. He was sporadic before that for a bit in the winter, but I am getting a little worried.

He looks fine and is acting normal otherwise.

Any thoughts from Rhaco keepers?

I am guessing it's a seasonal thing and he'll get back to it. In the meantime, I gut load his insects and put calcium on every feed (2-3X a week he gets insects) and multivitamin 1X a week. Just as I've always done.

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Wanted to update on Ferry.

He's been gobbling down his insects, but hasn't touched his gel food in a couple of weeks. He was sporadic before that for a bit in the winter, but I am getting a little worried.

He looks fine and is acting normal otherwise.

Any thoughts from Rhaco keepers?

I am guessing it's a seasonal thing and he'll get back to it. In the meantime, I gut load his insects and put calcium on every feed (2-3X a week he gets insects) and multivitamin 1X a week. Just as I've always done.

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I did some digging and may have answered my own question.

I upped the temps a few degrees this morning. I went from 75F on the basking spot to about 79F on the basking spot. The tank overall warmed up a couple of degrees. I'll see if this stimulates him to eat his gel.

I can go up to about 81-82F comfortably with him and still a few degrees of margin of error. Chewie's can go to about 85F in the summer, but not much more. I believe Leachies are a little more sensitive. Ezzy is about 75F all year round and eats like a pig.

I have also upped humidity recently for both Rhacos. That seemed to have little effect on Ferry.

I hope that works- I have a hunch that it will.

I raised temps, I lowered temps again, and I don't know if it did anything. However, Ferry seemed to have been going through a phase. He's devouring his gel food again.

Tonight I went into feed him insects and he flipped and started running up the door and tried to get over the tank - he can be fast when he wants to be. I grabbed him just in time and put him back in his tank. My nerves are shot (see post about our sewer pipe break and hospital stay etc.) and I didn't need that tonight.

He's fine, I am fine, and he's back in his tank eating his food happily.

I'll post some pics soon (although he look the same). He's doing well and I am happy he's back to eating his normal diet and not just insects.

Whew...! :cool: Ferry- go to your room! (don't pick on Dad today, okay?)

Ferry continues to eat all his food items and is doing great.

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