More New Friends!

stickytoedgecko · 06-23-05, 04:55 PM

A big thank you to Doug Healey and Betty Miskie for these guys (Doug we did borrow your pics, only cuz I couldnt get any ones that I liked of the 2!)

Doug, they are beautiful, and Betty, thanks for organizing all of it!

Check them out!

Our new female;

and our new male:

Dont you just love them!!!!! And I know you guys are jealous...

damzookeeper · 06-23-05, 05:20 PM

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Originally posted by stickytoedgecko
And I know you guys are jealous...

DUH!! All you people with your dang high colored cresteds are making me sick!! lol My girls are all gone on a breeding loan, I think I want to call and have them come home now.

clint545 · 06-23-05, 05:42 PM

Very nice! That male is pretty sharp looking

stickytoedgecko · 06-23-05, 05:46 PM

Yea...

We already have plans to breed him (not right away, but hopefully in 6 months or so...) to a female that looks very similar to the one we sold Hilde in St Jacobs... We figure that him with a red/white fire should be pretty neat...

*fingers crossed*

stickytoedgecko · 06-23-05, 05:51 PM

Sorry, should have added this to my last post, but she looks like this guy, but her crest and markings are a bit more white..

(Sorry Hilde, used your pic, but its just sooo good!!!)

little_dragon_ · 06-23-05, 09:25 PM

They are all really nice.
Excellent photos!

Betty Miskie · 06-23-05, 10:07 PM

Your quite welcome for your new additions. I will have to get Ryan busy taking a few pictures of some of the ones that we purchased from Doug Healey. I tend to be more partial to the dark fire/harlequins but seeing some of the reds that everyone is posting, makes me think they are pretty nice as well.
Betty

stickytoedgecko · 06-24-05, 07:00 AM

I would normally agree with you, with the exception of reds

DragnDrop · 06-24-05, 08:49 AM

I love the bloodshot eyes in the first picture --- is that fruit mix you're feeding him fermented by any chance? LOL

Hurry up and get babies from the combo you are planning, I want to see pictures.... soooon.

That one I got from you is definitely a male, so next year he'll be teaming up with Little Red Ridinghood and maybe one of her 'not quite' as remarkable daughters.

DragnDrop · 06-24-05, 08:51 AM

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Originally posted by damzookeeper
My girls are all gone on a breeding loan, I think I want to call and have them come home now.

I can send you a map to Kitchener that you can give them for the trip.

stickytoedgecko · 06-24-05, 04:43 PM

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Originally posted by DragnDrop
I love the bloodshot eyes in the first picture --- is that fruit mix you're feeding him fermented by any chance? LOL

Hurry up and get babies from the combo you are planning, I want to see pictures.... soooon.

Actually, I dont thin either of them we fed your recipe before, but we have fed it to them a few times, and they just gobble it up, so I take that as a good thing...

As for breeding, the female we have is 9 months and the male is 8 months(I'm not sure if he is 8 or 10? I forget) but dont they have to be a year before they can breed? Or can you go on weight?

D Healey · 06-26-05, 09:43 PM

I think it is always better to wait until they are 12 mon. and the ideal weight as some will be larger at 7 mon. then 2 year old breeders but from what i have heard it is best not to breed them that early i can't wait to see the offspring of the pair you are putting together.

stickytoedgecko · 06-27-05, 07:21 AM

Thanks for confirming what Max and I thought. We have never put anyone together unless they are a year or older. But I had read somewhere that it was possible if they were over so much amount of weight, so I thought I would ask for clarification!

DragnDrop · 06-27-05, 07:47 AM

My female cresties don't get near a male until they're at least 18 months old, though the boys can be a year or so to mate. I'd rather wait a few months longer but at least I know the girls are old enough and matured, there's enough problems with egg production without being a young 'teenage mom'.

However, I still can't wait to see babies from that pair you have planned. When I said to hurry up and get babies from them, I was thinking more along the lines of making time fly faster.

stickytoedgecko · 06-27-05, 07:49 AM

Oh I know and not to worry, it really just brought up the question I have been meaning to ask

I said 6 months, and I am content to leave it at that... That would out her about 14 months of age and him around the same... and it gives them some time to get used to being together if it is off season...