Israli sand eye gecko...

[peterm15]

hey does anyone have any info on these... i mean like a place to get them and how hard they are to care for.. i dont need a care sheet.. just some general info to decide wether i should start doin reasearch on them or are they a waste of time ( i.e. to expensive and hard to get)

thanks alot...

[DragnDrop]

Are you thinking of the Stenodactylus group? Stenodactylus sthenodactylus (note spelling) Stenodactylus petrii and Stenodactylus doriae are commonly available, even at the shows quite often. The majority are WC though. Their care is relatively easy if you can get a constant supply of smaller bugs, say half grown crickets etc., though they will take slightly larger bugs and even mealworm beetles. They were the first geckos I bred way back in the stone age :) They're typical desert dewllers, sandy rocky cliffs and outcroppings, but need some humid areas as well. They lay hardshelled eggs, usually two at a time.
Care wise they're not bad, and they grow on you -- who can resist those upturned noses and big eyes (almost like the hognose snakes of the gecko world).

[peterm15]

ya thoes are them.. Stendoactylus sthenodactylus i think.. or maybe, Stenodactylus petrii.. someone told me they burrow.. is this true..

someone i know used to breed them and i didnt even know.. he just sold his 1.2.. there only like 5" or less right.. .. i seen them yesterday and just fell in love with them.. there so cute

[DragnDrop]

They are cute - those eyes and nose do it to me every time :) I named all the babies Pingu :)
If you can get some CB you're off to a good start, though chances are they'll most likely be WC since not many people have them long enough to breed. They come in looking like h3ll, and a lot of them don't make it. If you get them right away, rehydrate them for a few days, then slowly deworm them, they just might make it. The toruble is they are so small like you said, and even Panacur isn't failsafe, so you have to really be careful. If they're too loaded with parasites, they can go into shock from the toxins produced by the dead worms etc, something easier to avoid with bigger geckos.
Maybe I was just lucky, but I only gave them a tiny dose of Panacur and waited about 3 weeks for the next dose. It was repeated for about 5 months, slow way of going about it but it seems to have worked. Once they were 'clean', they fluffed up into big fat sassy geckos (for their size) :)

[peterm15]

cool thanks alot.. i wish that guy had told me.. they were cb... well im gonna keep a large eye out.. i really like these guys

[DragnDrop]

Check the classifieds, use the link for geckoboy, he has them for sale on his website.

[peterm15]

thank you... i found that last night...