Amyae have arriveddddd

[smy_749]

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Don't have my nice little camera anymore, gave it to my wife to take pictures of my son for me while I'm away :-/

Also they were pretty cold so I figured it was a bad time for a photoshoot, and the female (the lighter one) is spawn of the devil. Barking, pushups, inflating and tiltin sideways, and biting me.

[infernalis]

awesome photos.

[Aaron_S]

Man I remember when these things were like super rare and expensive.

Still, very cool.

[smy_749]

I didn't buy them for the rarity or to make money, although I am hoping they will produce some babies since they are both of breeding size/age. They are just too cool when you see them in person and watch the behaviors. Pushups and the barking/growling is too cool, and are actually seem alot bigger when in hand.

They remind me of the stone dude from the fantastic four lol

Thanks guys

[Starbuck]

very nice, cant wait to see some pics of them in their new home :)

[smy_749]

its pretty ugy honestly. Im not a great desginer, just some planting pots, drift wood, play sand and jade plant. Will post some pics when I get back, or maybe when i redesign it to look nicer. gonna grab some rocks and see if I cant make some natural caves. The male is so docile, and hasnt shown any signs of caring at all that the female is there. She get all uptight seeing him and switches hides though, and shes bigger lol No aggression though

[jarich]

Cool pictures. I see what you mean about them looking like the Thing with that pattern on their faces.

[Aaron_S]

I didn't buy them for the rarity or to make money, although I am hoping they will produce some babies since they are both of breeding size/age. They are just too cool when you see them in person and watch the behaviors. Pushups and the barking/growling is too cool, and are actually seem alot bigger when in hand.

They remind me of the stone dude from the fantastic four lol

Thanks guys

I was just reminiscing about it it is all....

I've been around far too long.

[smy_749]

I was just reminiscing about it it is all....

I've been around far too long.

Yea I honestly haven't known about their availability here for too long, I just saw the occasional picture and never researched what species. I think I saw one on fauna like a year ago and decided to put it on the list. Opportunity came and I got a good deal since they are both breeding size and age

[smy_749]

Few more pics. Went to check on the temps in enclosure and the hygrofarm was set to 87 , surface temp was 92. Not terribly accurate thermometer wise but once you figure out how to get it just right they do ok. Took the oppurtunity to snap some photos since I already bothered them.

Female doin pushups on my hand. Shouldnt be handlin but she was out 'basking'

[smy_749]

And a pic of both for color/size comparison.

[alessia55]

Congrats! Those are a really sweet addition. Are the ridges on the back hard?

[red ink]

Nice one mate, they look good... you really can't go wrong with Nephs. I'm still waiting for the right specimens to add more to my collection of geckos.

[smy_749]

Thanks guys, The back is rough, but not spiny or prickly to the point where you can't rub your fingers down it. I guess its close to a bearded dragon spikes, ridged but not pointy enough to cause discomfort.

The female calmed down quite a bit as of this morning.
I originally had overhead heat, but the hot end of the cage has 3 hides overlapping each-other to give them some space if they get sick of eachother (they hide together occasionally and separate other times, so I think its good this way) but the overhead heat wasn't heating the substrate enough so I switched to flex-watt and just put a 13 watt backlight for show.

Very interesting species to say the least. Only day 1 but they both different 'personalities' or geckonalities or w.e

[Hurrok]

These guys are pretty cool, love the big eyes :)

[smy_749]

These guys are pretty cool, love the big eyes :)

Hard to capture the coolness of the eyes with my 5mp Iphone 4 (I miss the camera :-/ )

To give you an idea of what the eyes look like, it looks like melted silver or metal.

Kinda like this http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01292/molten-metal_1292432i.jpg

The eyes are my favorite part I think lol

[smy_749]

Some bad news. After a few days of letting them settle, went to check on my female as I hadn't seen her do as much roaming as the male. And she hasn't eaten anything infront of me, while the male goes nuts and eats every cricket all over the enclosure, even feeds from the tongues.

Took her out and immediately thought either gravid or impaction. Flipped her to check the underbelly, she has a significantly sized black mass in her belly, and she had black grains of sand in her vent. Talked to the seller and he said he was keeping her on black desert sand :-/ Anyways, gave her a luke warm bath and a drop of mineral oil on her snout, massaged the belly a bit. After the massage she started dragging her back legs and walking like an animal with impaction would walk....Seperated her into a small tub on paper towel with just her hide. Shes walking fine again, and made a run for it when I lifted the hide but still a bit sluggish..

Oh, and I contacted the seller via facebook immediatley and get this, he responded right away and said I will send you a refund until shes ok and then you can send it back. I said no, let me solve it first and see where it goes, and he said "refund sent, I don't want you to be an unhappy customer"

Can't see a vet today I have a final exam in vertebrate bio. Calling a few places to see what my best option in state is.

[Lankyrob]

Hope it works out for the best, at least the seller seems like a good guy!

[Starbuck]

Sorry to hear about your female :(
my vet recommended a small amound of mineral oil (0.2 cc) orally for an adult leopard gecko (~100grams), not sure how big your amyae are in relation... also, daily soaks in lukewarm water, and upper range for heat and humidity, with minimal disturbance.

Hope things work out, and i agree with lanky rob, it definitely sounds like the seller is trying to make right.

Good luck in vertebrate bio! that was my favorite class :)

[smy_749]

Yea I've done all that, shes about the same size as an adult leopard gecko I think. Haven't kept leopard geckos in a while though so I can't be 100% sure.

Hopefully she makes it through the night and defecates.

[red ink]

I would not soak N. amyae... their skin is somewhat hygroscopic and soaking is not good for them.

[Starbuck]

impactions aren't all that good for them, either :P

[smy_749]

Made the mistake of comparing different species again (leopard geckos and Neph),
hopefully it wasn't too costly of a mistake. You live and learn. Going to check on her right now, will update in a bit. Wish for the best !

[sweatshirt]

Adorable, congrats!

[smy_749]

She did defecate last night. Not much and filled with sand, but atleast shes done something. Still not eating, starting to think it may be more of a dehydration issue.