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Q: small/thin gecko tail, reason? and rosy or colombian?
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pidak reptiles

In Relation To:

niles "gator"

i have two questions here, one, the more urgent,

why is my male leopard geckos tail more thin than its two female companions?

is it underfeading? or something with breeding? idk. oh yeah and is thinner than its body if that helps, i don't have a picture.

 

and also, i am thinking about getting into boas, like in a year or so.

so here it is...   rosy, redtail, or colombian? i love the colors on colombians but are they hard to handle? i've handled a docile rosy and she was pretty easy, big but easy, i don't care much about feeding, but housing and handling is big. i have a 120 gallon but i can't go any bigger, will one of them fit? and witch is the nicest one? i really need an honest answer on this one because i already have an extremely feisty corn snake that i am trying to get rid of, so feisty i can't handle him without a hook. this is much later, at least a year, maybe next christmas. size of snake only matters on tank size, i love handling large snakes as long as one of them fits in a 120, so thats first question. thanks for help i really need some advice on both things.


Points: 100
Topics: General Health , Limbs
Tags: Boa, Leopardgecko
Species: Lizards > Geckos > Eublepharis macularius
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Member Comment 5/28/2011 12:31:57 PM

Doomtrooper

I dont know about the gecko  but as far as the Boa goes  it's all up to what you like .. how big of a snake you want ??  a BCI  Or BCC  will get very big 

 
Member Comment 5/28/2011 12:42:54 PM

LGray23

Rosies will be the smallest of them, 120 gallons is about 4 feet, you can safely keep a male of all species listed in that tank if you wanted if they are small-average sized. If it's a female you will need a 6 foot enclosure. Don't know anything about geckos so good luck!

 
Accepted Answer 5/28/2011 1:43:21 PM

shellboa

If you are keeping them all in one tank, he may not be getting enough food. The females could be picking on him too. 

I am not sure what to suggest for a boa unles you plan on adopting an adult. The babies of the species you mentioned are very bitey, especially red tail columbian boas. They get to be mellow as they grow but not with out patience and understanding that bites happen. If you were to adopt an adult I would recommend a rosy because their husbandry is fairly simple and they are more hardy.

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