Australian Geckos and Pygopods In Captivity

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CONTENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
INTRODUCTION
GENERAL MANAGEMENT
	PET SUITABILITY
	CHOOSING YOUR STOCK
		Selecting an Individual Gecko
	HANDLING AND HYGIENE
		Geckos
		Pygopods
	TRANSPORTATION
		Short Journeys
		Long Journeys
		Timber Boxes
		Plastic Containers
	PURCHASE AND FREIGHT ETIQUETTE
		Buyers
		Sellers
	LEGAL REQUIREMENTS
	GENERAL SAFETY
	SECURITY
	QUARANTINE
HOUSING
	INDOOR ENCLOSURES
		Rack Systems
		Tubs
		Tanks
		Timber Enclosures
		Glass, Perspex or Plastic Moulded Commercial Terrariums
		Mesh Terrariums
	OUTDOOR ENCLOSURES
		Pits
		Aviaries
	ENCLOSURE SIZE
		Minimum Enclosure Sizes
	COMPATIBILITY
	VENTILATION
	SUBSTRATE
		Sand
		Soil
		Gravel
		Scoria
		Leaf Litter
		Potting Mix
		Sphagnum Moss
		Peat
		Bark and Wood Chip
		Wood Shavings
		Corn Cob Litter
		Walnut Shell Litter
		Alfalfa/Lucerne Pellets
		Compressed Timber Pellets
		Compressed Newspaper Pellets
		Zeolite and Clumping Cat Litter
		Paper
		Artificial Grass
		Indoor/Outdoor Carpet
	HIDE SITES
		Vertical Hide Sites
		Horizontal Hide Sites
	ENCLOSURE ENRICHMENT
		Surface Litter
		Branches and Hollows
		Artificial Plants
		Dried Plants
		Live Plants
	HEATING
		HEAT CORD OR TAPE
		HEAT MATS
		HEAT ROCKS
		CERAMIC HEATERS
		GLOBES
			Standard Incandescent Globes
			Reflector Globes
			Reptile Lamps
			Halogen Bulbs
			Infrared Globes
			Mercury Vapour Lamps (MVLs)
	LIGHTING
		THE SCIENCE OF LIGHTING
			Visible Light
			Infrared
			Ultraviolet A (UV-A)
			Ultraviolet B (UV-B)
			Ultraviolet C (UV-C)
		LIGHTING OPTIONS
			UV-B Emitting Fluorescent Tubes
			Black Lights
			Compact UV-B Emitting Lamps
			Mercury Vapour Lamps
	THERMOSTATS
		Probe Thermostats
		On/Off Thermostats
		Dimming Thermostats
		Pulse Proportional Thermostats
	HUMIDITY
FEEDING METHODS AND NUTRITION
	INVERTEBRATE FOOD ITEMS
		Crickets—Acheta domestica
		Cockroaches
		Mealworms—Tenebrio molitor
		King Mealworms or Superworms—Zophobas morio
		Maggots/Flies/Pupae—Musca vetutissima
		Slaters
		Silkworms—Bombyx mori and other Caterpillars
		Termites
		Earthworms—Lumbricus terrestrius
		Locusts—Chortoicetes terminifera
		Spiders
		Fruit Flies—Drosophila species
		Snails—Helix aspersa and other species
		Waxworms—Galleria mellonella
		Wild Fodder
		Nutritional Data Averages for Invertebrate Diets
	VERTEBRATE FOOD ITEMS
		Rats and Mice
		Fish
		Reptiles
		Nutritional Data Averages for Vertebrate Diets
	ARTIFICIAL DIETS
	CULTURING INSECT FOOD ITEMS
		Crickets—Acheta domestica
		Speckled Feeder Roaches—Nauphoeta cinerea
		Locusts—Choroicetes terminifera
		Bush Flies—Musca vetutissima
		Slaters
		Lesser Waxworms (Indian Meal Moths)—Plodia interpunctella
		Fruit Fly/Vinegar Fly/Ferment Fly—Drosophila species
	DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS
		CALCIUM
			Gut Loading
			Dusting
		PROTEIN
	FEEDING FACILITIES
	FEEDING PROBLEMS
		TREATMENT
			Assist Feeding
			Force Feeding
			Tube Feeding
BREEDING
	VISUAL SEXING
		Colour
		Size
		Femoral and Preanal Pores
		Hemipenal Bulges
		Paracloacal Spur Structures
	OTHER SEXING TECHNIQUES
		Hemipenal Popping
		Hemipenal Transillumination
		Hemipenal Observation
	BREEDING AGE
	COURTSHIP
	MATING
	STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE BREEDING SUCCESS
		COOLING
		SEPARATION
	REPRODUCTION
		REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGIES
		EGG TYPE
		CLUTCH SIZE
		BREEDING FREQUENCY
		GRAVIDITY
		CARING FOR BREEDING FEMALE GECKOS AND PYGOPODS
	NEST FACILITIES
		ARBOREAL SPECIES
		TERRESTRIAL SPECIES
	EGG LAYING
		EGG MANAGEMENT
			Collecting and Handling
			Determining Egg Viability
	ARTIFICIAL INCUBATION
		INCUBATION FACILITIES
		CONTAINERS
		HEATING
		TEMPERATURE CONTROL
		INCUBATION MEDIUM
			Vermiculite
			Perlite
			Sphagnum Moss
			True Peat Moss
			Coir Peat Moss
			Sand
			No Substrate
		INCUBATION REGIMES
		TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT SEX DETERMINATION
			TYPES OF TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT SEX DETERMINATION IN GECKO SPECIES
	NATURAL INCUBATION
	HATCHLING CARE
		FEEDING
			Feeding Frequency
			Supplementation
		LIGHTING
		HOUSING
		HEATING
		COMPATIBILITY
COMMON DISEASES AND DISORDERS
	DISCLAIMER
	NUTRITIONAL DISORDERS
		OBESITY
		METABOLIC BONE DISEASE (CALCIUM/VITAMIN D3 DEFICIENCY)
			Early Onset Metabolic Bone Disease
			Late Onset Metabolic Bone Disease
			Delayed Metabolic Bone Disease
			Floppy Tail Syndrome
			Reproductive Metabolic Bone Disease
		GUT IMPACTION
	PARASITIC DISORDERS
		INTERNAL PARASITES
		EXTERNAL PARASITES
	SKIN DISORDERS
		DYSECDYSIS
		SCALE ROT
	NAIL, TOE AND LIMB DISORDERS
	EYE DISORDERS
		EYE TRAUMA
		PHOTO-KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS
		PRIMARY BACTERIAL EYE INFECTIONS
	RESPIRATORY DISORDERS
		BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA
		VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY
		HUMIDITY RELATED PROBLEMS
		PARASITIC PNEUMONIA
	TRAUMA
		BITE INJURIES
		THERMAL BURNS
	REPRODUCTIVE DISORDERS
		PRE-OVULATORY AND POST-OVULATORY STASIS (EGG BINDING OR DYSTOCIA)
		UTERINE INFECTION
		HEMIPENAL INJURIES AND INFECTION
		CONGENITAL DEFECTS
	NASAL AND ORAL DISORDERS
		NASAL ABRASIONS—NOSE RUBS
		JAW DISEASE/PERIODONTITIS/STOMATITIS
	ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATIONS
		Subcutaneous or Intramuscular Injections
			Liquid Oral Medication
			Oral Tablet Medication
	MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR REPTILE VETERINARIAN
SPECIES
	BYNOE’S GECKOS AND DESERT CAVE GECKOS
		DESCRIPTION
			ADULTS
			JUVENILES
			SEXING
			SUBSPECIES
		IN THE WILD
			DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT
		IN CAPTIVITY
			STATUS
			HOUSING
			INDOOR ENCLOSURES
				Summary
			OUTDOOR ENCLOSURES
			COMPATIBILITY
			FEEDING
			BREEDING
				INCUBATION AND HATCHLING DEVELOPMENT
				BREEDING RECORDS FOR BYNOE’S GECKO AND DESERT CAVE GECKO SPECIES
				HYBRIDISATION AND COLOUR VARIANTS
				LONGEVITY
				ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
		PRONUNCIATION
	DTELLAS AND HOUSE GECKOS
		PRONUNCIATION
		DESCRIPTION
			ADULTS
			JUVENILES
			SEXING
			SUBSPECIES
		IN THE WILD
			DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT
		IN CAPTIVITY
			STATUS
			HOUSING
			INDOOR ENCLOSURES
				Summary
			OUTDOOR ENCLOSURES
			COMPATIBILITY
			FEEDING
			BREEDING
				INCUBATION AND HATCHLING DEVELOPMENT
				BREEDING RECORDS FOR DTELLA AND HOUSE GECKO SPECIES
				HYBRIDISATION AND COLOUR VARIANTS
				LONGEVITY
				ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
	GIANT CAVE AND GIANT TREE GECKOS
		PRONUNCIATION
		DESCRIPTION
			ADULTS
			JUVENILES
			SEXING
			SUBSPECIES
		IN THE WILD
			DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT
		IN CAPTIVITY
			STATUS
			HOUSING
			INDOOR ENCLOSURES
				Summary
			OUTDOOR ENCLOSURES
			COMPATIBILITY
			FEEDING
			BREEDING
				INCUBATION AND HATCHLING DEVELOPMENT
				BREEDING RECORDS FOR GIANT CAVE AND TREE GECKO SPECIES
				HYBRIDISATION AND COLOUR VARIANTS
				LONGEVITY
				ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
	KNOB-TAILED GECKOS
		PRONUNCIATION
		DESCRIPTION
			ADULTS
			JUVENILES
			SEXING
			SUBSPECIES
		IN THE WILD
			DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT
		IN CAPTIVITY
			STATUS
			HOUSING
			INDOOR ENCLOSURES
				Summary
			OUTDOOR ENCLOSURES
			COMPATIBILITY
			FEEDING
			BREEDING
				INCUBATION AND HATCHLING DEVELOPMENT
				BREEDING RECORDS FOR KNOB-TAILED GECKO SPECIES
				HYBRIDISATION AND COLOUR VARIANTS
				LONGEVITY
				ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
	LEAF-TAILED GECKOS
		PRONUNCIATION
		DESCRIPTION
			ADULTS
			JUVENILES
			SEXING
			SUBSPECIES
		IN THE WILD
			DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT
		IN CAPTIVITY
			STATUS
			HOUSING
			INDOOR ENCLOSURES
				Summary
			OUTDOOR ENCLOSURES
			COMPATIBILITY
			FEEDING
			BREEDING
				INCUBATION AND HATCHLING DEVELOPMENT
				BREEDING RECORDS FOR LEAF-TAILED GECKO SPECIES
				HYBRIDISATION AND COLOUR VARIANTS
				LONGEVITY
				ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
	SMALL ARBOREAL GECKOS
		PRONUNCIATION
		DESCRIPTION
			ADULTS
			JUVENILES
			SEXING
			SUBSPECIES
		IN THE WILD
			DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT
		IN CAPTIVITY
			STATUS
			HOUSING
			INDOOR ENCLOSURES
				Summary
			OUTDOOR ENCLOSURES
			COMPATIBILITY
			BREEDING
				INCUBATION AND HATCHLING DEVELOPMENT
				BREEDING RECORDS FOR SMALL ARBOREAL GECKO SPECIES
				HYBRIDISATION AND COLOUR VARIANTS
				LONGEVITY
				ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
	RING-TAILED GECKOS
		PRONUNCIATION
		DESCRIPTION
			ADULTS
			JUVENILES
			SEXING
			SUBSPECIES
		IN THE WILD
			DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT
		IN CAPTIVITY
			STATUS
			HOUSING
			INDOOR ENCLOSURES
				Summary
			OUTDOOR ENCLOSURES
			COMPATIBILITY
			FEEDING
			BREEDING
				INCUBATION AND HATCHLING DEVELOPMENT
				BREEDING RECORDS FOR RING-TAILED GECKO SPECIES
				HYBRIDISATION AND COLOUR VARIANTS
				LONGEVITY
				ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
	SMALL TERRESTRIAL GECKOS
		PRONUNCIATION
		DESCRIPTION
			ADULTS
			JUVENILES
			SEXING
			SUBSPECIES
		IN THE WILD
			DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT
		IN CAPTIVITY
			STATUS
			HOUSING
			INDOOR ENCLOSURES
				Summary
			OUTDOOR ENCLOSURES
			COMPATIBILITY
			FEEDING
			BREEDING
				INCUBATION AND HATCHLING DEVELOPMENT
				BREEDING RECORDS FOR SMALL TERRESTRIAL GECKO SPECIES
				HYBRIDISATION AND COLOUR VARIANTS
				LONGEVITY
				ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
	THICK-TAILED GECKOS
		PRONUNCIATION
		DESCRIPTION
			ADULTS
			JUVENILES
			SEXING
			SUBSPECIES
		IN THE WILD
			DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT
		IN CAPTIVITY
			STATUS
			HOUSING
			INDOOR ENCLOSURES
				Summary
			OUTDOOR ENCLOSURES
			COMPATIBILITY
			FEEDING
			BREEDING
				INCUBATION AND HATCHLING DEVELOPMENT
				BREEDING RECORDS FOR THICK-TAILED GECKO SPECIES
				HYBRIDISATION AND COLOUR VARIANTS
				LONGEVITY
				ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
	VELVET GECKOS
		PRONUNCIATION
		DESCRIPTION
			ADULTS
			JUVENILES
			SEXING
			SUBSPECIES
		IN THE WILD
			DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT
		IN CAPTIVITY
			STATUS
			HOUSING
			INDOOR ENCLOSURES
				Summary
			OUTDOOR ENCLOSURES
			COMPATIBILITY
			FEEDING
			BREEDING
				INCUBATION AND HATCHLING DEVELOPMENT
				BREEDING RECORDS FOR VELVET GECKO SPECIES
				HYBRIDISATION AND COLOUR VARIANTS
				LONGEVITY
				ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
	PYGOPODS—FLAP FOOTED LIZARDS
		PRONUNCIATION
		DESCRIPTION
			ADULTS
			JUVENILES
			SEXING
			SUBSPECIES
		IN THE WILD
			DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT
		IN CAPTIVITY
			STATUS
			HOUSING
			INDOOR ENCLOSURES
				Summary
			OUTDOOR ENCLOSURES
			COMPATIBILITY
			FEEDING
			BREEDING
				INCUBATION AND HATCHLING DEVELOPMENT
				BREEDING RECORDS FOR PYGOPOD SPECIES
				HYBRIDISATION AND COLOUR VARIANTS
				LONGEVITY
				ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
AUSTRALIAN HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETIES AND USEFUL WEBSITES
	HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETIES
	OTHER USEFUL WEBSITES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
	PRINTED LITERATURE
	ONLINE RESOURCES
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