I purchased Queen Maive from Samantha's Geckos in Maine. She hatched on 11/6/2017. She was an extreme harlequin, had a full pinstripe, large furry portholes, tri-coloration, dalmatian spots, and tons of cream that likely was going to turn whiteout. I wanted to combine those improved traits to Hern’s. I was also able to get pics of her parents. She’s always been easy to handle and has never really been skittish or aggressive. Both excellent bonus traits.
Once she was fully grown, I moved her from her planted bioactive grow up cage, to my breeding cage. The breeding cage has multiple potted plants in it, with stones covering the top dirt to discourage digging in them to lay eggs. It makes the egg laying box very appealing and easy to use. During the entire 2020 breeding season, when she was not heavy with eggs, she held her weight right around 50 grams. I was very pleased that her weight was so steady.
Updated 9-7-24
2-2021 I know. She pudged out over winter. I put her on a diet after these pics.
5-2021 Some of the best shots I have of her sides showing her going white-out/wall. As well as her back, and showing how furry her back is.
7-18-21
Maive is asleep here.
Now she's awake..and wondering why I woke her up. Her base color got a bit darker once she woke up. She is also about half-way to laying a set of eggs (non-fertile).
Just laid a set of duds.
About to lay a set of duds.
Maive had to be treated for the sickness that everyone caught in 2022. She took about 6 months to get back to healthy. She has been rechecked by my reptile vets several times, and every time she's tested totally healthy.
Queen Maive had her vet check-up on 6-17-24. She is in EXCELLENT condition and available to purchase.
Maive has been living in an extremely large planted terrarium for the last two years. It's an Exo-Terra 36" long x 18" wide x 18" tall--after planting.
She's on the lighter side for her weight size. She has such a huge cage to roam around in, and every vet check has come back totally fine. Her weight is probably about what a wild crested gecko would weigh.
Her health is excellent. She has nice big calcium sacks too.
Even though I don't handle her very much, she's still SUPER MELLOW.
There is more information about her farther down the page. Here are very recent pictures of her.
Right side. There is Spanish Moss hanging in the back right corner. It just doesn't show well in the pic.
Left side. There is a fancy verigated Hoya along the back of the cage. It has a lot of white leaves.
These pictures of Maive in the "trees" are photo-manipulated to enhance the appearance of the trees. I'm including them because Maive looks super cute in them. These are the ONLY photo-manipulated pictures posted here.
Hatched: 11-06-2017
Female--Proven Breeder
xxx Grams On: date
