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Rin Rin is my female crested gecko. In Japanese, Rin means ‘cold’, which makes sense for her name as geckos and other lizards are ‘cold blooded’. Coldblooded means they cannot keep themselves warm, if it’s warm outside they are warm, but if it’s cold outside they get cold too. Rin is quite a bit shyer then Ryuu, she jumps more and mostly prefers to hide in the leaves. Gecko Care Important! Please DO NOT take geckos out or try to feed them without Emily or another staff member present! I know you would be very careful, but anything can happen and I don’t want them to get hurt. Ryuu means ‘dragon’ in Japanese. Ryuu is slightly lazy, and very laid back. He doesn’t mind being held at all. Sometimes he’ll even lick you! 1 tablespoon of CGD every evening (CGD=Crested Gecko Diet) Misted every evening and water refilled They can sometimes have mushed banana or crickets for a treat. (only crickets from a pet store as wild Ontario crickets have hard shells that can hurt their mouths) Ryuu Fast Fact Crested Geckos don’t have eyelids! To clean their eyes they lick them!

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Rin  Rin  is  my  female  crested  gecko.  In  Japanese,  Rin  

means  ‘cold’,  which  makes  sense  for  her  name  as  geckos  and  other  lizards  are  ‘cold-­‐

blooded’.    

Cold-­‐blooded  means  they  cannot  keep  themselves  warm,  if  it’s  warm  outside  

they  are  warm,  but  if  it’s  cold  outside  they  get  cold  too.    

Rin  is  quite  a  bit  shyer  then  Ryuu,  she  jumps  more  and  mostly  prefers  to  hide  in  the  

leaves.  

Gecko  Care  

Important!  Please  DO  NOT  take  geckos  out  or  try  to  feed  them  without  Emily  or  

another  staff  member  present!  I  know  you  would  be  very  careful,  but  anything  can  happen  and  I  

don’t  want  them  to  get  hurt.  J  

Ryuu  means  ‘dragon’  in  Japanese.  Ryuu  is  slightly  lazy,  and  very  laid  back.  He  doesn’t  mind  being  held  at  all.  Sometimes  he’ll  even  lick  

you!  

1  tablespoon  of  CGD  every  evening  

(CGD=Crested  Gecko  Diet)  

Misted  every  evening  and  water  refilled  

They  can  sometimes  have  mushed  banana  or  crickets  for  a  

treat.  (only  crickets  from  a  pet  store  as  wild  Ontario  crickets  have  hard  

shells  that  can  hurt  their  mouths)  

Ryuu  

Fast  Fact  Crested  Geckos  don’t  have  

eyelids!  To  clean  their  eyes  they  lick  

them!  

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Stickyfeet  

Crested(or  Eyelash)  Gecko  Crested,  or  Eyelash  geckos  have  sticky  toes  that  allow  them  to  climb  on  most  surfaces,  even  glass!  They  are  omnivores,  meaning  they  eat  both  plant  matter  and  meat(bugs).  In  the  wild  they  eat  insects  and  fruits,  in  captivity  they  eat  smashed  up  fruits  like  banana(as  well  as  their  store-­‐bought  food),  and  crickets.    

because  there  are  just  SO  many  setae  and  septulae,  together  they  are  immensely  strong.  The  amount  of  setae  on  one  of  these  geckos,  is  actually  enough  to  hold  up  290  lbs,  that’s  2  human  adults!!!!    

How  it  works:  

Gecko  feet  are  actually  covered  in  millions  of  tiny,  tiny  hairs  called  setae.  Each  of  these  setae  split  into  even  smaller  tips  called  septulae  and  are  so  small  that  they  work  on  the  molecular  level.  They  create  a  molecule  to  molecule  force  called  van  der  Walls  force.  This  sticking  force  is  surprisingly  weak,  however    

 

Important!  Please  DO  NOT  take  geckos  out  or  try  to  feed  them  without  Emily  or  

another  staff  member  present!  I  know  you  would  be  very  careful,  but  anything  can  happen  and  I  don’t  

want  them  to  get  hurt.  J