Hands of Artemis Gecko Rescue

05/22/2024

Found a little visitor in the isopod bins!

12/16/2023

💛🖤🤍

Leopard geckos (Eublepharis macularius) are enormously popular pet lizards. Decades of breeding leopard geckos under human care have produced geckos with extensive color and pattern variations, adding further to their popularity. These lizards are a first reptile pet for many, and their engaging characters attract the interest of many people who otherwise might not be interested in keeping reptiles.

Leopard geckos originally come from arid, rocky grassland regions of Afghanistan, Pakistan, northwest India, western Nepal, and parts of Iran. These lizards are primarily insectivores, but they have been known to occasionally accept very small vertebrate prey under human care. Leopard geckos store fat in their tails, which can function as energy reserves in times of low food availability in their hot and dry native habitat.
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The photograph used in this post shows a pet leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularius). The photo is attributed to Renee Grayson, and was shared under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) license. The image was not altered for use in this post.
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10/19/2023

Snow’s glow up appreciation post! He went from 🤍➡️💛 and is a very healthy young man now!

10/16/2023

Cove looking as unimpressed as ever 🙈🖤
I’m sure you’ve noticed the hiatus, and so here’s a little update to say that we’re still here, it’s just that sometimes life gets a little crazy. Cove, Bali, Toast, Snow, and Fable are still looking for their forever homes and have gotten so big and healthy over the last few months. More I updates will be coming soon!

07/14/2023

Do you have experience building terrarium racks for 12+ animals & could offer some advice on setup? Help! 🦎

05/31/2023

Update: Snow is looking SO much better 🤍 Fable is also doing very well but is a sleepy butt and is refusing the press at this time.

They are both eating well, exploring, climbing, and great with handling. We’re excited to see what the future holds for these beautiful boys!

05/27/2023

We got in two male leopard geckos on 5/19. We were up until like 2 am dealing with wounds and stuck shed, and moving tanks around in the office to be able to accommodate these two. They were both in maybe 2 gallon enclosures at 100*. Both are super dehydrated and have burns, stuck shed, and open wounds. Not to mention, underweight. We have been needing to still do soaks to remove layers of stuck shed. The little guy with an overbite isn’t able to grab insects because of his overbite, so he is hand fed only. We’ve named them Snow and Fable, and just from the 19th, they already look SO much better. Say hi, guys!

05/13/2023

Cove is taking notes from the cat, “if it sits, it fits”.

Inquire about adopting Cove through Messenger, text, or phone 💛🖤

05/03/2023

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05/02/2023

Why turn on the heat when you could just make your office double as a reptile room? 🥵🫠

04/20/2023

04/19/2023

How it started vs how it’s going 🖤💛
Cove’s pattern is changing, hopefully the next change will be finding a forever home 🏡

Cove is still up for adoption! For more info, message us, call/text 312-248-2804, or email [email protected]

04/17/2023

Mondays at the office: “Don’t tell the boss that you found me…”

04/14/2023

This is amazing news! Hellbender salamanders' have been threatened in Missouri due to habitat changes, bad water quality, disease, over-collection, and predators. The Saint Louis Zoo and MDC hatchery have bred and released over 10,000 Ozark and eastern hellbenders. This is the first example of those captive-bred Hellbenders reproducing successfully in the wild!

Read the full story here:
https://mdc.mo.gov/newsroom/mdc-confirms-first-zoo-raised-hellbender-successfully-reproducing-wild?mibextid=q5o4bk&fbclid=IwAR1WU4hb9Qq121ohpDcn82FVgLnmSb5P5uvZxJC-F9RBSSxDAleaCmW61Ds

Missouri hits significant milestone in endangered hellbender population recovery.

04/13/2023

When you have so many little p**p machines (geckos), it makes sense to breed your own CUCs and feeders🪳🖤

04/12/2023

Adoptable Spotlight: Featuring Toast! Sporting what the community lovingly calls "frog butt," their lack of tail doesn't stop the fun. This little baby has gained enough healthy weight that they are ready for a forever home. The $30 adoption fee covers the cost of Toast's enclosure, care guide, and a care kit of powdered food and insects.

Call or text us at: 312-248-2804 or send us a message here for more information or adoption inquiries!

Please share Toast's post to help them find a new BFF! ♥

04/12/2023

This is seriously heartbreaking and absolutely disgusting on the FMC's part. These animals deserve justice.

Here's what you can do:
VOTE! One of the best ways to help is by voting! Find out if you are registered and get help at vote.org
SUPPORT! Another amazing way to help is by donating to USARK and becoming a member. This is the organization that fights for your rights to keep reptiles and amphibians. Visit usark.org to learn more, stay up to date, and help them advocate on your behalf.
WRITE! Contact your representatives and let your voice be heard. It is important you let your voice be heard as loud as the opposition. Visit usa.gov/elected-officials to find out who is representing you in your local government.
Contact Governor DeSantis
850-717-9337
[email protected]
Demand justice for this crime, and action to prevent law enforcement from killing captive animals.
SHARE! Let others in the hobby know about this event and other news that affect our community! Although you can share this post or another private company's post that has shared this event, we strongly encourage you to share USARK Florida's pages to raise awareness for them.

We are heartbroken and disturbed after seeing the tragic footage of the Florida Fish & Wildlife dispatching a gravid pet boa and 34 other pet snakes during a raid this past week. The footage can be seen on the USARK FL YouTube channel along with a detailed call to action in the description of the video.

Warning! The footage is extremely disturbing.

https://youtu.be/BuimdwINSzk

Why are we sharing this?

These are animals, that someone deeply cared for, as you do for your animals. Regardless of your position on any of the species from the video, we hope that you share our love for all animals and can see this egregious act as a blatant display of incompetence and disregard.

Although these animals are not what our company is known for, and may not be an animal you keep, this is important to both ourselves and you. We are reptile lovers before keepers and are part of a greater community that is under scrutiny and pressure from forces that do not share our love, passion, or understanding of these animals.

It is important that we hold law enforcement agencies and individuals accountable for following the law. Additionally, we must hold our elected officials responsible for the administrations they oversee.

Here's what you can do:

VOTE! One of the best ways to help is by voting! Find out if you are registered and get help at vote.org

SUPPORT! Another amazing way to help is by donating to USARK and becoming a member. This is the organization that fights for your rights to keep reptiles and amphibians. Visit usark.org to learn more, stay up to date, and help them advocate on your behalf.

WRITE! Contact your representatives and let your voice be heard. It is important you let your voice be heard as loud as the opposition. Visit usa.gov/elected-officials to find out who is representing you in your local government.

Contact Governor DeSantis
850-717-9337
[email protected]

Demand justice for this crime, and action to prevent law enforcement from killing captive animals.

SHARE! Let others in the hobby know about this event and other news that affect our community! Although you can share this post or another private company's post that has shared this event, we strongly encourage you to share USARK Florida's pages to raise awareness for them.

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04/10/2023

Maui: “That’s a weird looking gecko”

04/09/2023

Sunday Funday 🎉😂

04/08/2023

“The love for all creatures is the most noble attribute of man” - Charles Darwin

04/08/2023

Here's your weekend gecko fact! Did you know that there are over 1500 different species of geckos? You can find them on every continent, aside from Antarctica! That would be what we call a gecko-cicle. 🦎❄️

04/08/2023

It’s been a bit over one year since adopting our sweet boy Heiko (previously James) from the Adoptions- Chicago Herpetological Society! That means he’s about 6-7 years old now! He’s such a little ham. Happy adoption anniversary honey bear! 💛🖤🦎

04/07/2023

Did you know that leopard geckos sploot? While it looks uncomfortable, leo owners know that this means they are happy and comfortable. 😊🥰

04/06/2023

Just got in some beautiful Armadillidium peraccae and Porcellionides pruinosus “powder blue” isopods in today from Dubia.com. It was our first order from them and we couldn’t be happier with the quality of isopods, dubias, nutrigrubs, and other items that we ordered. Plus fast shipping! We’ll be starting a few new colonies of clean up crews and our geckos will be VERY happy with their dinner 🦎🐛

04/06/2023

This little crestie is still looking for their forever home ❤️ Roughly a few months old, but we aren’t 100% on the age. Eating an alternating diet of Repashy mix, small crickets, and xs dubias.
Message us for more details!

04/04/2023

Little Cove came in thin and dehydrated, but they're now ready to find their forever home! At the last weigh-in, we got her up to 7g! Cove loves mealworms, crickets, dubias... really anything that moves. Good with hand feeding (or hunting) but still a little skittish with handling. Send a message for more detail or photos! 🥰

04/03/2023

Monday is here. Hang in there!

03/31/2023

This little guy is ready for a new home. They came in with a dropped tail, but it’s all healed up now! Too early to s*x them, but they have lots of energy, good with handling, they’re eating well, and ready to find a BFF!

There is a small adoption fee, but a care package will be provided.

03/29/2023

Maui, my office helper, seems to be busy with guard duty this evening. 🖤🤣

03/27/2023

This is a Central American Banded Gecko (Coleonyx mitratus) photo from Bryan D. Hughes. This nocturnal, terrestrial species is native to Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. Like some other lizards, these geckos have developed a defense mechanism called caudal autotomy, or "tail dropping." When threatened, it is able to "drop" its tail, which then writhes to distract predators so the lizard can escape. While not all can, this species can regenerate some of the tail, but it will never fully resemble the original.