Imperial Geckos
LIVE THE LIFE ™
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- Miami, Fl
Even though I know I can get away with keeping small Adults in 6 qt tubs, I just don't. And its not a space thing...Big geckos love to rearrange their tubs, they take big poops, eat bigger crickets, eat more qty. of crickets, which leads to more crickets ending up in water bowls, and tipped over water bowls. All these things lead to a less clean environment, and more cleaning (more frequently) for me to do.
I keep geckos up to 30 grams in Iris Shoeboxes (around 6 qts) with a hide, worm dish (if they eat worms), water dish, and paper towel as substrate. . After that my holdback breeders will go into a 15 qt. bin. There they have a large humidity/lay box, a food dish (if they eat mealworms) and a 2 oz. portion cup with water in a pvc coupling. I use craft paper or newspaper as substrate, but I am thinking of switching over to coconut husk chips (still doing some testing with it). Sometime it takes them sometime to start eating but it is expected.
My geckos that are put up for sale, that are under 45 grams are kept in a shoebox bin, but with no hide. They have news paper and can hide under it if necessary and have a Water bowl in a PVC coupling. These geckos can usually live their whole live here comfortably since they will not breed. Reason I take out the hide is because they just don't use it, they are to big and just end up moving it everywhere, and just end up under the paper anyways.
Now larger geckos that are up for sale or geckos that eat worms (that are for sale) are put in V-18 tubs with a Worms dish (if they eat worms) and a 2 oz portion cup with a PVC coupling. Reason being, in a smaller tub (6 qt.) large geckos will tip over worm dishes, water dishes, then its just a HUGE MESS.
I keep geckos up to 30 grams in Iris Shoeboxes (around 6 qts) with a hide, worm dish (if they eat worms), water dish, and paper towel as substrate. . After that my holdback breeders will go into a 15 qt. bin. There they have a large humidity/lay box, a food dish (if they eat mealworms) and a 2 oz. portion cup with water in a pvc coupling. I use craft paper or newspaper as substrate, but I am thinking of switching over to coconut husk chips (still doing some testing with it). Sometime it takes them sometime to start eating but it is expected.
My geckos that are put up for sale, that are under 45 grams are kept in a shoebox bin, but with no hide. They have news paper and can hide under it if necessary and have a Water bowl in a PVC coupling. These geckos can usually live their whole live here comfortably since they will not breed. Reason I take out the hide is because they just don't use it, they are to big and just end up moving it everywhere, and just end up under the paper anyways.
Now larger geckos that are up for sale or geckos that eat worms (that are for sale) are put in V-18 tubs with a Worms dish (if they eat worms) and a 2 oz portion cup with a PVC coupling. Reason being, in a smaller tub (6 qt.) large geckos will tip over worm dishes, water dishes, then its just a HUGE MESS.