few questions :)

DeesBalls · 09-03-13, 02:35 PM

I am getting into crested geckos and cant get enough of them! i have 3 right now... 1.0 dalmation, and 0.1.1 red harlequine (sp) and i have the male alone, and the other 2 in a 10 gallon, they are both babies, but this is what i want/need to know:

how many to a tub?
best "rack" system for them?
how can i tell they are eating their reptishy(sp) powder stuff?

smy_749 · 09-03-13, 03:00 PM

Can't you just keep these guys in clear rubbermaid totes at room temperature and make sure they don't overheat? Suspend the repashy diet with a suction cup on the side of the rubbermaid higher up as opposed to on the floor. That way it won't spill, they like it better because they don't have to go on the ground to eat it, and you'll be able to tell if they ate it because it won't be there.. Dunno how many to a tub though

DeesBalls · 09-03-13, 03:43 PM

yea, im keeping them in tubs, i just dont know the # of geckos to tub and what size ect... now i just keep the food on the bottom, but want to change and have it up higher.. thanks!

Charis · 09-03-13, 04:30 PM

General rule of thumb is approx 10 gallons or equivalent per gecko in the cage, for adults. Then about half the keepers out there will tell you you need a 20 gal or similar enclosure for one gecko minimum and add 10 to that for each additional geckos and the other half will say that a 10 gal or equivalent is fine for one adult. My personal opinion is that a 10g is okay for one adult but bigger is better and if you can provide it, the space will be used.

I haven't heard a good rule of thumb for babies, they tend to do better in smaller enclosures, as they will find the food easier.
I personally only keep my babies in twos, generally. Keep clutch mates together. The first year I bred, I separated the clutch mates around the 3-5 gram mark, because I had the space and little males can start getting territorial around that size but I did have two that stopped growing and weren't eating much, so after a few months I put them back together and they started eating a lot and growing like weeds again, they were siblings but different ages. They were however within less than a gram of weight of each other.
But this past year I kept clutch mates together much longer and did have some lost tails, so it's kind of a balancing act!
I do recommend when housing multiples, that you provide as many food bowls to a cage as you have geckos, and try to make sure they aren't visible from each other, as much as you can. I've found that seems to help stop some of the individual geckos from trying to hoard the food and bully the others away from it.

With little babies, it can be really hard to tell if they are eating, as it doesn't take much to fill one up. Finding lick marks can help and so can a really good scale that measures fractions of a gram can let you know they are growing but the most common answer to that question is "if it's pooping, it's eating!"

DeesBalls · 09-03-13, 05:04 PM

thank you so much for all your help... my plan was to build a rack to house 90 qt tubs, and house 1 male to 2 females, with 3 food bowls, and a water bowl... also having a lot of hiding and climbing material.. if that wont work, i will just house 1 per 10 gallon, or equivilant tub...

thanks again for all your help

nick654377 · 09-03-13, 07:30 PM

i just got one myself and have it in a 12x12x18 zoomed tank with lots of coverage. i am using paper towel for the substrate for the first month just to make sure it is pooping. so far 2 days in a row i found little turds so i know it is. i plan on getting the large tank like this in a year to move this one to that and get another baby to stick in here untill i find out their sex.

DeesBalls · 10-07-13, 10:58 AM

SO i am reviving this thread... i have played around with caging ideas, and nothing works so far... right now i have 1 in a 6.5 tub with paper towel, seems to be doing okay, but i want to breed and have about 9 geckos, im toying around with 2 ideas...

1. looking for taller type rubbermaid tubs and using those, I have read i can keep 1 male to up to 3 females in a tub, so i would need aroud 45 gallons,

how many quarts = gallons?

2. i also have a spare 10 gallon tank, i was going to flip it on it side and have it sit tall. and use that for 1 gecko, but that will be alot of space taken up...

so i am trying to figure out basically, how can i hose the most, with the least room is what i am trying to say....

i only have 1 atm.

mmarchl23 · 10-07-13, 12:33 PM

Can't help with any species specifics buuutttt.....

4 quarts = 1 gallon.

If you ever need any type of conversions google works well just search
"X gallons (or other known unit) in quarts (or other desired unit)"

DeesBalls · 10-07-13, 12:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mmarchl23

Can't help with any species specifics buuutttt.....

4 quarts = 1 gallon.

If you ever need any type of conversions google works well just search
"X gallons (or other known unit) in quarts (or other desired unit)"

i just checked on google. lol
it would be a 120 qt tub...

simpleyork · 10-17-13, 03:41 PM

I kept a trio in 15 gallon tubs in the past, put a small screen on the side then you can stack them, on the other hand my geckos were out quite frequently. If I were ever to get them again I think I'd do a planted set up.

DeesBalls · 10-17-13, 08:02 PM

Thanks man, it will be some time before i get hardcore into geckos, im getting my burm 1st, and getting him setteled in.. But i plan on getting 9-12 geckos, and so im looking at options, ... do you have any pics?