Size: Females get about 7”, males about 4”
Caging: They do best housed individually except for breeding purposes. Babies
seem to do well housed together as long as there is plenty of space.
Adults can be kept in 10 gallon tanks or something of similar size.
Substrate should consist of something that retains moisture well such as peat
moss, organic potting soil, coconut fiber, and/or orchid bark. Damp sphagnum
moss can also be placed on top of the substrate to keep up the humidity.
Hiding spots should be provided; cork bark works well for this. Small branches can
be provided too, as they like to climb around at night. Live plants such as Pothos
are greatly appreciated, they like to climb on them and sleep underneath the
leaves. Watering of the plants also adds to the humidity.
Water:
WATER QUALITY IS VERY IMPORTANT!
The best type of water to use is Reverse Osmosis (RO) water. It can be purchased
in gallon bottles at most grocery stores. Reverse Osmosis filters can also be
purchased at most hardware stores.
They need to be misted daily with RO water, night time is the best time to do this
because that is when they are most active. A shallow water bowl should also be
provided, some will drink from it and some won’t.
Food: Appropriate sized insects such as crickets and roaches should be provided
3-4 times a week. Only feed 2-4 insects per gecko. They can get stressed out if
there are too many insects running around in the cage. Vitamin supplementation
should not be offered anymore than every 3rd feeding.
Temperature and Humidity: Temperature range should be between 70°-80°,
temperatures should not exceed 82°.
Humidity should be around 60-70%.
Lighting: No special lighting is needed, as they are nocturnal. If you choose to
have live plants, you should get some type of fluorescent bulb.
We house our hatchlings in plastic shoeboxes with a couple of holes punched in
the sides. The substrate is a few sheets of paper towel kept very damp. The
babies seem to do better with much higher humidity. I never let the paper towel
dry out. I don’t provide a water bowl for the babies either since I keep it so damp
and humid. I like to place wet sphagnum moss in and around the corners of the
shoebox. Provide a small piece of cork bark to hide under as well as a few plastic
plants.
For feeding, I start them out on pin-head crickets and them move them up to
larger sized insects as they grow.
