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peyote
at Fri Apr 2 23:24:54 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by peyote ]
I don't claim to be a day gecko expert, I can only speak from my personal experience. However I had great success years ago with a pair of giant day geckos using a 29 gal aquarium with a regular hood (the kind with one uv tube and a flip up lid in front (not screened). I had borken out a section of the hood near the back and put a lamp for heat going through a screen mesh, then another tab I broke out on the other end for ventalation, it was about 2" x 3" and covered with screen. I monitored the tempature, but not the humidity. I had live plants including sansaverias (which they LOVE), bromiliads planted in soil, small palmlike plants, etc. I used a large bamboo tube for egg laying, as well as vines, rocks, and a large splinter of wood. My breeder pair thrived in there for 2 years before I had to get rid of them. I probably got 8 clutches of eggs out of the female, and the male got about 11" in length! I also used broken clay shards under the soil for drainage and misted once or twice a day.
The only problem I ever had were tiny white bugs living in the soil after a while, which I attributed to failing to sterilize the wood before I put it in there. Good luck! I loved my day geckos and will get another pair asap. My male would even lick baby food from my finger and "bark" at me when I pulled my finger away...lol! They're great little animals.
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RE: Arboreal Rainforest Set-up - peyote, Fri Apr 2 23:24:54 2004