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hey there, i got a quick question for all you experts. do you know if crested geckos can live in the same terrarium (it being large enough to accomadate them) with any other species of gecko? day geckos lepoard geckos, flying geckos etc? im assuming tokays would be too mean. any help would be well... helpful. thanks.

eric

well leopard geckos would be a no because they prefer warmer temps than cresteds im not sure about the rest.

They'll eat any gecko smaller than them. I also wouldn't put a nice clean CB crested in with a WC gecko of any sort.
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Peter: It's OK, I'll handle it. I read a book about something like this.
Brian: Are you sure it was a book? Are you sure it wasn't NOTHING?

The only other species of geckos that I know they can co-habitate with is other small Rhac species exept Gargoyles.
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I'm just curious, because I doubt I would ever house different species together. (I don't even like to house same species together except to breed. LOL.)

Have Cresteds and Gargoyles been known to attack each other?

Gargoyles have been successful kept with Crested as well. I went back and read the section on mixing species in naturalistic vivaria in the Rhac book.
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i have both cresteds and Gargoyles..
I have had baby Gargoyes attack each other on a number of occassions..they were like little pit Bulls..biting eachothers necks..I would never put cresteds in with the Gargoyles..

Bill

That's fine and I respect that. I don't currently have any mixed species set-ups, but I plan too. In the Rhac book by deVosjoli, Fast , and Repashy, They have a section on mixed species in naturalistic vivaria. I think a large set-up like that would be a great experience for a reptile hobbyist, but I think the authors put it better with this quote:
"At the onset, let us state that we do not agree with the righteous,narrow-minded assertions by "experts" that these geckos and other reptile species should never be kept with other species. The highest form of herpetoculture involves creating large complex vivarium systems where several species of animals, including invertebrates, will cohabit and breed....Philippe successfully keeps abult gargoyle geckos with adult crested geckos as well as skinks and millipedes."

The original post asked if it is possibly, and it seems to be very possible. By the way, young gargoyles are best raised individually, as they will fight with eat other and often eat tails.

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