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I found this little guy in my bathroom today. I want to know if it's a gecko because I need to feed him and I don't know what! He is very, very tiny! Please help me, if you can, to identify him. Thanks.

that is a house gecko.i believe it is a mediteranian gecko to be exact.to feed it try to coolect some small insects from a porch light near your home and put them in the cage with him.mist him 2-3 times a day for water.hope this helps
nick

it looks like a scaber gecko (cyrtopodion scabber) i have one and i have medeterian geckos

thanks guys. new problem - went to 2 pet stores and they don't have anything that small for him to eat! all the crickets are bigger than him! they told me to let him go, I was like "listen, I didn't come here to have you tell me what to do, I came here to get food for him!". they said to try to catch some ants. so I killed about 16 small ants and put them in the jar with him. he may have eaten 1 or 2, can't tell for sure. but I am concerned he;s not eating.. what to do?

leave the ants alive call around see if you can find pin head crickets

hmm, I don't know where to call I went to the only 2 stores I know.. they seemed very unfriendly and unknowledgeable ("just release him"

just catch some small little insects around your house.if you have a porch light their will usually be tiny flying insects around it that the gecko can eat.dont kill the insects either because most lizards must see movement in order to see food.
nick

guys, (taternutzs & nickpurvis), first off I want to thank you for your help. the knowledge you imparted to me probably saved this little guy's life. I think he was VERY hungry.

I had caught some ants that I had to kill to catch.. he completely ignored them, may be he ate 1. but they were really small, he would probably have to eat dozens of them to be satisfied.

anyway, I went from pet store to pet store, asking for pinhead crickets. most regular pet stores do NOT have them. but, at least, these stores that I went to had nice, friendly staff that didn't suggest I just let him go (99.9% guaranteeing his death). I eventually made it to a primarily-reptile pet store called "Underground Reptile" in Wellington, FL - on Hillsboro & Powerline, near Pompano Beach (Hillsboro exit off I95, go west till u hit Powerline - for reference for anyone reading this).

thanks again, he's a very nice boy and you have helped me in ensuring he lived! thanks from the bottom of my heart!

It is an African House Gecko (Hemidactylus mabouia). They have been introduced successfully into the SE US. It would easily survive if let go.

Hello:
I agree, it is H. mabouia. When I saw the original pic I was not too sure it was a baby Med (H. turcicus) because it was too heavily patterned. I was going to ask where you lived but when you answered that you confirmed my suspicion. H. mabouia are very common in the keys and are quickly spreading northward. They are a bit more robust than H. turcicus which is also found in S. Florida along with the Indo-Pacific Gecko (H. garnoti). Where H. mabouia is found the others are becoming more scarce. I have been finding them with increasing frequency since 1998. I think the one you have is the farthest north I've heard of them being found.
For a variety in diet you can get a small insect net and make some grass sweepings for small moths which are a favorite of most geckos. I have a few of them and they are a very hardy species indeed.
I hope this helps. Good Luck!!!