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i don't want broken records blasting me with the usual bull, (i know it's not great to mix species etc), but i want to know if anyone here has done this in the past. i have a pair of cresties and one (soon to be two leopards) but i'd like to incorporate them into one display. the only problem i can see is the humidity preferences but that shouldn't be too hard to carry out with the use of two substrates and plants etc more on one side than the other sprayed regularly. it would be maybe four or five feet long and three or four high so the species can segragate if they wish.
any info would be welcome
Brian

i've never owned leopard geckos however i hear they're generally more aggressive than crested geckos. i personally wouldn't do it just because it's easier to have 2 pretty nice set ups than 1 super nice one that is probably going to be 10X more difficult to get cleaned. if you end up trying it let us know how it goes.

The humidity is very key but even more so is the Temps. Leopard geckos are a desert or arid region animal. They like it 90 degrees or so and if you put a crested in with them it wont survive.

If your cage is so big that you can keep the heat up on one side to 90 or so and the other at 75-78 they may co-habitate but why put them together if they arent even going to interact???

Then there is the issue of fighting for territories. Just not even close to a smart idea if you ask me.

Eric

With a cage that size, it would be much simpler to just divide it in half and having leopards in one end and crested in the other. Considering leo's are more a desert gecko and cresteds are temperate rainforest, they have completely different needs. It wouldn't be wise to have them in the same cage.

If you are going to mix species it would be far better to use species from the same general environment. FOr example, leachies and gargoyle geckos are very similar in husbandry needs as crested geckos. There are plenty of desert dwelling geckos to have with the leopard gecko.

im gonna have to agree with everyone else. you just wouldnt be able to satisfy the needs of both geckos in an enclosure. expecially with such a big tank, its gonna be quite a task getting the humidity anywhere near acceptable.

Im pretty sure that housing a crestie with leachies or gargoyles would be a bad idea because they would attack the crestie. Im not speaking through experience but I believe I read this on a forum on the net somewhere.

im sorry dude your hearts in the right place im sure but why in the hell would u make such a big enclosure for 3 geckos? you do realize all the unneccassary space that u will still have to decorate then wash rinse soak decorations every time u clean, wasted substrate unless u r going to get tweezers and clean the waste i just think that this is a crazy idea. the enclosure would look awesome im with u there, all your friends will be like wow thats awesome whats in there... and then your going to be like o yeah well um... 3 geckos some where lol

**shakes head**

ha ha u know im trying deadokt... just for you but some times i just cant resist! u have to see my point? if your going to build something that big get something that goes with it like a CROC monitor! or a mangrove or a blue tail not 3 geckos!

I'm glad I only had to shake my head for you to know what I was getting at...yes I do see your point though...sweet husband of mine...there are some people who like to lavish on thier creatures. I spoil everything that belongs to me; but I guess you wouldn't know that. *giggles*

Yeah thats why ive been living off spagetti O's and my back hasnt been rub in months lol

Leaving aside the questions of humidity (which you shrug off as no big deal but may be more difficult than you expect),temperature, and interspecies aggression, why would you even want to make a display of two species from different environments and different continents? I don't really see what sort of effect you would be trying to portray in a display of this type.

If you want to create a single display with two different microclimates, I would suspect you need a larger enclosure than 5x4, and I would recommend mixing species that don't directly compete with one another, perhaps one nocturnal and one diurnal species, one terrestrial and one arboreal, etc. I just don't see a leo and a crestie together.

Just my opinions, though.
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Chris

1.0.1 Coleonyx variegatus
1.0.0 Gekko vittatus
1.0.0 Eublepharis macularius
0.0.2 Rhacodactylus ciliatus

Terrestrial? Who you calling terrestrial?!!

You can'y mix the two becasue of the climate/temp diffeences! dont do it!
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