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ok i built a beautiful wooden enclosure and i wanted some tokay geckos. the cage is 5 1/2 tall 3 feet wide and 4 feet deep.how many could i comfortably put in a cage this size, where can i buy captive bred tokay gecko babies, and should i put screen or glass in the cage? (i wasnt sure so i didnt put the in yet)

ok thanks in advance

p.s. when i say put in their comofrably i mean really comfortable, i want them to be able to take full advantage. oh and one last thing any one know a really good caresheet for theses guys, cant seem to find a good one, even a book would be cool.

I keep 1.1 pair in a 24x24x24 Exo Terra cage so you could actually keep a lot in there. I wouldn't put more than like 1.4 in there though myself. If that. As far as books there are only 2 that I know of: Tokay Gecko Care by Allen R. Both, and General Care and Maintenance of Tokay Gecko and Related Species by Sean McKeown and Jim Zaworski. They are pretty good books. What do you mean by putting screen or glass in? If you mean in the front its all up to you glass will help keep humidity in but if you dont have vents in the cage there will be no air flow. There are alot of people breeding Tokay's so its pretty easy to find a breeder. Contact me and I'll put you in contact with a few.

Blake

hey blake i would love to know some breeders. can you send them to eilema51@yahoo.com

I house my Tokays in a 1.1 ratio. I have heard other people using a 1.5 breeding group but from my experience, once a female lays her eggs, she will become very protective of them, and I have seen one female bite another female's tail off and continue to attack the other female to protect her eggs. Unless you have a huge screen porch/greenhouse that they have plenty of room to establish their own territories I would always suggest a 1.1 ratio while breeding.

If you plan on aquiring baby CB tokays that cage would be way too big. I raise my hatchling tokays inividually in 5 gallon cages until they get about a year old. It makes it easier for feeding, cleaning and actually observing them. If you were looking for CB adults, I wouldn't put more than one male and two females in that cage. And if you do, make sure they're introduced to the cage at the same time. Like my other post below, once females lay eggs they will attack other females to protect their eggs.

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i dont understand that...
in the wild they have free range.

I realize that they have "free range" in the wild but as I stated, It makes it easier for feeding, cleaning and actually observing them when you house juveniles in smaller enclosures. And I have successfully bred & raised Tokays for over a decade using smaller cages.

I'm not saying you can’t put a group of juvenile Tokays in a 5 1/2' tall 3' wide and 4' deep cage. You can do what ever you like, and Tokays are very hardy geckoes that will probably do just fine. But it would be hard to observe them in that size enclosure. Not to mention it’s much easier to monitor each one's feeding habits. In a group of juveniles you might have a few that dominate when it comes to feeding time so others might not get the same amount of insects or become timid of the larger more aggressive cage mates. And the first year of life, it is very important that these geckoes receive proper nutrition.

I hope that clarifies it some.

Yeah, I find if you raise baby animals in smaller cage it's easier to feed them that way. Wait until they get large before housing them in a large enclosure. My large female tokay is in a 29 gallon tank which sits above the stands, and I'm hoping to find her a mate soon when this pet store I go to get in some large males. Perhaps we can compare notes! LOL