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Hello all,

I am completely new to day geckos. I was given 2 geckos a couple weeks ago by a friend who brought them from Daytona Show. I don't know who bred them, but he told they also had some hatching in the show.

Well, the story with these guys is that they were pretty much forgotten in a small transport box over the fridge for quite a few months. It's really a shame. I saw them like that and took them home, my friend gladly gave them away.

So, I have quite a lot of doubts.

I skipped thru a few caresheets, but I am kind of a detailist keeper and found the caresheets insuficient.

Right now I keep them with a live photos, 4 inches of moss in the ground, 5.0 UVB tube, and a basking spot of around 120F.

I mist the cage every 2 days or so. Is that enough? Do they also drink from the bowl?

I am keeping them strictly on insects, dusted 3X a week. Is that OK? I know they also eat some fruits but is it necessary?

Can they be kept strickly with insects and vit/min dust?

This is the cage as it is now:

This is one of them. Is it any particular morph or breed?

And this is the other, a picture I took to show the femoral pores. I guess it's a female, but is it too early to know? They are 4 inches SVL:

Thanks, any help is appreciated

Very pretty gecko hard to think it was neglected.

Is the terrarium an exo terra 18 by 24 inch model?

Thanks

hi,

No, this is a custom made one.

Kept in a refrigerator? Surprised they are alive at all.

The crickets are too big - go 1/2". Dust the crickets with a calcium/vitamin supplement before feeding to gecko.

Like your terrarium.

120ºF is a gecko-frying temperature. Their basking spot is best 88-93 F.

Recommended book: Day Geckos In Captivity, Christenson. Best price at Amazon.com; and Geckos, Bergman. If you read German there is even better.

They kept in a small box OVER a fridge, not IN.

They are now both in the 8 inch range. It's a pair.

They eat a lot and are quite active and not shy.

Basking spot is still in the 120F range, they seem to like it and I never had any problems.
It seems like a very hot temp but it's just warm to the touch. Plus it helps increasing overall cage temps.