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Good Morning,
Picked up a Tokay from my local pet shop over the weekend. It's in a temp tank at the moment while I construct him something more appropriate.

Currently he is in a 10g tank set up vertically (which I was putting together for tree frogs). Please take a look at the pic so you can see how big he is relative to his tank. For his size how large of a tank would be ideal?

Thanks

http://s1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff398/p8388/?action=view¤t=gecko1.jpg

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Green Igg 1.1.0
Beardie 1.0.0
Green Tree Frogs 0.0.2
Green Anole 1.0.0
Leopard Gecko 0.1.0
American Toad 0.0.1
Ball Python 0.0.1
Nile Monitor 0.0.1
Yellow Belly Slider 0.0.1

Congrats on the Tokay. I love them. He looks fine for now. With mine I definitely noticed that they do better in larger cages. Have a pair in a 20gal and then a pair in 30gal. The pair in the 30 are growing faster, out in the open more, laying more eggs. So I will be moving the pair in the 20 into a larger tank soon.

Gotta love their attitude huh?! LOL my sister almost fell out of her chair laughing when I was doing a quick clean up in the 30 over the weekend.. I don't know how many times I was begging my boy not to bite me while trying to reach past him.

Here is one of my hatchlings:

Thanks for the reply. I am moving in a couple of weeks and really want to hold off on building anything new until I see what my new reptile room will be like. I do love the attitude... it was worth $20 just to see him bite the lady at the pet shop lol I have no illusions of "taming" him, he will be at home with the other small lizards and frogs that don't get held.
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Green Igg 1.1.0
Beardie 1.0.0
Green Tree Frogs 0.0.2
Green Anole 1.0.0
Leopard Gecko 0.1.0
American Toad 0.0.1
Ball Python 0.0.1
Nile Monitor 0.0.1
Yellow Belly Slider 0.0.1

I think it looks pretty small.. You should give him as much space as you can, not as little space as you think he will be able to survive in. My tokay enclosure is 2 feet by 16 inches by 6 feet tall. A little more space than my geckos use, but a 10 gallon is very small and where's your heat source (or is the room heated?). Not trying to be too critical, but 10 gallons aren't big enough for many animals in my opinion! On the other hand, the gecko looks great. Gotta love tokays!

Matt

Once you settle in, try to work on a 24" or taller glass enclosure. Or at least an interim unit that is at least twice as tall as he is long. Lean slate tile at an almost vertical angle against one side and then lean a piece of cork bark about an inch away from the slate to form a vertical 'hide' area that you can still see into from straight on.

I have several big Tokay that can be handled. So you never know, some will and some won't. Enjoy.

Michael