Help with house geckos??

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Hey :)

This past spring, my bf caught me a small house gecko outside his mom's house. I kept him with toads - and he bored me then because I never really saw him eat. This September, I finally released my toads when they thought they should go into hibernation in their terrarium. About a week later, I bought some small crickets for the gecko and finally saw him eat, and realized how absolutely awesome he was. He told me "buy me a friend", so I picked up another one @ PetsMart - the new one is HUGE. They get along fine. Yesterday, my bf caught me another wild one - a tiny little infant. I'm keeping him separate, but I have no clue what to feed him. I have a few fruit flies around in my apartment, and I caught one and threw it in there, but it just ran up the side of the plastic cage and got out the holes in the top. What are my other alternatives? He's probably an inch and a half long, including his tail. Also, how can I sex them?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Jessie*
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Common Name: House Gecko
Scientific Name: Hemidactylus Frenatus

House Geckos are hardy, inexpensive small lizards which are a fairly easy to
maintain in captivity. They are very fast moving which makes them almost
impossible to handle.

Distribution:
There are many different species of house geckos, The most common being
Hemidactylus Frenatus. They can be found in many different tropical countries
around the world, Coming Originally from South East Asia they have been
introduced to many other countries around the world, Eastern Africa, New
Guinea, Mexico, Madagascar Australia. You will commonly find them living
in houses.

Description:
House geckos have a granular scaly skin that appears at times, to be
transparent. It is mainly yellowish brown to beige with darker blotches,
some have stripes running along the upper flanks.


Size:
Average size 3" but Large adults can reach up to 5"


Temperament:
Males can be territorial. Give them lots of places to hide if you intend
to keep them in groups.

Food / Water:
Crickets, Wax Worms, Small Mealworms will all be readily taken. Always
use a good Calcium/Vitamin dusting Supplement. Best time to feed early
evening. Always Provide fresh drinking water daily.

Sexing:
Adult males have preanal and femoral pores. The Female lays two hard shelled
eggs. Incubation temperature 88f, Eggs hatch between 50-65 days. Hatchlings
measure about 2".

Housing:
A Vivarium 18" x 2' x 9' will house a small group. For substrate use bark
chippings and or Sand. For decor use branches, driftwood, artificial plants,
rocks, cork bark.

Lighting / Heating:
This species does not require full spectrum UV lighting. You can use a
incandescent light bulb with reflectors to heat the vivarium during the day
and a wall mounted heat mat for the night.
Temperature / Humidity:
Day time 75f - 88f, Night time 65f - 70f. Moderate to high humidity, this
can be achieved by regularly mistings of vivarium
thats from the web site: http://www.reptileallsorts.com/housegecko.htm

also try http://www.the-lizard-lounge.com/content/species/house-gecko.asp
and just google "house gecko" :)

ps. if u go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Gecko there are some pics of small h.g. so check it out:)
 

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Thanks for the great info ... but all those food items are far too big for the hatchling. Even the smallest crickets from PetsMart are bigger than his head. Would wingless fruitflies be able to climb the walls like the one I tried earlier??

Jessie*
 

Jessica Dring

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I'm thinking the ones in your pet shop (that you bought) could possibly now have parasites if you mixed it with a W/C one? :)
 

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no ones sick - the first and third are WC, the one i got last week is store bought. no problems mixing them, but i have the hatchling separate for his own safety. not sure i should put him with the big CB one - he's pushing 6''.
 

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You can't tell if an animals sick by looking. And it doesnt mean they're "sick" if they have parasites, I'm just saying it would be good to check this all out at the vets. I wouldn't put the smallest one in. Feed 'im up first. Stress at that size/age (of any kind) will kill him quick.
 

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they...don't have parasites... lol I was posting to see what i should feed the baby since he's so small b/c he DOES need "feedin up" :) he's super skinny
 

Jessica Dring

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Don't get all offensive Love. I am trying to help you. You ask advice of any kind and you WILL get some you don't want to hear. As soon as I heard about mixing w/c and (I dunno if the pet shops ones are cb) but it striked my mind, so I told you. How do you know they don't have parasites? Have YOU cut them open and looked inside? Have YOU took them ALL to the vets, taken a stool sample?

I'm telling you this incase one suddenly stops feeding or something, I have a feeling a CB one would take catching parasites ALOT worse than a WC one.

When people are trying to help you, Don't bite them for doing it. If you don't like getting advise you don't want to hear (and your not willing to take in 'cause its not what you want to hear)...Don't post.
 

Jessica Dring

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Keeper of the Ropes;1252428; said:
I was posting to see what i should feed the baby since he's so small b/c he DOES need "feedin up" :) he's super skinny

Yes and I helped you out on that area, too.
 

Jessica Dring

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plus, your gonna need to know if they do have internals if you want to increase your group even further.
 
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