New to fat tailed Gecko's

migdem · #1 12-29-2010, 02:36 PM

Hi all,

Today i bought my first AFT Gecko's. I have put them in a 60 litre tank (60cm x30cm x30cm). They are still juveniles. For substrate I bought Coconut peat (the shop keeper recommended this). I also bought a reptile cave and a mist bottle. I am pouring some mist water on the glass. Do i need to worry if they will get a bit wet?

Also i have a problem because I did not find any heat mat available at 2 local shops. One of them had a heat rock but i read it is bad for geckos. The other told me that next week or the following he will have available.

How big should the heat mat be for my aquarium?

Thanks

V&J leopard geckos · #2 12-29-2010, 03:41 PM

Hello you should not mist the tank they don't need to like up water off of leaves or the side of the tank like most geckos do. Also if your AFT gets wet for some time it may get an infection. And misting the tank brings the temps down and humidity up. The under tank heater should cover 1\3 of the tank. Also you want to buy a thermostat or Rheostat because if the UTH gets too hot it may burn the bellies of your AFTs

migdem · #3 12-29-2010, 04:21 PM

what about water how do they drink? What about shedding? Don't they need high humidity?

V&J leopard geckos · #4 12-29-2010, 05:03 PM

Yes they do drink water. They drink it out of a small shallow bowl. And yes they need humidity to achieve this put some moss in a hide it will help with humidity and the shedding process.they don't need high humidity because they thrive in the desert. If you have time Google aft care sheet.

migdem · #5 12-29-2010, 05:27 PM

yes I googled and stated that they need high humidity that is why. don't they drink water from droplets on glass and cave?

V&J leopard geckos · #6 12-30-2010, 10:38 AM

what they stated in the care sheet is that their like leos except for they need a higher humidity then leos not that they need high humidity. As for drinking water they will drink out of a shallow bowl if the bowl is taller then you aft the bowl is to big.

migdem · #7 12-30-2010, 07:58 PM

hehe ok i made a shallow bowl with a little water but always it gets dirty with the coconut peat moss. I change the water every day. I gave them 2 crickets but they got consumed after a couple of hours is this normal? Also i have a problem because I do not know if they where consumed by 1 or both geckos.

The other problem is that I cannot find any heat mat available at a local shop so for now I have an aquarium with discus and the temp is 30 degrees celcius and leaving always the door closed. Do you think they will die without the heat mat until i get one?

Thanks
Happy new year.

migdem · #8 01-04-2011, 09:04 AM

These are my geckos. Pictures are not of good quality.

I have a slight problem that I never do see them out of caves. So I have to lift caves to seem them then I try to feed them crickets. But I only saw sometimes the female eating crickets and never saw the male. I put 3 daily. Then if they do not eat them I leave crickets there and somehow someone eats them along the night but I do not know who. How can I make sure the male is eating. I cannot separate the geckos because I do not have any place.

thanks