Mourning Gecko vs Flying Gecko

Airedale · #1 10-22-2011, 03:01 PM

I have suddenly found interest in these two gecko species. I'm wondering if you guys have any arguments on why I should go with one versus the other. They would be going in my 75 gallon vertical conversion. I'm concerned about babies escaping through the quarter inch mesh on top, but that can be fixed. It seems like the care is somewhat similar, since I have researched both. Any input?

Sporonicle · #2 10-22-2011, 03:17 PM

Mourning geckos I think would be good, as they live in colonies, although you would have to be care about controlling their population, and change the mesh. But flying geckos are good also, although you would only be able to keep them in pairs, also flying geckos are just cool.

**Riverside Reptiles** · #3 10-22-2011, 04:44 PM

If you decide to go with flying geckos, make sure to get captive bred animals as most of the imports are JUNK and not so easy to acclimate

AeroWRX · #4 10-25-2011, 12:22 AM

How's the difficulty in obtaining a CBB Mourning Gecko vs a Flying Gecko?

a 75 vertical is a pretty big tank. Is he only restricted to a pair of flying geckos? How bout maybe 2 females and 1 male?

MauricesExoticPets · #5 10-25-2011, 10:06 AM

Mourning geckos are fairly easy to find CBB, I'm not even sure they are imported or WC with any regularity because they are so prolific in captivity.

I keep my original 12 Mourning geckos in a fully planted 75gal, not vertical though. Otherwise I keep mine in 10gal vertical conversions.

Flying geckos are another story, easy to find WC, but I do believe there are some folks here working with them.

Maurice Pudlo

Palor · #6 10-25-2011, 11:11 AM

I keep pairs of flying geckos in 40 tall tanks. A trio would do well in a 75g.

I keep groups of mourning geckos in 18x18x24 exo's. One of my exo's has a tiny hole i can't find and baby Mournings find it now and then. The funny part is, they escape one cage and move into another. So I have mourning geckos in both flyer cages and in my anole tank. Interestingly enough, the other reptiles don't eat them.

**Elizabeth Freer** · #7 10-27-2011, 01:49 AM

just checking in for additional "excitement"......

My 55 gm male crestie has a mature mourning gecko for a cagemate. The mg grew up in George's tank!

AeroWRX · #8 10-28-2011, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Palor

I keep pairs of flying geckos in 40 tall tanks. A trio would do well in a 75g.

I keep groups of mourning geckos in 18x18x24 exo's. One of my exo's has a tiny hole i can't find and baby Mournings find it now and then. The funny part is, they escape one cage and move into another. So I have mourning geckos in both flyer cages and in my anole tank. Interestingly enough, the other reptiles don't eat them.

If only one of your exo terra tanks has a tiny hole, how did they get into the other tanks?

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Originally Posted by Elizabeth Freer

just checking in for additional "excitement"......

My 55 gm male crestie has a mature mourning gecko for a cagemate. The mg grew up in George's tank!

Mourning and Cresteds can get along?

**Elizabeth Freer** · #9 10-28-2011, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by AeroWRX

If only one of your exo terra tanks has a tiny hole, how did they get into the other tanks?

Mourning and Cresteds can get along?

Definitely, Jim! The mourning gecko hangs out on the basking bar while the crested sleeps in his fat bamboo during the day. In the evenings when the crested is out and about, it is much harder to find the mourning gecko (

). A friend of mine also keeps a mature Ll with her young crested.

[My original "experiment" began with seeing whether crested George would like a few small snacks, but no.]

AeroWRX · #10 10-29-2011, 03:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Elizabeth Freer

Definitely, Jim! The mourning gecko hangs out on the basking bar while the crested sleeps in his fat bamboo during the day. In the evenings when the crested is out and about, it is much harder to find the mourning gecko (

). A friend of mine also keeps a mature Ll with her young crested.

[My original "experiment" began with seeing whether crested George would like a few small snacks, but no.]

Sounds more like Jim should decide between a diurnal or nocturnal gecko as the main question first. The flying gecko humidity and temperature requirements might be too extreme for the mourning gecko to be housed together though. Flyer would also get much larger.