[littlebittyfish]

Hey everyone. First off, I have never had a gecko before. I have done a little reading but haven't come up with a specific care sheet for this type of gecko...

This morning I found an ill gecko on our front porch. I am not real sure what is wrong with the lil gecko but I didn't want to let him just lay there so I brought it inside in a 2 gallon critter keeper with a heat lamp keeping it around 80 degrees....With a little online research on local geckos I came to the conclussion that this little gecko is a indo pacific gecko..My only problem now is I have no idea if he will pull through and make it...or how to care for him/her properly... Other than that I am not sure what to do...any help is appreciated.
I plan on heading to the petstore later today and picking up a few things for my fish, what should I get for the little gecko while im there?

[Elizabeth Freer]

Welcome to Geckos Unlimited!

Please post a better picture of your Indo-Pacific gecko in the ID section in the intro subforum. Are you thinking you have a Hemidactylus garnotii? Where do you live? Once we know exactly what it is, we can guide you better.

I once got a call from a Seattle florist's who had one of these geckos come in with some flowers. They gave her to me cuz they knew I was into geckos .

[littlebittyfish]

Thankyou for the welcome!
I live in Central Florida. I took a few better photos this morning of the little gecko. from what I have read online I am pretty sure he is an indo pacific gecko. (after retyping that into Google I believe you are right, Hemidactylus garnotii.) His/her skin is pretty smooth aside from the tail which looks to have little spikes on it and the belly is a pretty orange/yellow color. I went and got a few crickets last night and put one in his critter keeper but he hasn’t looked to interested in eating…He was/is pretty ill.. actually, I thought the poor little guy was dead when I found him…Until I noticed his lungs moving. He isn’t a very lively little guy…infact he has been sitting in that one spot for an hour or so. I will go ahead and post over in the other section now that I know he is a hemidactylus garnotii.




I hope I can somehow help this little gecko.

[Elizabeth Freer]

Be sure to keep the humdity up with spraying several times a day. Eco Earth (cocopeat fiber), which comes in a "brick" to which you add water, makes a great substrate. Potted plants will assist with humidity too.

Pick up some Rep-Cal phosphorus-free calcium with D3 to lightly dust her crickets 2-3x per week.

Don't spray and feed at the same time, because the cocopeat fiber could stick to the crickets and cause impaction. Best to use a feeding dish or a semi-tall bar glass to contain the crickets. Mine grew from a hatchling to an adult, but passed away from a cocopeat blockage in her esophagus after she dove for a cricket.