[Jess256]

Yes I just recently bought, what I believe is a striped pictus gecko (I know he's a pictus just not positive on the striped), a few days after my frog died. We thoroughly cleaned the temporary tank since he's only about an 1 1/2 to 2 inches long, also so we can quarantine him. Now I have several questions and want to know whatever else I should know about owning. I have don't some research on food and tank conditions. We'll be getting him a new 10 gallon tank very soon after quarantining him.

Anyways I would like to know when is the usual time to sex them, about how big are they inch-wise and gram-wise. And is he a Hatchling size or Juvenile size. I'm under the belief he's still hatchling size since the care sheets said hatchlings are about 1 inch long, but I'd like to confirm this.

If he is a hatchling how many crickets will he eat in a day? I just need to make sure I get this all right, I don't want any mishaps with my new pet.

Again anything else that should be known would be great, thank you.

-Jess

Pictures - Forgive these are mostly blurry, there's also a video that shows his colors and markings much better.
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The Below are of Sprigg

His Back


Sprigg was curious of the camera


Climbing on the Leaf




The Video
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[hofud]

Hello

In your case i would say juvenile. This gecko could be around 1-2 months old. It depends on how they fed him. I bought a month ago a smaller than yours which was 1-2 week old gecko and now sized like yours.
I think if you wait 2 months this gecko could be big enough to know its gender even earlier! Of course if you feed it well and the temp is not too low. If i were you i could give it every day 3-4 crickets, sized a bit smaller than your gecko's head. If you find crickets on the next day decrease the number of crickets. The male has large bulges that you can see soon i guess if its a male. The male grows faster but my hatchling females grew after 3 months to a size 9cm with their tails. Picta is fast growing species you will see that

congrat on your gecko its very nice

[Jess256]

Thank you so much. This helps confirm that I thought he was. Now do you usually measure by length and month or by grams. I noticed some people do grams and others do length and month. But wasn't sure.

Also we have now moved him to a bigger tank and a side small tank for feeding. Below are the pictures.
He's kept in a sterilite storage tub with three panels cut out and doubled screened each. He's currently on paper towel substrate but we'll get him repti-carpet later.

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Our cat finding out it was layable on top. She still has no clue there's a lizard in there.


The straight down view of the tank.


Straight down side view of tank


Panels


He wanted his picture taken


The log view


He's inside the egg carton hiding


A nice corner view of the tank

[Jess256]

So I hate to bump this but I was wondering what kinds of hides most people use for their geckos.

[Riverside Reptiles]

Originally Posted by Jess256

So I hate to bump this but I was wondering what kinds of hides most people use for their geckos.

I use simple "gladware" type containers with holes cut in them. Or, cheap plastic flower pots turned upside down with a hole cut in it, etc. A lot of people use margarine tubs. Doesn't have to be anything fancy. Of course, you can go to the pet store and buy something that looks nice too. Or make your own fake rock hide (look in the DIY forum and the naturalistic vivarium forum).

[Jess256]

Okay, thanks, I've been using simple egg cartons but since they're made of cardboard I've been worrying when I mist that they might grow mold. Again thanks a bunch!

[Riverside Reptiles]

Just a couple of notes from looking at your pictures...
That water bowl looks pretty large for your gecko. Make sure that if he gets in there, that he can manage to get out as well. Don't want him to drown. A piece of sponge in the water bowl can help with this.

Also, be careful with all of that tape you used. Tape can do some serious damage to a gecko if he gets it stuck on his skin. And, although it may be unexposed right now, over time and with humidity, it will likely slowly start coming apart.

The egg crate will work fine for a hide if you like it. If it starts to look funky, pull it out and put a fresh piece in. Toilet paper/paper towel tubes work well also.

[Jess256]

The water bowl is large, we don't fill it much but we did make sure he could get in and out, it has steps on one of the sides out, but he does good with it.

And yeah we figured the tape, since we've used it before, will come off about once a month and replace, and if the humidity knocks off the tape before that we'll change our schedule. We had crackage when cutting the plastic and had to use more than planned.

Toilet paper rolls, why didn't I think of that?