[sirmaedwaseem]

i need to know alot about pachydactylus rugosus

[Riverside Reptiles]

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Thanks

[Chondrodactylus]

What do you need to know?

I can assist you.

[Chris3004]

Some basic, but short information: Pachydactylus.com - P. rugosus

[scavenger]

This is a pm I recently sent someone asking about care.

To start of, the cage size is important the size that I use for a pair is 45x30x30 (LxBxH) -10cm on the height as that is where the lights go, so essentially the height is 20cm. This 10cm must be meshed off to ensure the gecko does not burn itself on the heat lamp.The cage decor should include pieces of drift wood piled together and slate stacked on top of each other, with gaps in between. As a substrate you can use fine red sand.

As for heating and lighting I use a normal fluorescent tube for light in the cage and I use a normal 40w spot light in one half of the cage that is connected to a thermostat that keeps the hot spot at a constant 32 degrees the humidity in the cage should be quite low. You'd be surprised at how much your gecko will utilise this hot spot. The amount of light that your gecko should receive is 12 hours in summer and 10 hours in winter, this is known as cycling and both myself and Tyrone attribute our breeding successes thus far to the amount of light the geckos have received.

For feeding I personally feed mine every other day, they'll take roaches, crickets, mealworms(these should only be fed as a treat as they don't digest them to well ) and they love natural prey like moths, flying ants etc. make sure the prey is dusted with good calcium powder, I also leave a small calcium dish in the cage if they need it. For water some people spray their cages for hatchlings you should, but personally I leave a permanent water dish in the cage as I have observed them drink from it.

Some people may differ in their care but this is what has worked for me.

[sirmaedwaseem]

wow thank you alot

ive seen them they have sticky feet but poeple say they are arboreal but put them in long tanks so what else i need

im getting an exo terra tank

[Chondrodactylus]

The are not arboreal in totality but will make use of the height, you need a decent floor space too.