geckos and tree frogs, and hi! ;)

penceton

penceton

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Hey All! :) New to this forums, and pretty new to the GECKO world of fun!! :)

I was introduced to them at the pet store, wherein i picked up three squirrel treefrogs...............in the same tank, they had anoles and green tree frogs..........AND, the house geckos!!!

After doing some research on them, i decided to pick me up one of these cute guys! :) I have placed the three squirrels and the house gecko in a 12X12X18 exo terra, complete w/ waterfall, live plant, peagravel/peatmoss/sphagnummoss, and of course lightfixture and thermometers/hygrometers!

At any rate, i have another exo terra tank(18X18X24) which i am going to be filling with CB phyllomedusa tomopternas(tiger striped leaf frog) and CB red eyed tree frogs(two of each).................i was HOPING to maybe also, place a tropical gecko in with them, CB of course and was wondering if anyone had any possible ideas/options for such!

The day geckos have since caught my eye(neon and gold dust in particular), their size would be complimentary to the tree frogs........though.......they are not nocturnal like the frogs, which may be a problem??

Another, separate tank might work better but i all ready have three tanks(my last has firebelly toads/newts inhabiting it!) and was hoping that the empy one w/ the january shipment of frogs could work........

Thanks for your time all! :)


Alex
 
Flux Capacitor

Flux Capacitor

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How can I find where to buy Day Geckos? My town only has one pet store and it isn't much of a reptile place. Is there a good website where you can buy some from?
 
baugh

baugh

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there are several different places to buy day geckos. websites and here on the forums. the forums is a good place to check because alot of people dont have websites. alot of people do but dont have all there geckos addvertised.


i personally would not mix species. there are people who will but i would not. if you do some searching on the forums this topic has been covered before.
 
Sgvreptiles

Sgvreptiles

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Many people on the forums can supply captive bred speciemens of plenty of species. Just keep an eye out in the classifieds.

Geckos and frogs work well. Just make sure the geckos dont try to eat them!
 
penceton

penceton

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Right(on geckos not eating frogs).....the tiger striped and red eyed tree frogs get up to like 3inches.................which is why i'm interested in the NEON and GOLD DUST day geckos, a compatable size......

I put a bowl w/ two meal worms into the 12X12X18 w/ the three squirrels and the house gecko........hoping to entice the gecko..the biggest of the three squirrels gulped it down! on the green tree frog caresheet(which is comparable to the squirrel), it said they can eat mealworms.................at the petstore, the lady said the worms would "burrow" inside the frog..........................

Think it'll be okay?
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Being that the day geckos are diurnal, and the tree frogs nocturnal........do you think that would be an issue then? i don't want the one bothering the others when they're sleeping and all :)
 
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sanderfrog

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Sorry but Idon't wanna discourage you but I have to post a critical note on this thread, because the enclosures you're using and wanna use are too small to combine these species in my opinion. Especially for red eyes and tomopternas, these are delicate and stessfull species and have different needs than Phelsuma laticauda (gold dust daygecko).Also mealworms aren't good food items because of the chitine shell and high fat content, for treefrogs its best to use cricketsand flies dusted with calcium/vitamin powder.

regards Sander
 
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