choosing and planting a borneo cat gecko enclosure

[Geckoloveforever]

having looked through many a thread discussing the plants other cat geckos seem to like
i wanted to confirm that my choices include
pothos, umbrella tree, umbrella plant (indian rhubarb), philodendron
i happen to have all of these growing at home and so can easily replant some of them in the enclosure
i understand that although it's ok and might even be preferable to use a pot
i should wash them off and avoid all fertilizers thereafter
what remains unclear to me though is what soil i'm to use
if i've got rid of the ordinary potting soil
surely not the same as the substrate i'm using now?

(TBH, i'm not sure what substrate the petshop sold me
it was as if there were no other choice
i couldn't say for sure
but it looks a lot like the eco earth/forest bed substrate type of coconut husk like in these photos
The Veiled Chameleon: Eco Earth and Forest Bed Substrate
it's very soft)

also the pet shop had sent me home with a rather small enclosure (30x30x15) cm
"since the gecko moves so slowly and barely needs any more room really"
based on the discussions here though
i've come to the conclusion that i should go get a bigger one
at least 57L / 60X30x36
what do you think?
is any of this wrong?
any tips and advice are welcome.

 

[Lordoftheswarms]

My cat is really active, I don't understand how people can say they aren't. Maybe if they are comparing it to a day gecko? LOL? I'm housing mine in 18x18x24 tall zoomed. Seems to work for me. My cat sleeps under the plant clusters that I have, I don't have pots except to make ficus benjamina higher than the rest of the soil so it can dry out a bit every day.
I use plain organic garden soil. No fertilizer, no perilite, and no styrofoam. Seems to work just fine.

 

[Riverside Reptiles]

I've used lots of different sized/types of enclosures for cats. A ten gallon tank works fine for a single animal. Even better if it's placed vertical. More space is not necessarily better. While they are active hunters, I find that they do best with a limited space to have to search for food. This applies especially with babies and juvies. I keep them in quite small containers. For substrate, I use a mix of peat, sand, and usually a small amount of perlite or vermiculite. But that eco-earth type stuff is probably just fine. I put plants (even fake ones) in pots as it give the cats somewhere up off of the ground to hide and feel secure. They love to curl up in the plant pots to sleep. Make sure to include some vertical branches for climbing as well.

 

[Geckoloveforever]

thanks (-: