Hello

[hornemadness]

Hello, my name is Jesse. I've kept a few different kinds of geckos, nothing all that rare or unusual (leopard geckos, tokays, that sort of thing). Its always been for work or babysitting someone elses animals. I'm going to be getting into geckos soon though as i plan on trying to get a breeding colony of marbled geckos going. Im actually more of a snake and skink person. Thats why im getting the marbled gecko colony going, to feed some snake babies that only like lizards.

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

Hi Jesse ~

A hearty welcome to Geckos Unlimited!

Most of us here keep our geckos as pets, more or less. I do know the "food chain" exists .

 

[hornemadness]

I understand, i just figured joining might be a good idea should i have any questions. I generally like geckos, and the marbleds im getting will eventually be living with my pink tongue skinks. They will be treated well, like pets. I just need the babies for the snakes. I really wish the snakes would just eat pinky mice though.

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

It is generally advised not to mix species. It is stressful for the critters even if both species have similar requirements and are of similar sizes .

 

[hornemadness]

I understand that for the most part its something that frowned upon. This is somethng that i have researched quite a bit. Both animals come from the same area geographically and inhabit the same kind of enviroment. My pink tongues also live in a very big vivarium (4' tall 2' square). Its very heavily planted (Ficus nitida tree, Muehlenbeckia axillaries, dwarf snake plant, aglamorpha coronans just to name a few of the plant i have in there) with plants that have been going for quite some time. They arent going in there right away, they are going to go through a quarantine and then into another viv that will have them as the only animals in it. Eventually the goal is to have them living with the pink tongues. Pinktongues can live with other gecko species as well, such as crested geckos. I hope this isint perceived as dismissive, but this is something ive researched for sometime and have planned for.

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

I understand that for the most part its something that frowned upon. This is somethng that i have researched quite a bit. Both animals come from the same area geographically and inhabit the same kind of enviroment. My pink tongues also live in a very big vivarium (4' tall 2' square). Its very heavily planted (Ficus nitida tree, Muehlenbeckia axillaries, dwarf snake plant, aglamorpha coronans just to name a few of the plant i have in there) with plants that have been going for quite some time. They arent going in there right away, they are going to go through a quarantine and then into another viv that will have them as the only animals in it. Eventually the goal is to have them living with the pink tongues. Pinktongues can live with other gecko species as well, such as crested geckos. I hope this isint perceived as dismissive, but this is something ive researched for sometime and have planned for.

You have done much research :banana:.

My thoughts right now are: How can we replicate animals' ecosystems in confined quarters? Some zoos excel, but in a zoo space is somewhat unlimited.

 

[lauraleellbp]

Welcome to GU!

 

[hornemadness]

It has been my experience that if animals are in a spacious layered environment, they tend to space themselves out accordingly. Lots of real plants and various kinds of cover also help create various micro-climates that animals can move between. The one thing though you need to do all of this is a big enough space relative to the physical size of the animal, and in accordance with its space requirements.