In the future I will be building a large terrarium that will have sectionsome hay have AFT geckos, Leopard geckos, crested geckos, a chameleon, and maybe an anole (they will all be separated and not together) but I was wondering if my terrarium was about 7 feet long, 3 or 4 feet high, would it be fine to house a chameleon and a crested gecko or some other small, climbing reptile? I know chameleons do best alone, but if he had so much space, I thought he wouldn't even know the other one was there. I know you must get annoyed with mixing species, but I just thought it would make sense.
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Crested gecko Naturalistic Vivarium Idea
- Thread starter JayminS
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A huge cage would be great! However housing different species together isn't reccomended.
With a large enclosure they, the Crested Gecko and Chameleon, might barely ever encounter one another, but when they do the consequences could be deadly. That Crestie could become food and they will likely stress one another out leading to one not eating.
There are few different species you can cohabitate. Continuing, your terrarium/build could possibly hold all those animals, however consider quaratining, that might be an issue, it is reccomended to keep new arrivals in different rooms. You also have to do the math to see if the minimum amount of space for all of them will fit in the build. It will likely be difficult but it is plausible.
Good luck!
With a large enclosure they, the Crested Gecko and Chameleon, might barely ever encounter one another, but when they do the consequences could be deadly. That Crestie could become food and they will likely stress one another out leading to one not eating.
There are few different species you can cohabitate. Continuing, your terrarium/build could possibly hold all those animals, however consider quaratining, that might be an issue, it is reccomended to keep new arrivals in different rooms. You also have to do the math to see if the minimum amount of space for all of them will fit in the build. It will likely be difficult but it is plausible.
Good luck!
Thanks for your response! I know mixing species isn't usually the best idea, but I know it works with some things. Since my terrarium is going to be large, are there some lizards that can be kept together if they have way more than their minimal requirements? Now that I think about it, chameleons are way bigger and stronger than crested geckos, so what about any other climbing lizards? I will put the chameleon in another part of the terrarium, alone. Thanks.
If you don't have much experience with herps in general, I would not reccomend trying communal vivariums yet. I would reccomend keeping each species separately for a good amount of time to truly understand them. After many months of keeping and researching with all the proper setups would I advise cohabitating.
Instead of separate species being housed together, you could try anoles or frogs, maybe even amphibians or water based species, many of which can be housed together.
For now, these are some reptiles (Same species) that could cohabitate. Although, for some, such as Leopard geckos, this could still be risky, I don't reccomend it. Many also have to be only female unless you want breeding.
•Leopard Geckos
•Pygmy Chameleons
•Anoles
•Long Tailed Lizards
•Mourning Geckos
•Etc.
Mixing should never be done as a cheap option to save money, have more animals, etc. More often then not animals will get eaten or too stressed out to eat and get sick, many even dying. All animals should be kept and behaviors learned along with a huge amount of research done before considering housing different species or even the same species together. All animals should be able to be separated if things don't work out.
Good luck to you!
Instead of separate species being housed together, you could try anoles or frogs, maybe even amphibians or water based species, many of which can be housed together.
For now, these are some reptiles (Same species) that could cohabitate. Although, for some, such as Leopard geckos, this could still be risky, I don't reccomend it. Many also have to be only female unless you want breeding.
•Leopard Geckos
•Pygmy Chameleons
•Anoles
•Long Tailed Lizards
•Mourning Geckos
•Etc.
Mixing should never be done as a cheap option to save money, have more animals, etc. More often then not animals will get eaten or too stressed out to eat and get sick, many even dying. All animals should be kept and behaviors learned along with a huge amount of research done before considering housing different species or even the same species together. All animals should be able to be separated if things don't work out.
Good luck to you!
I've owned a Leopard Gecko for a bit now, and I wanted a big terrarium of different reptile species, while still having lots of space and making it look good. I am not doing this for a cheap way out. I would like to not have any amphibians in it, only reptiles. Which of those reptiles you listed can live with each other? Thanks.
I am glad to hear that!
Anoles can cohabitate with their own species, I have heard of long tailed lizards also being able to cohabitate with them. Pygmy Chams can be housed together, as can Leopard geckos and I have heard African Fat Tails can as well, keep in mind they can only be female. Mourning geckos and Crested's can cohabitate with their own kind too. The only species out of this I would feel remotely safe housing together is the Pygmy Chameleons and Anoles, the rest can be housed together but it isn't necessarily safe. You could also try turtles or tortoises.
In all honesty there is nothing we can do to perfectly replicate the habitat the reptiles have in the wild, housing most animals together is a huge risk. As you have seen, there isn't much you can house together. They need to have similar requirements and a huge tank, most are solitary. And with that I don't believe there are a ton of different species (Same species is okay, for some) to be housed together unless you consider fish, furred animals and birds.
The only different species I would consider are a long tailed lizard and Anoles, but I wouldn't do it to be safe.
Best of luck
Anoles can cohabitate with their own species, I have heard of long tailed lizards also being able to cohabitate with them. Pygmy Chams can be housed together, as can Leopard geckos and I have heard African Fat Tails can as well, keep in mind they can only be female. Mourning geckos and Crested's can cohabitate with their own kind too. The only species out of this I would feel remotely safe housing together is the Pygmy Chameleons and Anoles, the rest can be housed together but it isn't necessarily safe. You could also try turtles or tortoises.
In all honesty there is nothing we can do to perfectly replicate the habitat the reptiles have in the wild, housing most animals together is a huge risk. As you have seen, there isn't much you can house together. They need to have similar requirements and a huge tank, most are solitary. And with that I don't believe there are a ton of different species (Same species is okay, for some) to be housed together unless you consider fish, furred animals and birds.
The only different species I would consider are a long tailed lizard and Anoles, but I wouldn't do it to be safe.
Best of luck