Should I get a gecko?

[MissSkittles]

I have no idea about stick bugs as I’ve never had them. @jamest0o0 should know. I know crickets will bite if left in the enclosure without a food source.
I hope you’ll be posting lots of pics of your gecko so I can live vicariously thru you. ?

 

[SourGrape4u]

Okay guys so I decided for a crested gecko. One more question! Is it okay to leave him with stick bugs in his terrarium or no?

Like to raise stick bugs or for him to eat? Cause he will eat them...

 

[Serbianchameleon]

I have no idea about stick bugs as I’ve never had them. @jamest0o0 should know. I know crickets will bite if left in the enclosure without a food source.
I hope you’ll be posting lots of pics of your gecko so I can live vicariously thru you. ?

Okay thank you anyway. I will!

 

[Serbianchameleon]

Like to raise stick bugs or for him to eat? Cause he will eat them...

I dont care if he eats them i just dont want to toss them out if I dont need to if its free food!

 

[SourGrape4u]

 

[Serbianchameleon]

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Beautiful little fella. Do most of them toss their tails or nah?

 

[jamest0o0]

Yeah he can eat the stick bugs. Depends which species, some are voracious and will eat a lot of plants, others are very picky.

 

[MissSkittles]

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Aww...I love geckos with their happy little faces. Yours is very pretty! ?

 

[PabloTheCham]

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That eco earth looks rather dry... Aren't they a rather humid species?

 

[SourGrape4u]

Beautiful little fella. Do most of them toss their tails or nah?

They only lose the tail as a defense mechanism. Never grab them by the tail or scare them.

 

[SourGrape4u]

That eco earth looks rather dry... Aren't they a rather humid species?

You mist them daily but not soaking wet. He is changing the eco soil right now actually. Humidity stays up with a all glass tall cage with screen top.

 

[kinyonga]

I may be wrong, but I believe their care is very similar to that of chameleons. Many people/places say leopard (and crested gecko’s) don’t need uvb as they are usually hiding during the day, but I provide uvb for my leos, based upon suggestion from @kinyonga. I have a rescue leo who sleeps with his head out of his hide to soak up some uvb.
Crested gecko’s do need some heat...around 80* I think. I would definitely not put a heat bulb inside the enclosure but one suspended over it instead.

Guilty as charged...I always had UVB lights on all my crepuscular/nocturnal geckos.

 

[kinyonga]

Tokays can be bery bitey...Day geckos can shed their skin when being handled.

@Beman ...what part are you surprised about?

 

[kinyonga]

I didnt know they "gecko'd". My male never made a peep in 15 years.

Did you have a female too?

 

[Serbianchameleon]

Yeah he can eat the stick bugs. Depends which species, some are voracious and will eat a lot of plants, others are very picky.

They are Vietnamese stick bugs. They are picky eaters as I know.

 

[nightanole]

Did you have a female too?

No. But my male day geckos would gecko without a mate.

 

[Klyde O'Scope]

So I have a extra terrarium. I cant get any small chameleons in Serbia so my only option is some other lizard and I’m thinking gecko. Anybody has experience with them and what kind of gecko should I buy?

Go here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH18915fTE6yZzKrqdea8RQ
and search for "gecko". He's done around a dozen or so videos on pros & cons of various species.

Beautiful little fella. Do most of them toss their tails or nah?

I would say fully half the cresteds I've seen for sale were missing tails, which don't grow back.
They can drop them just from stress.

Tokays can be bery bitey...Day geckos can shed their skin when being handled.

From the vids I've seen, it's more like sloughing than shedding. They can also drop their tails.
The bit about sloughing skin is at around 3:45




I'm not against the idea of keeping a gecko; I considered it myself. Just do your diligent homework and be aware of what you may be in for.

 

[Beman]

@Beman ...what part are you surprised about?

I never knew that Day geckos would shed their skin when being handled... I knew tokays could be mean I knew someone with one and it was evil.

 

[kinyonga]

I never knew that Day geckos would shed their skin when being handled... I knew tokays could be mean I knew someone with one and it was evil.

It's not like shedding...it's more like ripping off chunks...
https://www.nwzoo.com/pdf/NWZoo_Giant_Day_Gecko_Care.pdf
"Day geckos are too fast and nervous to be held in the hand and their skin easily sloughs leaving wounds that may become infected and become scars."

 

[Beman]

It's not like shedding...it's more like ripping off chunks...
https://www.nwzoo.com/pdf/NWZoo_Giant_Day_Gecko_Care.pdf
"Day geckos are too fast and nervous to be held in the hand and their skin easily sloughs leaving wounds that may become infected and become scars."

Yeah see I had no clue... I was actually considering getting one before I got Bentley. They had a baby that was like 3 inches long at my local pet store. I knew it would never be something to handle but I had no idea they could get hurt like that if you had to move them.