Care Sheet for GeckosAverage Rating Given To This Care Sheet Is 3.00 (1=lowest, 5=highest) Last Updated: 04/25/2004 |
Main Category: | Lizards |
Sub Category: | Geckos |
Care Sheet Submitted By: | Geckofreek |
Years Experience: | 3 to 5 Years |
Species: | Tokay Gecko |
Other Species or Phases this Care Sheet May Cover: | Tokay Gecko |
Sexing and Characteristics: | A yellow wax-like substance will be coming out of there pores if it is a male if you run your fingers along pores, you should not be able to feel this on a female
holding the upright the wak will form upside down v |
Mostly Active During: | Night |
Substrate and Water Needs: | Potting soil,orchid bark,cocounut fiber,fir bark,moulch,live or fake plants, sticks for climbing. dont get potting soil with fertilizer.The cage should be sprayed with warm water daily 2 to 3 times. There should also be 1 or 2 water bowls to help moisture. |
Lighting and UVB: | UVB light is required in choosing lights for your Tokay.
Night time basking bulb should be 20 to 50 watts. |
Temperatures and Humidity: | Day time temp should be kept at 76 to 94 degrees but best temp for good feeding is 85 degrees the baskingspot should be kept at a higher temp then the rest of the cage. The humidity should be kept between 70 and 90% the cage should never drop below 50% this can be maintained by a medium dish of water in the cage. I also use plastic with holes over the top of the cage. |
Heating and Equipment: | Most of the heating is covered by the lighting. some people use heating rocks, but I wouldnt because you could burn your Tokay. what you can do is bury the heat rock about an inch under the soil,but i reccommend just using a cork log. |
Caging Provided: | I have a male Tokay that lives in a 50 gal. tank. i have set up alot of different areas for hiding and a miniature mistifier that keeps my plant moist.I also have a nice waterfall to maintain humidity. your cage should include a digital thermomiter and a humidity gage. Tokays do not drink still water so you have to keep everything moist. |
Diet: | Carnivorous |
Description of Diet: | Babies-small crickets and mealworms
Adults-Crickets,cockroaches,nightcrawlers,pinky mice
Adults eat every other day and babie eat everyday about 4 or 5 crickets |
Supplements, Nutrition and Usage: | Herp vit powder not containing vit A
Calcium powder with vit D3 |
Maintenance: | When washing the cage use 1 part bleach and 9 parts water
the cage should be cleaned every 4 to 6 weeks and spot cleaned every day.
use a pper towel to dry out cage when done cleaning and make sure you rinse after cleaning cage.
make sure you do a good job drying out cage because it can be harmful to your tokay. Make sure you clean your cage regularly, it often helps prevent your tokay from pesticides. |
Some Words on this Species: | A tokay is an awesome pet but can sometimes be expensive and i recommend getting a new one as a baby because if you get a mean adult, you will be bitten and they are known to have a very strong bite. if you get a baby tokay, tend to him an hour or more every day o he gets comfortble and becomes a nice adult tokay and it can be worth a lot of money or you can trade it in for a new pet,or you can just have a beautiful nice tokay to play with.
I do not reccommend this reptile to beginners. |
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