Dakota’s
Leaf Toed Gecko
Other Species
or Phases this
Care Sheet may
also cover:
House
Geckos (Genus
hemidactylus)
Characteristics:
Keep singly or
in male – female
trios with a
ratio of one
male to two females.
These geckos
are nocturnal.
That means they
hide in the day
and are active
at night. They
DO NOT like to
be handled.
During the day
they can be found
pressed into
various nooks
and crannies
around the vivarium.
Members of the
genus Hemidactylus
are often extremely
fast movers.
Be sure to lock
your cage because
if they climb
up the tank wall
they will take
a leaping jump
to the ground
and hit the ground
running before
scaling the nearest
wall!
Substrate and
Water Needs:
Mist cage at
least several
times a day with
chlorine free
water. Give them
a bowl big enough
to climb in with
shallow chlorine
free water. Make
sure they have
at least a 70-75%
humidity at all
times even at
night but it’s
OK if it falls
to around 60%
humidity at night.
Give your geckos
a lot of room
to hide and climb.
Lighting and
UVB:
Provide fluorescent
light for 10
to 12 hours a
day and you should
also supply at
least 6 hours
of UV light .
If you don’t
have a basking
light make sure
you get a thermometer
and a heating
pad.
Temperatures
and Humidity:
Have your geckos
cage at least
29 degreesC for
the warm end
and 22C for the
cool end. Have
humidity at 70-75%
at all times.
If you find this
difficult to
maintain at night
the a dripper
or put a towel
partially over
the cage with
a shallow water
bowl. NEVER have
a heating rock
in your lizards
cage it will
burn your lizards
skin.
Caging Provided:
Vivariums vary
according to
needs and budget
but the minimum
is usually
a glass cage,
a heating pad,
a heat light,
moss bedding,
calci sand
or even carpet
- which ever
one you prefer.
Also a water
bowl, food
bowl for meal
worms, and
a lot of climbing
and hiding
spots.
Diet:
Carnivorous.
Calcium powder
meal worms, gut
loaded recently
feed crickets,
waxworms and
small locusts
are all suitable.
A varied diet
through feeding
gut loaded animals
is essential.
Supplements,
Nutrition and
Usage: Gut loaded
cricket feed,
and calcium powder.
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