Melissa,
Your Gekko ulikovskii is from Vietnam and like all south east Asian geckos
they appreciate humidity. They are from tropical forrests and need plants
and limbs to climb on and for hiding. The small pond idea would probably be
fine if you can figure out how to keep the water clean enough for fish.
That type of a setup is very labor intensive but it would help to maintain
humidity. Daytime temps should be in the 80 to 85f range with nighttime in
the 70s.
I have never maintained these guys but have been tempted to get some. They
are covered briefly in the book General Care and Maintenance of Tokay Geckos
and Related Species bySean McKeown and Jim Zaworski. The book indicates
they can be tamed and that they like fruit nectar or baby food much like day
geckos.
I know there are some on the list who are keeping this species.
Jim Chapman/Ogden UT
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From: "Melissa Poole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 8:54 AM
Subject: [Gecko] Gekko ulikovskii
> I have two Gekko ulikovskii's and just received a large 33 Gallon tank
> that I'm going to be placing them in. Before I do, I want to know if
> anyone out there can tell me what type of habitat these little guys come
> from. Right now I have them on Bark substrate with a forest type
> atmosphere..They seem content. I'd like to create my terrarium into a half
> & half, half terrestrial for the geckos, with a small "pond" for some
> small fish. Is this a good idea to do with these guys? Someone told me
> they were actually more suitable in the desert type but that the sand
> substrate would impact them. Anyone know anything about that either?
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