Gecko heat

[Dave]

basically you can keep a trio of marbleds in your enclosure easily

Alright cool. 31x20x24 is around 50.5gallons, I checked, they seem to grow pretty big fora gecko? 8inches or so a website said. I just need to find someone who can sell me some in a few weeks that can sex 'em.

 

[ryanharvey1993]

i got my o.lesueurii on licence for $40 each

wow, that is cheap!

 

[Shonfield]

there easy enough to sex and if you cant post a pic on here and someone will be able to.
i think 8 inches would be a pretty oversized marbled gecko heh

 

[Dave]

there easy enough to sex and if you cant post a pic on here and someone will be able to.
i think 8 inches would be a pretty oversized marbled gecko heh

That's what I thought, but this site I found on google for marbled gecko's say they get 8inches as adults, and need 35c or so hot end.

 

[Shonfield]

id say they dont get quite that big.
maybe 6inches max but i dont have first hand experience with this species.
30*C is good on the hot side for them

 

[Jewly]

I keep my red infrared lamp on 24 hrs a day for heat but do I actually need to keep it on during the day? The guy I bought them off didn't give them any heat at all but because it's winter I wanted to give them some heat.

 

[Dave]

I keep my red infrared lamp on 24 hrs a day for heat but do I actually need to keep it on during the day? The guy I bought them off didn't give them any heat at all but because it's winter I wanted to give them some heat.

I'd say so, don't you have a hide in the heat end for 'em to sleep in during the day? I thought somebody said something like that before in another thread?

 

[Jewly]

They have a one of those hides where half is on the inside and half on the outside, so you can view them without disturbing them.

 

[Shonfield]

you should have the heat lamp on a thermostat at 30-ish degrees on the hot end and it should be on 24/7.
also you should have a hide on the hot and cool end.

i find those magnetic hide things can sometimes have trouble being heated on the inside of them because they are insulated so i have that on the cool end and a normal hide on the hot end (for my levis occidentalis)

 

[Shonfield]

well actually i dont know where their natural locality is but if it is from your area jewly you dont need any heat ever but if you dont really want them to hibernate then heat them through winter.

 

[Jewly]

I'll make sure I get another hide for them and just put that one I have down the cool end.

 

[MoreliaMatt]

Dave94,
If you do end up with thicktails, the size tank you have will happily house an adult trio....
Also, forget about heat! they dont need it!
Try to keep thicktails below 28 if anything.....