Help needed

[luciejclarke]

My neighbours moved out and left a mourning gecko in a tub that you get the locust in with sand in there. I did loads of research on the little fella and seems that it should be kept moist so we bought a exo terra terrarium for it I have just ordered some repashy as I found out last night they don't live on locust he has some organic bananas for babies and seems to like that. I have him in there with live moss as the substrate and some cork bark and a little water bowl. It's tail has grown back now as when we found it it had no tail and was a bit bloody around where it should have been. Is there anything I should change in its house like substrate and the cork also I was thinking about getting it a friend once I understand how he should be housed Any advice would be great as I've only had it about two months now. Also I know they are parthenogenetic but I don't think it's laid eggs I've had a good look around just to make sure that there isn't as he is main priority at the moment he is kept ad 70 degrees Fahrenheit.

 

[acpart]

Welcome to the forums.
It's good that it's still doing well at 2 months. I believe they are arboreal, so probably won't come down too much in the substrate. Here is a Gecko Time article about them:
http://www.geckotime.com/caring-for-mourning-geckos-lepidodactylus-lugubris/
By the way, technically you should call all mourning geckos "she" not "he" for obvious reasons.


Aliza

 

[luciejclarke]

That's great thanks we have leopards but never new about these little ones before we found him so do you think that she would have eaten any eggs as I wasn't feeding her properly at first. I've read that their sociable but they also fight so would you recommend a friend or should I just wait until it lays eggs for some company.