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herplover92

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I have been away from the gecko land because the ball python and boa world have been kidnapping me. But now that I have a very nice collection of ball pythons, at least for a 15 year old, and two very nice boas, I want to get back into leos.

In the process of acquiring my 2.3 ball pythons including a pastel, and my 0.2 boas I had to sell all my geckos except my male albino who has been my buddy through all my herp experience since the beggining. He is a tremper albino, over one year old, and very friendly. He is the only herp inside my bedroom.

Well to get to the point. I have a bunch of 10 gallon and 20 gallon tanks empty, and some plastic critter keepers lying around. I plan on buying a bunch of little geckos, basically one of each morph. When I grow them up I will then put all the females in groups of simmilar sizes and into 20 and 40 gallon tanks. My question is, what cages are a good sized cage, and space saving cage to put a male in? I am planning on putting each male in a separate 10 gallon tank. Can I go with anything smaller than a 10 gallon tank?
 

acpart

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I wouldn't advise using anything smaller than a 10 gallon tank for an adult male. I even feel bad about keeping my males in 10 gallons and have them in 20 gallons during the off-season. If you add an "upstairs" to a 20 gallon tank (my description and photo of my upstairs is somewhere on this site) you can easily house 3 geckos. Besides going with a rack system, I think the most economical set-up if you're planning to breed is to house the males with their females during the breeding season and use the males' former cages to house babies. Then during the off-season the males can be separated back into their individual cages, assuming you've been able to get rid of the babies.

Aliza
 
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herplover92

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Ok thanks.
Another question, will there be babies at Daytona, or will all the leos be juvies or adults?
 

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acpart said:
I wouldn't advise using anything smaller than a 10 gallon tank for an adult male. I even feel bad about keeping my males in 10 gallons and have them in 20 gallons during the off-season. If you add an "upstairs" to a 20 gallon tank (my description and photo of my upstairs is somewhere on this site) you can easily house 3 geckos. Besides going with a rack system, I think the most economical set-up if you're planning to breed is to house the males with their females during the breeding season and use the males' former cages to house babies. Then during the off-season the males can be separated back into their individual cages, assuming you've been able to get rid of the babies.

Aliza
Could you post a pic of your "upstairs"? IT sounds like a good idea and i may want to try.... could you put an "upstairs" in a 10 gallon?
 

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