New Gecko Owner

[Murf301]

Hi all , I have two geckos one probably a month old and the other about 3 months old. I hav a 20g long tank with two cool hides and a large warm hide,water dish, calcium dish, driftwood for climbing, UTH w/ thermostat, 60 watt light, and a moist hide, with carpet substrate. I was wondering whether i should continue to keep two or should i stick to one since i cant sex them at this early stage.

 

[MichaelJ]

you can keep them together but keep a watchful eye for any signs of aggression.

Also, be careful of the carpet substrate. When picking them up be slow and make sure their nails are dug in. You can tear out the nails which is painful obviously and can cause infections and lost toes tips..

 

[GeckoRing]

You should also watch and make sure the smaller of the two is getting to eat. They can bully at the feeding dish at times.

 

[Murf301]

okay thanks for the advice...yea when i first got the smaller one i was seperating it so it could get enough food

 

[Bunny]

Just watch them to make sure they are both getting enough food, pooping and not picking on each other. But if you end up with two males be ready to separate them and if you end up with one male and one female watch for over breeding and of course if you don't want to breed them you'll need to separate them also.