I've been thinking about getting a New Caledonian giant gecko but can't find the cost and what I'd need to take care of it. I already have a golden gecko but I'm wanting a larger gecko too. To bad there aren't any geckos as big as housecats.

Babies often run over $300, and the set up would probably cost you around the same, depending how elaborate you were going to get.

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Thanks. Do you know what I'd need for a set up besides a tank, light, bowl and some sticks I can find out in the woods? What costs $300?

R. leachianus are BIG geckos, they are going to need a big cage with a lot of plants, lighting, supplements, all kinds of different things, you'll need books as well. Depending on what kinds of things you already have on hand, the entire set up may well cost that much.

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Youd need a very large tank, they arent geckos you can stuff in a 20 gallon aquarium, youre looking at something at LEAST 36 inches tall, 24 inches wide and 20 inches deep... for a pair at the very most.. also i dont recommend getting sticks from the woods unless you're willing to go through the trouble of heat treating them and disinfecting them (not a huge deal really). Youd need appropriately sized hides for them, as mentioned before they are a big, stocky gecko. A large easily disinfected water dish... appropriate moisture holding substrate (and they need a high level of humidity as well) such as cocofiber or something similar. Then you come to the appropriate lighting to give them a proper day and night cycle, flourescents are adequate, even a brightly lit room is adequate, but be careful as if these geckos over heat (anything over 85-90 degrees for long periods of time) they will die. Now throw in a small clamp lamp with a 25 watt "night" (not red) bulb for a warm basking spot and you pretty much have it covered. Also jkeep in mind these geckos have a fair amount of fruit in their diet, they arent an animal you can just throw a bunch of crickets at, in fact, with their sizes and appetites youd probably be better off with roaches as a staple feeder? If all this sounds like no big deal on top of the hefty pricetag, R. leachianus may be for you.


Oh yeah, theyre really noisy too, so you may not want to keep them where you sleep.

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Hmmmm, and I thought I had to do a lot to keep my golden gecko Midas "happy". What do Giants sound like? They sound like to much work. I'm at college most of the time and money is to tite for $600. Well I guess I could look into crested geckos. Those are supposed to be really nice, and a lot cheaper.

They sound like a lawn mower, and almost as loud, seriously.

cresteds are far easier to maintain, Id do a search for care sheets on them, they are really fun animals.

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Bizarre. Is that their mating call?


Ok. One thing I think is really neat about them is they have a adhesive patch(the tiny hairs on gecko feet) on the end of their tail to stick it to stuff. Plus they just have this prehistoric look to them with those spine things down the sides of their head.

They definitely have one of the coolest vocalizations of any reptile. I think it serves several purposes, not least of which is a threat to intruders and also just a way to communicate... if I remember correctly. All Rhacodactylus geckos have that patch of lamellae at the tips of their tales, there are some other genus that do as well, one of which is eurydactylodes I believe.

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Know anything about flying geckos?

Are there any geckos that you know of that like swimming?

Geckos are a family of lizards the majority of which have developed characteristics leading to an arboreal lifestyle, there are alot of exceptions to that rule, however I know of 0 species which enjoy to swim, although Im sure all species can, except perhaps those from the desert.

Flying geckos need a tall style of cage, heavily planted with alot of limbs and perches. A corkbark or cocofiber back wall is a great added feature to give them and can make these sometimes skittish animals feel more at home. They require higher humidities (plants and a light spraying or two a night help with this) and can be given a basking spot of up to 85 degrees during the day only, at night temps can drop into the low 70s with no real harm. They are insectivores without exception and can make pretty fascinating terrarium subjects, not an animal to handle though.

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how are these lizards temperment to being handled?

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Handling isnt something they take well to.

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