Ocelot Gecko - Housing

Housing

A single gecko can be kept in a 10 gallon terrarium with substrates such as Repti-Carpet, and Paper towels. For multiple geckos you can use a 20 gallon tank (this could house up to two geckos, but that is only a minimum, please get the largest size possible). But care must be taken when placing multiple geckos in the same tank, Never place two males together in the tank for they will become territorial and may kill each other. Also if you have one male and multiple females be prepared for eggs because these geckos are prolific breeders, so the safest bet for multiple geckos is having them be all female. But there might be a dominant female, which can bully the others and result in death, these animals should be separated, unless for breeding purposes. They must also be provided with at least three hides. One on the warm end (86 °F) one in the middle and one on the cool end (80-82 °F) of the tank. You may also want to provide them with a moist hide to aid in shedding, which is usually the hide on the warm end. This can consist of some sort of container with an opening for the gecko to enter and exit and inside should be something that will retain moist air and raise the humidity in the chamber such as paper towels or Peat Moss (these must be misted regularly to maintain the humidity.)