SOP Care Sheet

Enclosure

Since the Tokay Gecko is a medium sized lizard, we use a 30 gallon (high) tank with a screen lid. We have quite a few sticks and fake plants for our male to climb and hide behind. He loves to hide behind his cork bark during the day. We have a humidore box in his cage, but he never appears to use it. We keep this in the cage to assist with humidity. Mist humidore container to keep moist.

Daily Care

Spot clean cage, provide fresh water, and scrub off branches/plants daily. Strip cage every 3 weeks.

Lighting and Temperature

Tokay Geckos are a nocturnal lizard.  Due to this fact, we do not use a UVB bulb for this animal.  We provide a 100 watt Power Sun bulb.  We also provide a medium sized heat pad under the cage.  Make sure the heat pad is placed under the same side as the light.  We use Zoo Med ReptiTherm® Under Tank Heater, Medium. We place the light on a timer.  The timer is set for a 12/12 light cycle.  

We use an infrared thermal heat gun to check the temperature of our cage regularly.  We try to make the "heat" side of his cage around 85 degrees F.  The "cooler" side of the cage is kept around 75 degrees F.

SOP Feed Schedule

Can have 5 large crickets per day (count crickets in cage – if there are some left from the next day, just add the difference).  You do not hand feed crickets, just place crickets into cage.  Alternate dusting crickets with vitamins and calcium during the week.  Sometimes animal may not eat all the crickets – that is alright.  Just add the correct amount of crickets to cage so there are 5 crickets for the animal.

Can occasionally have waxworms, phoenix worms or mealworms.  Pick one of the three and can have once a week if available.

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