How much does a African fat tail gecko cost?<\/h2>\n
When shopping for an African fat tail gecko, you will find a wide price range. Typically, they range from $75 to $500. This price range depends mainly on two things: appearance and breeder.<\/p>\n
Rare color variants tend to go for much higher prices than their typical color variants. Also, a reliable breeder will often charge more per gecko. You won’t normally find these lizards find them at your local pet store, but there are plenty of breeders online available.<\/p>\n
Shopping online for your gecko can be a very convenient process because it allows you to be much more selective about the appearance and
\nbreeding history of your African fat tail gecko.<\/p>\n
Typical behavior and temperament<\/h2>\n
Many gecko species are quite aggressive and fall under the adage: watch, but don’t touch. This is not the case with the African fat tail gecko. It is not certain that they enjoy being held and being grabbed, but at least they don’t seem to mind it as much like it as much as other geckos.<\/p>\n
They are fairly docile and remain calm in neutral environments. During the day, they are often hidden in the logs and shade of their habitat or are sunbathing on a sun stone.At night, however, it is a different story, however. They are a nocturnal animal and become more more active. That’s when they prefer to hunt, so feeding is best done in the evening hours.<\/p>\n
The males are generally the loudest of all the sexes and use a series of clicks and squeaks to claim their territory claim, alert other males and even to attract breeding females. Females usually raise their voices only when they feel threatened. However, your African fat tail gecko communicates through its tail. They wag, stiffen and even rattle their tails, depending on their mood.<\/p>\n
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Appearance and varieties<\/h2>\n
The African fat tail gecko is born with one of two forms: striped or banded. Striped geckos have dark bands that extend the length of their bodies. Striped geckos have a long thin stripe that runs vertically along their length running from tip to tail.<\/p>\n
The gecko’s natural color pattern is a beige or light brown base with darker brown stripes. However, through selective breeding however, many different morphs have been created. You can now find find different colors such as bright orange, black and white, albino, and more
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Care of African fat-tailed geckos<\/h2>\nHabitat conditions and setup<\/h3>\n
When building your African fat-tailed gecko habitat, you will want to follow the wooden vivarium approach. They act as good insulators
\nto keep your gecko nice and warm. However, you need to make sure that there is an air flow. Your vivarium should have vents that will promote this.<\/p>\n
Since they won’t grow too much, you can start with a 10-gallon aquarium and maintain this as well. However, if you plan to breed them or keep multiple geckos in the same enclosure, we keep, we recommend that each gecko have a minimum of 10 gallons. For example, if you have two adult geckos, you should keep them in a tank of 20 gallons, and so on.<\/p>\n
Your African fat-tailed gecko should also get 12 hours of light every day. However, they don’t really need a strong UVB lamp. A simple T8 or
\nT5 lamp with a timer is fine for them. Also, make sure you mount the lamp mounted in a back corner. These lizards like to hide in the dark. A corner-mounted lamp can provide this better than a lamp mounted in the middle.<\/p>\n
These critters also like to be warm, and that means heating. Ideally ideal case, you want to avoid heating under the substrate because they
\ncan burn themselves on that. Instead, opt for a basking light. This will provide all the heat they need.<\/p>\n
As for the substrate, paper is the best choice for your African fat-tailed gecko, and it can be easily cleaned every day be cleaned. The disadvantage of paper is that it needs to be changed every 2-3 days. Compressed coconut ground cover is also a good choice and only needs to be changed weekly.<\/p>\n
Its African thick-tailed geckos good terrarium partners?<\/h3>\n
One of the biggest concerns in keeping multiple geckos is to determining whether or not they will play nicely together in one enclosure.
\nAfrican fat-tailed geckos are very territorial, and it is not recommended advisable to keep two males in the same enclosure. It would only a matter of time before they attack each other in a dominance show, in which one (or both) would be seriously injured or would be killed.<\/p>\n
However, you can keep a male with other females. Remember however, that this can and will lead to reproduction. So, unless you are
\nlooking for more geckos, it is better to keep them separately.<\/p>\n
In general, several females can be successfully housed in one enclosure. They are not nearly as territorial as the males, but it is possible that one of them may emerge as a terrarium queen.<\/p>\n