
Day Gecko
Care Sheet

Giant Day Geckos are large green geckos from Madagascar. They are found in the rainforest and are extremely active during the day.
Day geckos are cold blooded and are known as ‘exothermic’– meaning that they need heat from an outside source in order to maintain their body temperature.
Day geckos enjoy an arboreal enclosure to provide them with plenty of space to exercise as they would in the wild. They enjoy climbing and jumping. Day geckos can be kept in a bio-active terrarium which replicates their environment in the wild.
Day Geckos are fast moving, timid lizards who make excellent display pets. Care should be taken if handling to clean the enclosure as these geckos will run away very quickly. We recommend catching your lizard inside a plastic tub.

HANDLING YOUR GECKO:
Always wash your hands or use an anti-bacterial hand wash before and after handling your gecko. Day geckos are very fast and do not enjoy being handled. They also have tearaway skin meaning they can drop their skin if stressed.
If moving your gecko to clean, we recommend catching it in a plastic tub and trying not to handle it.

SEXING YOUR GECKO
Day Geckos can be accurately sexed from around 6 months of age.
Like many other lizards, Male Day Geckos will have large femoral pores between their back legs. It is easier to sex Day Geckos using a clear tub and looking at the bottom of the lizard from underneath.
It is important to accurately sex your gecko before housing it, especially in a group enclosure.
As adults, females are slightly smaller than males but this should not be used as an accurate way to sex.

HEALTH CHECK
Eyes– Eyes are clear with no eye caps. Sometimes with a dry shed, eye caps get stuck. To help get the shed off fully, you can set up a moist moss hide for your gecko. Use Beaphar skin and eye ointment for stuck caps and gently remove with a cotton pad, never try to peel off the eye caps.
Skin– The skin is clear of shed and there are no cuts or scrapes on the geckos skin. Occasionally locusts or crickets can nip the skin of the gecko. Always remove live food that is not eaten after the geckos meal to prevent further bites and stress which can stop your gecko eating.
Limbs– All the limbs are moving correctly and the gecko is able to walk and move normally. Geckos can suffer from a condition called MBD (metabolic bone disease). This occurs when geckos do not have enough calcium and causes their bones to grow abnormally, eventually restricting their movements. MBD cannot be reversed so always dust livefood with calcium twice a week to avoid MBD occurring.

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