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Has anybody here ever worked with helemted geckos (Tarentola chazaliae)? My bests friends mom owns several small privatly owned pet stores and she just recieved a 1.3 group of them. She is selling them for 80$ each, but she offered the group to me for 150$, as long as I breed them out next season, and hook her up with 1/2 the young once they are ready.

Seems like a good deal $ wise, but how hardy are they? Simple or hard to care for? And how about breeding? Any info would be a huge help. I found a couple care sheets...but the don't say very much at all.

Thanks.
 
Helmeted geckos are not too hard to take care of, if you understand their needs. First of all, you want to make sure you are dealing with captive bred stock. Wild caught geckos tend to do poorly.
As for their set-up, they can be kept in pretty small enclosures. I keep a trio in a 5 gallon, and my baby in a 2.5 gallon. I use play sand for substrate, and provide some rocks for them to climb on. They also like some good hiding spots. For these, I just take some clay flower pots and break them up with a hammer, and put the smaller pieces in for them to hide under.
Helmeted geckos live along the coast of Morocco, so they actually appreciate a little humidity. I keep a shallow water bowl present all the time, but I also mist them with room temperature water. This is the main way they drink-by licking droplets off their face. I mist my baby 2-3 times daily, and my adults once daily.
They do best if fed every day(I use crickets), and every meal should be dusted with a calcium supplement. Calcium is very important if you want them to breed well for you. I use Minerall-I.
Females can breed as early as 4-6 months. Any combination of sexes can be kept together without trouble it seems. They can breed year-round.
Oh, one more thing, heat. I keep a heat pad under one side of my baby's enclosure. Heat is extremely important for getting the hatchlings going! My adults are kept in the snake room, where the temperature is always about 82-84F, and they seem to do fine like this.
Good luck!
 
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