African fat-tailed gecko · Adult enclosure
Plan about 91 × 46 × 46 cm (36 × 18 × 18 in) or larger for one adult, with useful floor space for covered warm, cool, and humid choices.
Routes, retreats, climate choices, and daily maintenance turn an enclosure into a dependable home for an African fat-tailed gecko.
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Treat the African fat-tailed gecko adult minimum shown above as the starting point, not a target to squeeze beneath. Extra room lets an African fat-tailed gecko move among warm, cool, bright, shaded, dry, and humid choices.
Set the finished enclosure in its permanent location, away from direct sun and household heat. Run it for at least a week before move-in so readings can be corrected without the gecko inside.
A good African fat-tailed gecko home is a broad low home with warm, cool, and humid hides, low anchored cover, clean substrate, fresh water, and ventilation. Retreats must continue across the temperature gradient so choosing a safe temperature never means giving up cover.
Secure heavy furnishings, remove narrow traps, and make doors and ventilation escape-proof. Water, feeding access, and spot-cleaning points should remain reachable without dismantling the animal's safest retreat.
Record warm and cool readings, humidity, lighting time, water condition, locks, and waste during a normal week. A beautiful layout is not finished until those checks stay dependable.
Keep one gecko per enclosure. Solitary housing lets you track feeding, droppings, weight, shedding, and daily behavior without another animal competing for cover or food.
Optional equipment matched to this enclosure topic. Start with adult dimensions and species-specific heat, UVB, humidity, and security requirements.
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