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I’ve been having an idea to make a bioactive enclosure separately for my feeder insects so maintenance wouldn’t be too much of a time and physical hassle for me. I was thinking about investing in a 40 gallon top opening enclosure. The candidates I was thinking about housing are:

-Dubia roaches 🪳 -Banded Crickets 🦗 -Mealworms 🐛

For a cleanup crew:

-Isopods -springtails -mabey worms

And the next question is what plants can I have for the type of insects and arthropods I have that would be safe for them to eat and grow in the tank besides giving them their normal food scraps like vegetables and fruits and etc…?

Would the food I give them and the plants that’s in the enclosure they might munch on that may affect them in a way that if I feed my gecko them,by what the stuff they eat in the enclosure it may egatively affect my pet?

Is this practical?

I do think the crickets might be a problem, simply by the sure fact that they are omnivores and like to eat a lot and are predatory.

And what thing should I add to allow roaches and other things to hide and feel comfortable in?

I just want to be able to make my job more easier and allow the insects to have a more natural way of living to cut back on potential diseases, unnatural forms of housing in with keeping it sanitary all the time. ——————

!!!!!!!!TLDR: is keeping feeder insects in their own bioactive enclosure possible? And how can I be able to set it up for them?

The tip of my day geckos tail turned yellow and the tip is brown and looks like it’s gonna fall off. What causes this and how can I treat it?

Not many brain cells in these ladies. Only the adults have figured out how to obtain the worms from the cube. Featuring one of the countless baby mourning geckos

Im wanting to buy this light for all my bioactive enclosures so I’m able to daisy chain them together. Does anyone have any experience with this brand and does it put off a lot of heat? Right now all my enclosures are around 72°F and I really don’t want the light to raise the temperature too much.

why does he love to sit there and stare at me at night??? is this just a garg thing???

Soooooooooo! I have always wanted a micro gecko, not to big but big enough to see on the enclosure, I’ve got a 12x8x9 and I was wondering if it would Be alright for any micros, I was thinking of an ashy gecko? But idk if they would fit. Anyway thanks!

The last few times I've checked on my chinese cave gecko I've noticed that where his tail bends his scales are very reflective/almost white looking? at first I thought this was him beginning to shed but now I'm worried it may be a vitamin deficiency? I also saw a post where it could me some sort of "scarring" from pulling off his shed too early.

I dust all his crickets with Exo Terra Multivitamin but because he's secretive and a slow eater he just kinda free-feeds what I toss in there so I have no real control on how much dust is left on the crickets once he finally eats them. (also I over-feed because the previous doors of his tank were easy for the crickets to squeeze out of but fixing that issue currently.)

No photos cause I'm sure it wouldn't show up on film anyway but am I just being worrisome and it's just a natural trait of his species? No other part of his body seems to be shiny so maybe its just the angle of the light hitting his stretched skin??

I just transported him to this enclosure a few days ago and is just going forward and back on the same spot why?

How is the tub ok for an adult leopard gecko but not a 20gal?

I think it’s a baby. It’s like half the size of the adult.

Hi Everyone,

I have an electric blue day gecko. Today I was feeding him some new Pangea and he decided to jump out of off his enclosure. 3-4 foot drop and book it to the other side of my office. Total distance 20 feet or so. I was able to snag him in my closet, however past that moment is where the issue is.

He immediately started acting lethargic. Was on his back, rapid breathing and then deep heaving breathing. I called the vet and they said it has to be shock related since to him it was an ordeal. I’m the type of parent where if he needs medical attention, he gets it. I’m concerned when grabbing him I could have internally of hurt him since they are so small. I don’t see any marks or bruises and his colors are fine. But here we are 10 hours later and he’s moving in the enclosure but rarely and very slowly. Any additional advice besides what the vet said would be great. Thanks in advance!

As the title says. I'm researching options for a larger arborical gecko and of the three I'm looking at this species is lacking in easily found care information, disagreement in common names not helping. Any Sarasinorum keepers here know anywhere with good information?