Rhacodactylus Leachianus Care?

[LP.]

Does anybody keep these? I'm absolutely in love with geckos and after I do my research, get my 5 lot of crested geckos, and save up the money, I really want to get one. I've seen lots of videos (I just finished watching about 2 hours worth of videos on youtube ) of how big they get and how tame they are, and I absolutely adore them.

I only have a few questions, and if there is something else I missed or really important I need to know, please tell me

Do they require any heat, or are they fine at room temperature like crested geckos?

Do they require a UVA/UVB set up?

I know I'd be fine with feeding them CDG, and dusted insects (I know its not required, but wont they grow faster?), but would I need to feed them pinky mice or anything? I saw a few videos of people feeding theres pinkys and even fuzzies

[Animals As Leaders]

http://www.giantgeckos.net/giantgeck...d=31&Itemid=82

That site has some nice information on them. Their care is very similar to cresteds.

[mlededee]

The care is pretty much the same as crested care except for a few things:
- Adults need much larger enclosures and prefer cork bark tubes to hide in and climb on.
- They eat more, so will need to be fed more and/or more often.
- They like slightly higher humidity, but you must make sure the substrate is not wet because they will get sores from laying on it if it is too wet.
- They tend to be more secretive, so glass or totally see-through enclosures are not preferred and can stress them out.
- Some leachies can be cage territorial so be prepared for that possibility.

They do not require heat or special lighting, as long as your room temps are 68-78 degrees. Some people feed pinkies, but it is not required. My leachies ate crickets when they were young, but stopped eating insects long before they were fully grown so I stopped offering them.

[LP.]

Thank you both for your replies

How high of a humidity do they need though? 80% or so? I'm pretty sure that cresties need 70%-75% unless I've misread things.

[mlededee]

They don't need constant high humidity. You want to mist to bring the humidity up, but it also needs to dry out--this should be a cycle that happens within a 24 hour period. When you mist, the humidity will go all the way up to 100%, and it should then dry out throughout the next 24 hours. If you live in a low humidity area, or it is winter and is naturally drier you may need to mist more than once per day but you never want it to be constantly wet.