What would work better with a gecko, fire-bellied toads or tree frogs? We can’t do both since the FBT poisons the tree frogs (I’ve tried).
Most geckos (a pretty general term) require a drier environment than most frogs (an even more general term). It might be best to keep them separate.
Uh…
I assume you are talking about geckoes in terrariums or something? Sorry.
If you mean living with them in the house, around here, they’re considered good luck and they also keep the house pretty-much free of insectoid vermin.
Sorry if I misunderstand. But in a lot of cases, the best thing is to “shoo” them out of the house, or gently capture these marvels and toss them out. In most houses, they will not find enough to eat and you will be occasionally finding their mummified corpses around the house.
Geckoes are way cool–first tour of Kwaj, thought they were night birds or some kind of frog that were generating the chirping noise, now I know better.
Depends on what kind of gecko, but yeah they normally have completely different habitats. Did the frogs just end up dead some day? I haven’t had any problems with fire belly toads and Pacific Tree Frogs in the same tank, they’ve been together for years. Perhaps a bigger tank?
Also, did their water recirculate?
10 gallon tank (I believe) and no recirculation and the tree frogs would be belly up in the water within a week. So what is the verdict? FBT, tree frogs, both, or neither can live with a gecko?
So you had a 10 gallon tank that was at least partially full of water, and no filter?
Did the frogs have a way of getting out of the water? (not to insult. I’ve seen people who assumed that frogs like to be out of water as much as fish)
The water itself could have been the problem, with the tree frogs being more sensitive to whatever nitrates or ammonia than the fire belly toads.
Also, if the whole bottom of the tank was water, with plants and whatnot above, then maybe the tree frogs died of something else and fell into the water.
You’ll need to tell us exactly what kind of gecko you have, and how the cage is arranged and maintained, before we can start to guess about cage mates.
Ummm . . . green? I’m not sure what type of gecko it is but it looks like the common type here in So Cal.
1 water bowl 5-6" diameter
two areas in the terrarium: rock and cocoanut substrate
grapevine and moss
Can they live in the same cliamte? We have geckos all over the place here but no frogs that I’ve ever seen.
Is it necessary to put them together? Everything I’ve heard abotu both geckos and frogs - and I’ve owned both - suggests the mere act of living with creatures not of their species stresses them out. Geckoes don’t always like to live even with their species. And you don’t even seem to know what kind of gecko it is! So how can you (or we) ever know?
Find out what type of gecko it is. They’re not all the same…I have a leopard gecko and he needs a desert type terrarium. You sound like you might have a house gecko? But if he’s green, he might be a day gecko, and they are skittish and very easily startled and stressed. Does he have bright beady eyes? Runs really fast? Sticks really well to the walls? Is he bright green or more brownish?
If he is skittish, bright green, beady-eyed, and sticks really well, he’s probably a day gecko.
If he’s brown and sticks to the wall but not as beady-eyed nor as skittish, he’s probably a house gecko.
Make sure you dont get the talking kind. They keep on rambling about some car insurance falderall.
What Anaamika said. You need to find out what kind of gecko it is.
Day gecko
House gecko
Green Anole
Who knows, maybe it’s not even a gecko
Western fence lizard
Baby green iguana
Baby water dragon
All of these have vastly different habitat needs, generally more than a bit of coconut shell and a water dish. And all have different attitudes towards cage mates.
If you post a pic and we’ll happily ID it for you and point you in the right direction.
House gecko, most definately.
Ok, house geckos. Here’s what happened to your frogs - they got no food.
I’ve had experience with both frogs and house geckos. Frogs are not too forward and kind of dumb. They will sit there for hours on end.
House geckos are - well, not aggressive, per se, but they are adaptable and quick and will go after food they see fast.
Most likely the house gecko ate all of the food you were putting in there. Did you see the frog eat? You have to watch it with reptiles, they may look like they are eating but they need to be checked up on every so often. What were you feeding them?
Frogs really need to live with only other frogs. They need to have their own time to go eat.
None of this is cited. Just my experience, having had these guys as pets.