Conflicting information on Cage Size

[FuulieQ]

So, some people tell me that a ten gallon on its end is plenty big for one adult gecko.

Others tell me that I would need at least a 20, or the poor thing would be cramped.

Which is it?!  I don't want to stunt the little guy/girl, but I'm short on space. I don't want to give him/her too much room.

This is all hypothetical right now, I haven't managed to prod my keepers into letting me actually buy a gecko (although they no longer say 'no' and instead opt for 'sooner or later'- good sign? )

[samanthajane13]

I'd go fora 20 or 29 gallon tank-on end.

It'll give your gecko more room, and if eventually you get the chance, there's room for a second gecko, if you get two females or a male and a female.

[CritterCollin]

 I use a 10 gallon tall tank for my adult female and juvie female and a long 10 gallon for my juvie male. I don't have enough room for a 20 gallon tank right now

[Felcane]

If you're short on space, use a 10. Personally, I think it's enough space for just one gecko. I kept a male in a 10 for two years and he's over 45 grams. =]

[FuulieQ]

Thanks, guys!

I'll probably get a 10, since I'll most likely get a little guy, and then upgrade his enclosure when I have more space (and time to spend cleaning! ).

[Spyral]

Some of the 10 gallons with the screen lids can be turned upright so that there's more vertical room for them to climb. Be sure to add structures for that - bark, fake plants, wood, even bamboo sticks. Good luck!

[FuulieQ]

Thanks! I was thinking of getting some bamboo and maybe some other assorted wood things from a craft store and hopefully linking them together for ease of cleaning. I'm a student so I'm trying to think of ways to keep both the gecko and myself comfortable. When I get him.