When I got Tag, he was about 3.5 months old and about 9 grams. I set him up in an xtra-large kritter keeper, as I like my animals in enclosures that are larger than needed.
I figured that I would try the larger enclosure to see if my new gecko would thrive. I had the idea that if I noticed any stress, I had plenty of smaller kritter keepers that would do.
When I first set up Tag, I used a fake, hanging plant, and a 4-cup cardboard cup holder. I haven't seen any stress over the extra space, and the gecko has been thriving well and eating his crickets and CGD.
I have recently added a piece of corkbark to help fill up space and offer more climbing areas.
When setting up a cage for a young chahoua gecko, you want to keep in mind that they do like climbing spaces. They like corkbark slabs and rounds, PVC, and even fake plants. I don't really care for the corkbark rounds because geckos like to climb and rest in them, which makes it hard to get them out for handling and photos. (I have a few corkbark rounds unused, that I'll probably end up cutting in half to use.)
You want to mist twice a day to keep the humidity up.
Other than that you're good to go. These guys are pretty simple. Set up babies and juveniles like you would adults, just on a smaller scale.
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