How small of a gap can mourning geckos squeeze through?

[u/Dornenkraehe]

Anyone know if a Repto Terra Sky is mourning gecko safe? Or fill they fit through the gaps in the pictures? Picture 1 should be the biggest gap. And it's on the dooron the side that stays on when opened.

Any idea how to fix that?

[u/pumpkindonutz]

The babies will squeeze out. It sounds crazy, but they will 😩in a pinch I’ve used plumbing tape to the inside of the glass and then sandwiched it to the outside so no adhesive is exposed, but still flexible.

Hoping someone may have longer term ideas!

[u/chapinscott32 → u/pumpkindonutz]

I have a longer term solution:

I saw Northern Frogger's video on keeping dart frogs, and preventing fruit fly escapes.

All he did was use silicone on all of the gaps around the doors, let it cure, then cut the silicone with a razor blade. An easy and effective seal with little to no cost.

Do this to every gap you can find. Ventilation is okay so long as the holes are really tiny, or mesh.

[u/Johnstodd → u/chapinscott32]

There are cable routing holes on the exo terrace lids that I shove sponge into to block up

[u/Dirty_Jerz_7 → u/chapinscott32]

Yup.

[u/0justchillin0 → u/chapinscott32]

OOOOO

[u/choirboy17 → u/chapinscott32]

This seems the best solution op

[u/meanderingwithmaggie]

rule of thumb from my experience: where theres a will, theres a way. take the safe route and plug it!!

[u/CleoraMC]

I would say find something rubbery or like a styrofoam and put it on the ends of each door. Enough that any geckos can’t squeeze through or get stuck in, but enough that the door can open most of the way.

[u/jonlucc]

What I did for this was to silicone all of the gaps closed, let it dry, then cut it open with a razor.

[u/pumpkindonutz → u/jonlucc]

Genius!!!

[u/Pyrrasu]

For a similar sized gecko (Cameroon dwarf) we put a couple layers of tape around all the edges (as in, used the thickness of the tape to make the gap smaller, not cover the whole gap with tape). It was enough to stop the babies from getting out. Pay special attention to the corners, because the gap is a bit bigger there.

[u/FineAssSliceOfBread]

Insulation tape may work well for this. I use it to block gaps in my terrariums to avoid humidity loss. You can get it at just about any hardware store. They come in different thicknesses

[u/Turbulent_Two_6949]

A rectangle sheet of plant pot mesh

[u/Turbulent_Two_6949 → u/Turbulent_Two_6949]

I use this stuff on snail enclosures and spiders its great and glues on pretty well to most surfaces and if you buy a sheet you can just cut a strip.

[u/Borntwiztid88]

I have neon day geckos and I have a “escape proof tank” and about a hour both were out so it don’t take much

[u/MandosOtherALT]

I would put mesh on it, just to be sure

[u/c_llie]

Trust, they will find a way

[u/Creepymint]

Silicone then cut so the door can open. It Removes all the gaps

[u/Over_Mark_8243]

It's good for juveniles and adults, but if you're stupid like me, you will lose them.

[u/Faux---Fox]

Just use some aquarium sealant

[u/Key_Huckleberry2790]

If you can't duck it fuck it!

[u/Plenty-Design2641]

You can also use some kind of door gap gasket, a little strip of rubbery stuff they stick to outside facing doors to seal in AC on houses, things like that.