Phelsuma ornata typically lives in the drier areas of Mauritius at low- and mid-elevation.

A resident of Flic en Flac on the west coast of Mauritius reports that their garden has been colonised by these geckos.

They also like to lick soft, sweet fruit, pollen and nectar This Phelsuma species can be quite shy in captivity.

They seem not to be frightened by people - they stop on the wall, making eye contact, and look and listen to someone talking to them, but they appear not to be vocal, unlike the night geckos.

[3] The geckos died from a combination of factors due to a loss of communication with the satellite, including a life support malfunction which deactivated the heating system.

In captivity, these animals can be fed with crickets, wax moth larvae, fruit flies, mealworms and houseflies.