Care Sheet for Geckos: LeopardAverage Rating Given To This Care Sheet Is 4.30 (1=lowest, 5=highest) Last Updated: 05/15/2004 |
Main Category: | Lizards |
Sub Category: | Geckos: Leopard |
Care Sheet Submitted By: | Roachey56 |
Years Experience: | 3 to 5 Years |
Species: | Leopard Gecko (Eublepharis macularius) |
Other Species or Phases this Care Sheet May Cover: | none. |
Sexing and Characteristics: | As an adult (9+ months) you can easily sex leos. The male will have two bulges near the base of his tail and a V-row of pores. The female wont. |
Mostly Active During: | Night |
Substrate and Water Needs: | I suggest using paper towels as substrate as they are very safe. After paper towels i would suggest using slate or tile. You can’t use slate or tile until your leo is 9 months old. THe next best thing is astro-turf/repti carpet, make sure if you use repticarpet you use the side that feels smoothest. I suggest never using a particle based substrate, no matter what anyone says. If you do use a particle based substrate you MUST only feed mealworms in a dish that they can’t escape from. Provide a water dish filled with chlorine, chloramine, ammonia, and heavy metal free water at all times. |
Lighting and UVB: | No UVB is necessary. A day night (12/12) cycle is recommended. |
Temperatures and Humidity: | The temperatures of your leo cage should be 90 hot side and 80 cool side. That is the SURFACE temps, not the air temps. I suggest against a night time temp drop, keep the temps the same 24/7. The humidity should be low (under 40%). |
Heating and Equipment: | To heat your cage i suggest using a HUMAN heat pad set on medium that covers 1/2 the bottom of your cage. Another way of heating is to use overhead heat lamps. Use the wattage that keeps your cage temp 90 hot side and 80 cool side. If the room your leo cage in doesn’t stay the EXACT same temp 24/7 you NEED to buy a thermostat (on/off kinds are fine) to regulate temps. The cage should be between a 10 gallon cage (no bigger for a hatchling or juvenile) to a 40 gallon breeder for a single leo. I suggest no larger than that. The cage should be a minimum of 200 sq. inches of space per leo. They need 3 hides a piece, one hot side, one cool side, and one humid hide. |
Caging Provided: | I use a 20 gallon long for my leo with a proper temp gradient. |
Diet: | Carnivorous |
Description of Diet: | Leos can eat a staple diet of crickets, mealworms, superworms (when large enough), or silkworms. All others should be treats and feed at most once a week. I suggest to never feed waxworms. |
Supplements, Nutrition and Usage: | You should calcium dust your leo’s food at every feeding and vitamin dust once a week for juvies. Once 9 months old calcium dust twice a week and vitamin dust twice a month. I suggest keeping a small shallow dish full of calcium in the cage at all times. |
Maintenance: | Clean up poop, change substrate, change water, gutload feeders, and handle is the only maitenance required really. |
Some Words on this Species: | N/A |
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