Care Sheet for Geckos: LeopardAverage Rating Given To This Care Sheet Is 3.00 (1=lowest, 5=highest) Last Updated: 07/28/2004 |
Main Category: | Lizards |
Sub Category: | Geckos: Leopard |
Care Sheet Submitted By: | Petroman |
Years Experience: | 5 to 10 Years |
Species: | Leopard geckos |
Other Species or Phases this Care Sheet May Cover: | N/A |
Sexing and Characteristics: | N/A |
Mostly Active During: | Night |
Substrate and Water Needs: | 40 gallon reptile tank, i use cage carpet as a substrate. i only use spring water for drinking. |
Lighting and UVB: | I use ultra sun full spectrum fluorescent lighting to simulate daytime, and a red reptile night bulb for basking, and keeping one side of the tank at a constant 90 degree temp.
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Temperatures and Humidity: | I keep the cool side at 80 degrees and the hot side at 90 - 95 degrees |
Heating and Equipment: | I only use a red reptile night bulb that keeps one side of the tank at 90 degrees, cool side is at 80 degrees. i dont use heat rocks or heat pads. |
Caging Provided: | 40 gallon reptile tank, nothing smaller, the bigger the better, u can add more caves and hide spots for you geckos to wounder around |
Diet: | Carnivorous |
Description of Diet: | Olny feed pinky mice, no crickets no worms, my geckos are in tip top shape. i keep a little bowl of d3 miner-all which they will lick every once in a while. |
Supplements, Nutrition and Usage: | D3 miner-all |
Maintenance: | They go to the bathroom in the same spot so i cut pices of cage carpet and replace them every day. i also give them fresh spring water every day. clean tank once a week, spray in down with warm water, wipe up with paper towels. |
Some Words on this Species: | Very easy to breed, one male to a tank or one will be killed.i keep one male to three femals in forty gallon reptile tanks. |
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