Care Sheet for Geckos: LeopardAverage Rating Given To This Care Sheet Is 3.22 (1=lowest, 5=highest) Last Updated: 04/15/2003 |
Main Category: | Lizards |
Sub Category: | Geckos: Leopard |
Care Sheet Submitted By: | Anonymous |
Years Experience: | 15 to 20 Years |
Species: | Leopard Geckos |
Other Species or Phases this Care Sheet May Cover: | Most varieties of leopard geckos |
Sexing and Characteristics: | Males have a larger broader head. Male leopard geckos also have a hemi-penile bulge and a set of v-shaped pre-anal pores are more pominent in males then females. |
Mostly Active During: | Night |
Substrate and Water Needs: | I use playsand with no silica or desert blend substrate, along with a small dish of water. |
Lighting and UVB: | I use a regular incandescent light bulb and no uvb lights because of leopard geckos being nocturnal. I use a red nocturnal bulb. |
Temperatures and Humidity: | I keep the tempatures about 80-90 during the day and about 70-80 at night. |
Heating and Equipment: | I use a small under tank heater. |
Caging Provided: | I provide a 10 gallon tank for my leopard gecko. I have also kept some in the past in medium size sweater boxes. I also use a smaller plastic food container or shoebox to provide a hide space for leopard geckos with moist substrate inside. |
Diet: | Carnivorous |
Description of Diet: | I feed my geckos crickets, mealworms, waxworms, and superworms. |
Supplements, Nutrition and Usage: | I dust crickets with calcium every other day and vitamins once a week dusted on a cricket or other insect. |
Maintenance: | Maintenance is pretty low. Just contine cleaning up poop from the cage and most will usually go to the bathroom in one area. Change water daily or close to daily. |
Some Words on this Species: | Very good beginner lizard or reptile. Its even great for more advanced herpers. |
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