Care Sheet for Geckos: LeopardAverage Rating Given To This Care Sheet Is 3.85 (1=lowest, 5=highest) Last Updated: 06/11/2006 |
Main Category: | Lizards |
Sub Category: | Geckos: Leopard |
Care Sheet Submitted By: | ReptileKing$ |
Years Experience: | 5 to 10 Years |
Species: | Leopard Gecko |
Other Species or Phases this Care Sheet May Cover: | All leopard Geckos. |
Sexing and Characteristics: | It is not always easy to tell the sex of a leopard gecko until they are around one year old. If your leopard gecko has visible Hemipenial Bulges from the age of 6 months plus there is a good chance that your leopard gecko is a male. All males have visible Hemipenial Bulges and Pre-anal pores, females have Pre-anal pores but you cannot see them. |
Mostly Active During: | Night |
Substrate and Water Needs: | Good Substrates are Tile, slate, Paper Towel, Shelf Liner and Reptile carpet(Astro Turf).
Bad Substrate are Sand, Cracked walnut shells, lizard litter wood chips, corn cobs.
Easy way to put it NO LOOSE SUBSTANCES ARE GOOD stick with something solid
You should have a water dish for them since they don’t get much water from there food. |
Lighting and UVB: | If you want you can have a Heat lamp but if you have a UTH, heat pad or heat tape you don’t need one.
Leopard geckos don’t need a UVB light |
Temperatures and Humidity: | Day temperatures need to be 88-90 degrees Fahrenheit on the hot end and 80-83 degrees Fahrenheit on the cool end.
Temperatures at night can’t go under 70 degrees Fahrenheit because that is too cold.
Leos need a low humidity. |
Heating and Equipment: | You will need to have an Under Tank Heater heat lamp, heat pad or heat tape. Equipment you will need is a water bowl, 3 hiding places one cool side and one on the warm side and a humid hide, calcium dish, Water dish. You can also get logs and fake plants for your leo(s) to climb on (mine love climbing their logs and fake plants and they are great for hiding under if you have them set up right). |
Caging Provided: | 10-20 gallons for one leopard gecko. A 20 gallon long can house 2 and for every additional leo add 5 gallons. Do not house males together they will fight and one will end up getting killed if you don’t take him out in time. |
Diet: | Carnivorous |
Description of Diet: | Leopard Geckos eat meal worms, super worms silk worms, roaches and crickets are the main food for a Leo. Wax worms and butter worms can be used as a snack for the Leo at the most 2 a week. |
Supplements, Nutrition and Usage: | Hatchlings to Juveniles must have there food dusted 5-6 times a week with Pure Calcium and 1-2 times with D3. For adults most people feed them every other day so 2-3 times a week with Pure calcium and once with D3. |
Maintenance: | Maintenance is easy. There is much more maintenance when you breed but when you just have one or two for a pet it is very easy. For some one that wants to breed it is still not that bad. I’m a breeder and I have no problem spot cleaning daily, cleaning the cages completely at least once a month, taking out eggs, setting up the hatchling set ups, etc. |
Some Words on this Species: | Leopard geckos are good beginner pets. I do recommend them if you do your research and if you have read my care sheet and you are still interested in getting one go for it. They are a great for a pet and are an over all tame and good with kids over 6+ but from ages 4-10 it is good to have adult supervision when handling |
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