Care Sheet for Geckos: LeopardAverage Rating Given To This Care Sheet Is 1.60 (1=lowest, 5=highest) Last Updated: 09/09/2005 |
Main Category: | Lizards |
Sub Category: | Geckos: Leopard |
Care Sheet Submitted By: | Tino |
Years Experience: | 1 to 2 Years |
Species: | Leopard gecko |
Other Species or Phases this Care Sheet May Cover: | none |
Sexing and Characteristics: | Male will have a darker v shape under neath near the tail. female do have these but ligther |
Mostly Active During: | Night |
Substrate and Water Needs: | A clean water dish always provided. safe substrate are paper towels, news paper, repticarpet, tiles, or walpaper. un safe subtrate are all kind of sands, walnut shell, and any loose subtrate. |
Lighting and UVB: | I use a study lamp for 12 hours or less. |
Temperatures and Humidity: | Temp in the hot end should be at 80 to 90 degrees F and cool end should be kept at 79 degrees F. at night, let the temp drop to 5 degrees. no humidity is needed |
Heating and Equipment: | I use a heat lamp, in cold days, i use 2. most people would say uth and a heat lamp. but i only use a heat lamp. uth, heat wave, heat tape is fine, heat lamop is fine. no heat rock, they will cost searious injury to the lizard |
Caging Provided: | A 10 gal for one leo, 20 for 2, keep on adding 10 gal for each leo. do not, i repeat do not put 2 male together as they will fight. |
Diet: | Carnivorous |
Description of Diet: | Pin head crickets is the best for baby leos. i am feeding both crickets and mealies to my leo. the best type of food is how ever super worm. those things are exspensive but it will helpp ur leo a lot. use wax worms as treats, |
Supplements, Nutrition and Usage: | Gut load crix or food before feeding. dust them too with calcium 3 d powder that you can buy in petco. |
Maintenance: | Clean out cage once every 3 weeks, change subtrate every 2 weeks. wash and bleach the cage in 3 months. clean all the poo in the cage. get all the dead crickets out of the cage. change water every 3 days. |
Some Words on this Species: | These things are very cool to keep. they are very easy too,|. |
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