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 #576224


Cro Biatach
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 New cage pics

Finally made a trip over to Lowes to grab some new plants...the geckos had eaten my entire pothos and some of the old plants were looking kinda icky, so they got tossed. All of the plants are planted directly into the bed-a-beast(which contains some mealies, superworms and some red wigglers to keep it loose/airated) I think after Christmas I’m gonna switch out the bed-a-beast for potting soil and try to make it so I’m not going to really have to clean the bedding very often, if at all.
Tell me whatcha think!


Dontcha just love how my cat loves use the leopard gecko cage underneath for a bed?? lol...



~Cro
12/18/05  01:54pm

 #576265


KrazyKelli
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   Message To: Cro Biatach   In reference to Message Id: 576224


 New cage pics

^^` hey Cromew. Can you tell me what live plants I could use for my tank? I’ve really wanted to deghettoize my tank and make it look 10 times more natural. I already have sanatized sticks in there, but I need a new type of wood log to stick in there (plastic or not) along with a good rock and some plantlife. Only prob? I don’t know what sorta plantlife will be safe. Exact plant names would be helpful =D And a good type of wood as well ^^

On the side, I also have probs keeping my plants in the tank alive. Any tips? =P I mean, worse comes to worse I can always go to a bait shop and buy myself some decent-sized earthworms (keeping the mealies in a ceramic dish when they’re fed, last thing I need is another darkling outbreak) to funnel out the dirt.
12/18/05  02:39pm

 #576732


Cro Biatach
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   Message To: KrazyKelli   In reference to Message Id: 576265


 New cage pics

Basically, and plants that are non-toxic to cats and dogs are fine for geckos. You can do a google search for lists out there. Typically I just try to stay away from anything with bright colors, flowers, or seedpods/fruits, cause if i remember correctly, typically any bright colors are warning colors for being toxic.
Any of the varities of pothos, ferns, creeping fig(it’s one of my favorites, but it died within about two months of putting it in my tank :-/)are safe as well as african violets(one of the few flowers I remember as being listed as safe...)
You just want to make sure to wash off any of the leaves with soapy water to rinse off any chemicals spray on the plants. Also try to knock off as much of the soil as possible if you’re going to plant it directly into your bedding.
As far as wood, as long as it’s dried and not green I don’t think there are any woods that you can’t use. The branches I have in my cage now are mainly from the sugar maple at our old house in New York. Driftwood works and looks GREAT, IMO, I just haven’t had time to get down to the coast here to find some :-)
As far as keeping plants alive...you just need a UV grow bulb(you can get them cheap at home depot or lowes) and just to make sure to water them, keep the dead/dying leaves off(I usually mix them into the substrate, helps add nutition for the plants). As for the the worms, I got mine at petsmart, they sell them as feeders, so you know they’re clean, no pesticides or chemicals or anything that can hurt your lizards on them :-)


...Sorry for the long post, I didn’t realize how long it was till I was finished ranting :-D

~Cro
12/18/05  10:34pm

 #576740


KrazyKelli
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   Message To: Cro Biatach   In reference to Message Id: 576732


 New cage pics

XD this is a good post, though. =D I’m happy that you came back to the thread before tomorrow.

I know some types of wood are horrible for lizards. Cider, Pine, and stuff that has stuff in the wood that can poison the lizards. And the only plant site I can find is the BlackJungle one (which someone ironically just linked me to). But while they give a plantlist there, they put carnivorus plants and cacti on the same list, so I don’t know how far I can go with them (specially when they specialize in vivs for dartfrogs).

=D should the snow let up, I’ll go visit a few plant stores tomorrow and home depot for the bulb (provided I have something extra in my wallet). Good thing is that I have a few plants around the house that wont kill my cats, so I’ll see if I can also get a clipping off of them (though previous attempts ended up in dead vines... poor vines... Didn’t live long at all.....)
12/18/05  10:47pm

 #578702


Killergecko
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   Message To: Cro Biatach   In reference to Message Id: 576224


 New cage pics

Hey so i like that set up. i have been actually looking for ideas on setups but i guess mine will do for now..it likes kinda natural. Ill try to post pics soon then i guess if i can figure it out.
12/20/05  10:01pm

 #578921


Kermit
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   Message To: Killergecko   In reference to Message Id: 578702


 New cage pics

I’ve heard that cats and dogs looking into the tank can stress lizards out BIG. Even give them a heart attack or stroke. Has anyone else heard of this ? ( I have 5 cats and 4 dogs ) But my tanks are in the basement and the cats never go downstairs but the dogs do.



12/21/05  02:46am

 #579187


KrazyKelli
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   Message To: Kermit   In reference to Message Id: 578921


 New cage pics

XD I haven’t had a problem with my cat looking into the lizard tank. I think what really stresses the gecko out is when the cat breaks into the tank via lid and has direct contact with them. But otherwise, haven’t had a prob with my cats.

Cept for Puff... She’ll occationally come up to the side of my LeopardGeckos’ tank and tap it a few times to get the leo to respond. But Meep the leo hasn’t really freaked out or cared all that much, and just either stays in her nap or goes back to napping.

Dogs, on the otherhand, I have seen stress my goldie and marble gecko out. It isn’t so much them being in the room, as it is their barking. Loud noises like a dog barking, even outside of the room, will put my goldie into hiding and will stress my marble to the back of his tank. Specially the high-pitching barking. At the same time, any loud noises like that will stress a gecko out. And I can empathize. They don’t have earlids, you can see straight through their head through the ear, and all that’s to protect their ear drums are two tiny, insignificant, see-through webs of skin.
12/21/05  01:34pm

 #579647


Cro Biatach
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   Message To: Kermit   In reference to Message Id: 578921


 New cage pics

At first, my goldens were scared of the cats...which is kinda expected, they are probably hunted by some form of cat in the wild...but in my experience, it seems like my goldens are used to the cats now(typically, there is one of the three of my cats sleeping on top of the geckos cage next to the heat lamp during one point in the day)and I swear, sometimes they are taunting the cats...they like to sit right underneath the cats on the glass...and just sit there...and stare while the cats paw at them...evil geckos :-D
12/21/05  08:48pm


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