starting new herp ~!!!

[t-dot]

starting new herp ~!!! so happi wondering what do i need for gekos what i only have is a 10 g tank for them it is a male and female and i don't know what things to get for it i know the things it eats but it is just the equipments need help NOW~!! :confused: :confused:

[drewlowe]

what kind of gecko???

[t-dot]

leo's albion and hi yellow

[Siretsap]

Get a heat pad to put under your tank, I would get at least a 15 gallon for 2 of them together.
A water bowl, news paper as a substrat is very easy to clean and not harmful for your leos. Put a moist hiding spot (margarine bowl with a damp scott towel will be fine) and a dry hiding spot. Feed it crickets, waxworms, mealworms, superworms, pinkies, cooked chicken, .... as long as it's not wider than it's head.

[beth wallbank]

the best thing to do is to educate yourself with buying a good leopard gecko manual and research on the specific species you seem interested in aquiring. There are many excellent resources on the internet with carsheets and how to's.

[t-dot]

do i need any specail lightings?? for them ?

[Siretsap]

True you can find a lot of info on the net, and there are a lot of things you will figure out with time. I would advise a fecal exam once a year, that is about all from the vet part. My leos had some panacur cause we bought one who had parasites and contaminated all the others.

[reptiledude21]

you need to research more. a ten gallon is way too small for two leopard geckos, when they are adults. go for a 20 and get a heat pad to put on one side of the tank. no, you do not need lights, although some people do use them. but you do need some source of heat.

[LISA127]

Cooked chicken? Since when do leo's eat cooked chicken?

[Dragon_Slave]

Cooked chicken and pinkys are NOT recommended feeding items.

[t-dot]

i got them normole leo's so happi and i only got them 40 dollar a pair and i got the last pairs hahaha

[t-dot]

why aren't cooked chickens and pinkies not recommanded for them ??

[Dragon_Slave]

Cooked chicken... do you think that leopard geckos eat cooked chicken out in the wild? Umm... no. I just can't see how it could ever be healthy.

Pinkies: Should ONLY be fed to gravid female leo's for an extra calcium boost. Pinkies contain a LOT of calcium and if you fed them as a food item, even twice a week or twice a month, you're leo would be getting too much calcium. If a reptile gets too much calcium it can go into seizures and die, over-doses of calcium, and lack of calcium are two big causes of death in herps. Plus, with SO MANY other choices out there, why pick an unsafe one to a safe one? It would make no sense.

[t-dot]

oic um that makes cents hehe

[t-dot]

how fast do these guy's grow btw ???

[Moe]

....depends on how much you feed them....but breeding size starts from 8-12 months. (preferably 12)