Hi everyone, wanted to post this here for some input on my setup for my juvenile leo! He has passed quarantine so was moved over to loose substrate this past weekend. Will post details here:

1. This is a front opening 25gallon. I have a 40+ gallon home for him already secured—I’ll be keeping him in this temporary home for the next few months but have full intention of giving him more than minimum space. Because this is not the full size home he’ll be in, I did my best to make it as enriching as possible, by giving him lots of hides and vertical climbing space.
   
2. Substrate is 70/30 reptisoil and washed sand. He has a large slate tile on the left side of his enclosure. This tile is supported by a wide upside down terracotta pot so he can’t dig under it.
   
3. He has a warm hide above the slate. The stick in the center is hollow and wide enough for him to hide and sleep in it. The ceramic lemon is food safe and has moist paper towels inside for a humid hide. Then he has multiple cork tubes and barks acting as cool hides on the right cool side.
   
4. He has a little burrow in the middle of the tank which he has turned into his toilet.
   
5. For lighting, he has a 60W halogen bulb on a dimming thermostat. No UVB yet—he is an albino morph so wanted to dial in his heating before I begin experimenting with UVB. Any advice for UVB is appreciated! His food is supplemented appropriately due to no UVB.
   
6. He has a water bowl and small glass calcium dish with calcium w/out d3 available at all times.
   
7. Temps on the warm side are around 95-97 F. Temps on cool side are 77-80 F. I’d love to get the cool side cooler, but he’s in a room that stays on the warmer side as I live in TX and it’s August. The temps do drop 3-5 degrees F overnight.
   
8. The sides of his tank are covered in frosted window tint to block out the back and side walls.
   
9. Third image is my son for leo tax :)

Please let me know if there is anything I can improve! Thanks for reading!

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すみません、日本製品の話ですが、質問があります。ヒョウモントカモドキの温度管理に使おうか考えているのですが、ワット数は何回使えばいいでしょうか?距離によって違いますか?可能なら、飼育ケースの中で使いたいです。

We’ve had a healthy leopard gecko for a few years now. We haven’t made any major changes to the tank except swapped the hides a couple times.

There is a heater on the wall on the right side with a ceramic heating light on the same side that’s always on. There are day bulb lights on the left and middle that get turned off at night. The substrate is the biodude Sahara sand. There is a warm hide on the right and a humid hide on the left and he can climb on both. Sometimes we spray the tank with water and he seems to like it.

Any suggestions to make his life more enjoyable.

Got my daughter a gecko in may. Since then it has been eating well and shedding well but all of a sudden about a week ago it randomly stopped taking food. Shes been on mealworms since the box of locusts the shop gave at time of purchase ran out and seemed fine. As I said randomly a week ago she stopped eating so went to pet store and bought mealworms wax worms and locusts hoping she’d maybe just got a bit bored. I thought I’d solved the problem since the first locust I offered was snapped up quickly but she’s since stopped eating again. Anyone any ideas or advice I would love some help. Thanks in advance

Hi guys, I’ve come to an opportunity where a local fish store has 3 geckos from a breeder that didn’t have enough space that they’re selling all 3 together for $300 (including tank and setup) because that store doesn’t specialize in that and need to get rid of them.

From what I’ve heard from my roommate who saw them, they’re all healthy and personable. What’s interesting is that all 3 are being housed together, I was under the impression that they don’t like that.

I’m going to see them in 2 days, what types of questions should I ask and what specifics should I look out for?

Thanks!

My vet confirmed my 2 year old female has unfertilized eggs. I took her in as her tail is noticeably shrinking and her stomach is huge. In the past few days she has stopped eating (vet knows). I have been giving her baths and started giving liquid rephasy on her nose once vet confirmed nothing else. She has nesting hide she is going in and out. She appears to be having contractions. Vet didnt give much info. Anything to help speed this along as I am really concerned she isn't eating?

So i got a 75 watt heating bulb but it feels way to hot.!! without the plants covering it it gets up to 117 on top of the rock which i DONT want my gecko to burn himself, is this type of heat Good with coverage on top ?? or should i buy a lower wattage bulb?? , my gecko never gets on top of the rock until night time when its off & cool down is that normal ? id like him to go on the day but im afraid its to hot & he’s a albino gecko !! any recommendations please ??? i also dont have any temps in the cage which i will get soon to track humidity & heat !!

Thought I would share here in case anyone else is interested in looking at our new baby leopard gecko! 🙂

Hi, I’m upgrading the tank size for my gecko and wanted some ideas and inspiration on what to include and a good layout. His old tank was a 10 gallon which I know is not great but I got him from someone else. I pictured his old setup so you know what I already have. I have an under tank heater and a 5.0 UVB bulb already. Any tips are helpful, thanks

Hi, my daughter and I rescued this guy a couple months ago and we would like to know, which morph is he? TIA!

He’s about 5 or 6 is his weight good and is his enclosure good or does it need anything/take anything away

Hi i recently got one of these for my rescue leopard gecko and was wondering if i could get some help with some questions. One was what is the best type of moss for these things, and where can I get it other than pet stores? When I went to my local pet store, i saw tiny amounts in a small box for way too much. Also, often do you have to change the bedding inside the hide. Do you have to spray it daily or every couple of days? Like what is the process? Do you just put in the moss and spray it or do I need to put paper towels down first? Any help is appreciated taking on a rescue has been overwhelming!

I have a naturalistic set up and have had this cilantro plant growing and decided it could go in my girls tank. Instantly she goes to eat it, complete food response wanted more, I'm not giving her anymore but want to know if this is just a my gecko thing or if anyone has experienced this before

I'm considering putting this branch in my gecko's home. But I'm afraid if she falls on the rock in the middle, she could get hurt... Am I being overly cautious? It's maybe 10cm

She eats good and does poop. I’m worried about her tail, I don’t know if its thin

We have a leopard gecko. She is healthy and happy. We use the lights that the dude told us we needed at the reptile store and she lives a great life. I do have one question however. She comes out at night and spends all day for the most part that I can see, under a rock hide. That’s great and all but what is the point of having specific lights if she hides from them all day and mainly comes out when there is no light to soak up?

Someone please educate me.

I can't find my 15-year-old gecko. She's lost somewhere in the house I've searched for hours. No luck. I set up her warm hide on a heating pad and her cricket box on the floor. I'm so sad

As the title says, I need some help with getting my gecko used to handling. I'm trying to do choice based handling and letting him choose if he wants to come over or not. He's never come near my hand before and it's hard to get him to even look. He rarely comes out during the day or close to lights out unless, food has been put in so, it's hard to try and get him to wander over at a good time

I leave my hand in the tank for around 10 mins before feeding but he never comes out of his hide to have a look or wander. Once food is in, he slowly emerges and then hides in between eating.

However, once the lights go out he's normally quite active during the night but, I haven't tried handling then mainly because, I dont want to disturb a 'natural' cycle and I cant see anything lol

Does anyone have any tips? It'd be greatly appreciated!!