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Newbie To Leopard Gecko's

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Posted by: badcompnay at Wed May 16 09:45:51 2007   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by badcompnay ]  
   

Hello everyone.



First of all lemme say im an experienced herp keeper with many many herps in my collection. Now my interest has turned to these little guys who i think are awesome looking and from what ive seen in the pet store seem to be pretty inquisetive and tame.



I was thinking of getting a group of females or a male and 2 females or so, to see if i can get them to breed. ive read around and seen / heard they are pretty easy to get breeding.



So i have a few questions.... For 2 -3 geckos how much living space do they need; ie - maybe a 20 long?. What kind of substrate, i plan to get them as babies as i do with all my herps so I AM the one to raise them. As a staple i would like to give them phoenix worms ( i give them to my dragons and they love em') ive read nothing but good things abt the worms and of course the occasional cricket and meal worm to add variety.



what kind of lighting for say the 20 long? a 60 watt? of course they would need a UVB source so thats not a problem. Ive read that temps should stay in the mid to high 80's (82-88) and that night temps can go as low as 65!!!!! with no ill effect. which is ok cuz it gets abt 70 here when everyone goes to sleep at my house.



i kno they need a nice humid hide box as most herps do for shedding and for the fact that they eat thier skin...nutritious for them im sure.



any other things im missing would be good kno!



Thanks Everyone!!!!


   

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