If you have more than one gecko in the same enclosure, they compete. Maybe not enough to catch your eye, maybe not even enough to affect each other's growth, but when you house animals that use the same resources, you get competition.



What you're looking for is just a way to defray competition. A keeper who gives the animals choices is one who's acknowledging that there will be competition, but who doesn't want it to reflect poorly in the animals.



Depending on what you're using for hides, you could put two humid ones and two dry ones on the hot side, and again on the cool side. But, that's probably overkill.



Tremper mentions housing a number of hatchlings together and giving them many hide choices, heated and humidified differently all over the tank, in that newer book of his. He claims that the hatchlings accomodate/tolerate one another to get at the best hide environments. Get that book (Herpetoculture of Leopard Geckos) if you don't have it. It'll cover many of your worries as a keeper of new, expensive geckos.



To suggest on your questions, heater goes to one side of the tank, humid hides go near it since that's where they'll stay humid (so long as you re-moisten them as needed), dry hides can go anywhere/everywhere, but your geckos will grow best if they have to be warm while they hide.





>So I'm getting my two new Leos on Thursday, and Im still having some issues setting up the tank. Im housing the two females in a 20 Long Glass Tank and Im wondering where to put the UTH and the humid hides??? I dont want them to have to compete or anything or should i put the dry hides on the hot side Im not 100% sure what I should do



Any ideas would really help me alot!

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