I have to agree with the person above on the set-up. I also agree you will be way better off waiting till you get home to get your gecko.



As for my opinion to your first question. I keep & breed both Leos & Fatties. Personally I love the Fatties a little bit more. There is just something about those eyes. It's been my exsperience that they are a little hardier, a little easier to handle, & coexsist with each other a little better. The cons with Fatties are they can be stuborn eaters. They will get a food preference & stick with it. If you plan on breeding them they are not as productive as Leos & there breeding lifespan is a few years shorter. The eggs are also a little trickier to incubate.



With all that said, I'm going to throw a curve ball at you. You would think I would recomend a Fattie, but in this case I'm going to recomend the Leo. The reason why is most leos you see for sale are captive bred, I'd say 99% of them. Fatties are still imported on a regular basis & the Wild Caughts have a hard time adjusting to captivity. With you saying that the Fattie is less expensive then the Leo, that leads me to believe it's wild caught. So if you decide to get a Fattie, get a captive breed. They will be a little more expensive, but they are way more worth it then a Wild Caught.



Good luck !

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