He's ever so cute, but I must clear something up: I know the risks of impaction and would never put my leo in danger like that, but the sand you see him on is very very fine grade sand, and 'The Leopard Gecko Manual' by Philippe de Vosjoli says, and I quote: "There have been some reports of Leopard Geckos, mostly babies, ingesting sand and dying of Sand impaction. For this reason, many breeders recommend that babies initially be kept on paper and later, when they have reached a length of 6 inches, be swithched over to sand.At the root of this impaction is the availability of calcium. Like many other terrestrial geckos, Leopard geckos naturally ingest substrate matter as a source of calcium. Supplying a dish of calcuim carbonate and coating the insects will usually satisfy their needs and reduce the amounts of large quantites of sand being digested. The grade of sand is also a significant factor in impaction, fine sands are less likely to cause impaction then coarse ones."
I hope that will clear things up and to let you know that I have not witnessed any abnormal behaviour due to impactions. He/she seems pefectly fine and has a calcuim dish in the vivaruim. Now for pictures!
(my computer only lets me put one picture up at a time sorry):
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