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I don't remember who asked for pictures of my gecko and his habitat, but here you go. I took some snap shots today while cleaning my room. The flash on the pictures really doesn't do him justice, he's more of a highlighter color. I believe he was a month old when I got him, so that makes him about 9 months old now. His bands have blotches of yellow in them, so maybe they'll dissapear completely by the time he is full grown. Irregardless, he's an awesome gecko. I got these today after I vacuumed my room and sprayed down his cage (he likes to lick the condensating moisture, even though he has a constantly full water bowl, so I spray once a week) and he did a few gecko laps around his territory.

I also measured him today, and he's grown a half inch! That makes 8 1/2 inches. Do leopard geckos actually stop growing, or will they grow to a "regular size" like snakes do?

The black you see around the outside is just black vinyl, I used it as a visual barrier when he was little so his cage wouldn't be so bright. It used to go all the way around, but I took off the front and made the sides smaller as he got a bit older, because he was constantly climbing on top of his furniture to see what I was doing at my bed and with my other animals. Now he just climbs contently onto his pot after feedings and watches me.

Enjoy!

i must say very very nice. i love the set up! that is exactly what i would do if i didnt have my racks!! sorry i am just excited for a weird reason becuase like i said that is exactly what i would do. i try to explain it to newbies but it just doesnt come out right and they probably dont get it. i also dont have pictures because i use racks. especially the vinyl on the outside that is perfect. i tried telling another guy to do that but i didnt explain it very well so he probably didnt understand(JAMSTER). i just said paper though but that is the idea i was looking for. anyhow very nice, simple and perfect in my opinion. it should be veiwed as an example for people who are new to geckos. by the way i normally dont tell people how nice their set ups are, so good job.

Haha, thanks fatties! As soon as I get my room moved around and my snakes into bigger cages, i'm going to get some girls (i'll have a 20g clearing out) I still don't know if i'm going to house 2 girls together yet, or if i'll just put one in a 20g. I guess time will tell. If I actually have extra room after my dart rack, I may stack 3 or 4 10g's for leopard geckos.

We'll see!

Are both of those tupperware hides humid hides? If so, what do you have inside each of them? I have been trying to use moss but my gecko won't go into the hide now. She seemed to like it better when the hide was just an cave-type where she could lay directly on the tile..

The one on the right is humid, the one in the middle is not misted, and is bare but for a little bit of moss that is left in there. I was filling it back up, but every night my gecko would kick it out. My humid hide just has paper towels in it, which I spray down nightly. I use two squares, and I only change the paper out every few weeks, because it doesn't mold out when the water evaporates. The hides have electrical tape around the outside, and on the lid, to prevent light from entering.

My gecko loves his hides. He's always in one of the two, except after feeding when he goes under the pot.

I use just moist papertowels. I don't mess with moss at all can be a bit messy and smelly. That's just my opinion though.

Nice setup, by the way. Your gecko is very cute!!