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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!!!!

>>Hello everyone.
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>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!!!!

For 3 Leos I would get a 30. 10 gallons per gecko,house them on Paper Towel since its the safest,Mealworms would be a good staple with crickets once a week or so maybe twice. Phoenix worms have been known to over calcify geckos so save them as a treat a few times a month.And they DO NOT NEED UVB, they are nocturnal and HATE HATE HATE bright lights, just get a UTH since they prefer belly heat,as long as you have enough hides for each gecko they should be fine. Good luck!

leopards do not need light at all, however a cycle of just regular room or daylight is always good so you dont get insomniacs. they need to be at about 88-90 is always better. i dont ever try to let mine go any lower then 80 degrees at night. calium or vitamin powder is also very important to dust their food with or leave a dish of it in there. it is always best to have 10 gallons per every gecko and of course that means long not tall. do not use sand or any loose substrate!! i would also recomend housing babies seperate until adult hood and i also just recomend housing them sepperate period. this is all my opinion and you will find that it differs from other peoples. best thing is is just do some more reading like on goldengategeckos, vmsherp, urbangecko, and many many more great websites. some are old though and say its okay to use sand but dont. all the other stuff is about the same. good luck.

I dont know for sure, but have you tired mealworms? My leo doesnt go for crickets much. But eats quite a few more than his share of mealies..
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2.1 chocolate labs and bassett (Harley, Barker and Capone)
1.0 leopard gecko (Nacho)