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I have a couple of Leo's in an aquarium that was vacated my my bearded dragon who out grew it. As i am always looking to expand my reptile collection (not much of a collection right now, but working on it), i was wondering if any other species of reptile will go with the Leo's. I have done searchs on the forums and really haven't found anything that says anything about mixing any species with leo's. I know that mixing species is a controversial topic in its own, and i have done research on it and think it will be okay as long as the habitat requirements are similar and cage size is adequate. Has anyone combined another species with leopard geckos? Or does anyone know of another species that would be a good fit with the leo's? Any help would be very nice! Thanks!

I was just in petsmart today and they had their leos combined with some other lizzards. But they also had them on sand, no hides, crickets running around everywhere, temp at 105%, and all their geckos had lost their tails.

Theres a store near me that mixes baby uromastyx with leos....Not even going to bother to tell you how it went.

Please think twice at this, or atleast, think at all. You cant possibly create a habitat suitable for both species in the same tank.

The only mix i have with leos is crickets, or mealworms are ok.

M.N

I would recomend that if you want another type of reptile, just get another tank. Too many risk involved when you mix. Mac

I don't think it's the greatest idea to do this.. A pet store I went to before kept their Leos in with Golden Geckos, Fat-Tail geckos and... I forget what thye are called, but I think it's white lined geckos or something.. BIG mistake... It was nonsense in that cage, not to mention their Leo's were on wood chips and I don't totally agree with that. It's stressful on the animals and even thought it might be tempting I would just keep the leos alone, species wise. I hope you decide what's best for the leos. Take Care!

-Britney
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1.1 Leos(Ron and Raine), 2.1 Kitty Cats(Bubba, Angelo and Cookie) and 1.1 Rouen Ducks(Buddy and M.J.).

are ay museums, zoos and expeirenced herp keepers. Usually the people who mix species in the same tank have kept all the species seperately for some time and have become experts on the keeping of each species and have done serious research on them. The species they mix usually come from the same country, as they are more likley to encounter each other in the wild and the cage is roomy enough to ensure that the species dont encounter each other too much. Some keepers have housed species together that do not come from the same area, and have had success.

In The Leopard Gecko Manual, Phillipe de Vosjoli has a chapter on Naturalistic Vivarium design and he mentions the species that he has kept with adult leopard geckos successfully and here they are: Collard Lizards, South African flat-lizards and small girdle-tailed lizards. I also have Phillipe's Naturalistic Desert Vivarium book and it mentions keeping spider geckos with armadilo lizards and I believe collard lizards with armadilo lizards.

Yes, you can mix leopard geckos with other species of lizards, but I would suggest that you expand your collection, expand your knowlege of the various reptiles you keep, become very expeirenced them and then attempt mixing species in a large, well designed vivarium. Besides researching the reptiles, I suggest you read up on vivariums as well because a nice vivarium will help the animals feel more secure and in a more natural enviorment.
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Bradley Baquial