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im going to build my leos 2 new cages, do any of you have pics of your entire cages, just to give me some idias?
thanx
nevin
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1.1 brazilian rainbow baos
1.1 leopard geckos
1 blizzerd lizzard
0.2.0 amazon tree boas
0.1.0 kenyan sand boa
0.1.0 bearded dragon
0.1.0 uromastyx
3 cats
1 miniture mutt

"dont be afraid to die, only be afraid to not live"

"dont ever get drunk with a hoodie on, eventually ur ganna think someone is behind you"

to all of you ppl, that would prefer paper towles to sand, what do your geckos dig in? i donno bout all of yours my my male loves to dig if i change it from sand to towles he wont b able to do that.
thanx
nevin
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1.1 brazilian rainbow baos
1.1 leopard geckos
1 blizzerd lizzard
0.2.0 amazon tree boas
0.1.0 kenyan sand boa
0.1.0 bearded dragon
0.1.0 uromastyx
3 cats
1 miniture mutt

"dont be afraid to die, only be afraid to not live"

"dont ever get drunk with a hoodie on, eventually ur ganna think someone is behind you"

Sand is a matter of extreme debate on this website...ultimately it comes down to your own decision. It's been shown that some of the areas leos live in in the wild have a hard dry clay base, covered with an extremely fine, dusty layer of sand. Now obviously impaction isn't a huge issue for them or they'd all be dead. However they don't (purposely) hunt on the sand, and it is much more fine than anything we have available commercially here. This means they don't normally injest sand, and if they do it probably moves through the GI tract more easily than what we put them on. Now obviously there is a risk of impaction keeping captive leos on sand...however the severity of this risk is still highly debatable, and many people have different opinions on it. Personally I think if you use it right its safe. By using it right I mean most of the tank not sand, feeding something like mealworms in a dish to prevent eating in the sand, providing a calcium dish (so they have somewhere to get calcium other than the sand...if they start licking at the sand, take them off it!), not putting babies on it, and checking stool for sand (if there's any in the stool get them off the sand!). That's personally what I think. To do that, you can use slate pieces as the main substrate and use sand to fill in the cracks (very natural!), or you can use tiles and fill in a space where tiles won't fit with sand (like my tank). Basically its up to you if you think its worth the risk...many don't, but they also believe that the risk is extremely high. I personally don't think the risk is high with my method, and so I do think its worth the risk to use it.

Anyway here's a pic of the set up I have with sand:

Assuming your guy doesn't eat the sand, I think a set up like mine could work for him (minus those extra rocks in there...). My girls like to dig it up on top of the rocks...I think its just to bug me...lol
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Christina

1.3.1 leos
-0.1 tangerine het rainwater albino w/jungle background (Blinkers)
-0.2 jungles (Vahz & Skissor)
-0.0.1 albino (supposed Tremper)(Spitfire)
-1.0 tangerine rainwater albino (Bronx)
1.0 australian shepherd/cattle dog (Foster...although he was being fostered before I got him...that has nothing to do with his name...It's after the beer!...lol since he's australian and I'm a college student!)

awsome tank and thanx for your thoughts. ive kept my leos on sand sinse i started raising, about 2 or 3 years ago. and i havnt had a prob yet, i think i will go with the hole tile idia tho
nevin
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1.1 brazilian rainbow baos
1.1 leopard geckos
1 blizzerd lizzard
0.2.0 amazon tree boas
0.1.0 kenyan sand boa
0.1.0 bearded dragon
0.1.0 uromastyx
3 cats
1 miniture mutt

"dont be afraid to die, only be afraid to not live"

"dont ever get drunk with a hoodie on, eventually ur ganna think someone is behind you"

glad I could help
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Christina

1.3.1 leos
-0.1 tangerine het rainwater albino w/jungle background (Blinkers)

-0.2 jungles (Vahz & Skissor)

-0.0.1 albino (supposed Tremper)(Spitfire)

-1.0 tangerine rainwater albino (Bronx)