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what about moss as a substrate for my baby leo? im going tonite to petco to look for some, so i dont kill her with the sand!
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1 Albino Leopard Gecko- Corona Light

No, it will hold too munch of Humidty and will casue some problems.
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Preston Berry
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Coolgecko is absolutely right! just use paper towels untill your gecko is full grown! then try switching to sand. if the leo doesn't like it then switch bac to paper towels!

I don't want to start other sand debate, I talked to my few firends that are from East-Middle and they are familar with Leopard Geckos and they told they are offen found anround rocks or bushy area.
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Preston Berry
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Don't use moss except maybe for in a humid hide. It would nearly impossibly to keep clean and would hold way too much moisture. I recommend tiles. They hold heat well, are inexpensive, very easy to clean, and look good. In the wild leos live where the ground is a hardpacked clay layer covered with a layer of EXTREMELY fine dusty sand...more fine than any sand we have commercially available here in the states. They also don't purposely hunt on sand, and stay mostly in very rocky areas. No baby leo should ever be kept on sand, but when its an adult you could try to mimic the natural environment with tiles and a sand area at the end, or slate pieces and filling in the spaces between pieces with sand (sand should be very much the minority of the substrate!). Also, in a setup like that, only food that can be kept out of the sand should be used (i.e. no crickets!...mealworms in a dish is best).
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Christina

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

-0.2 jungles (Vahz & Skissor)

-1.0 tremper albino (Spitfire)

-1.0 tangerine rainwater albino (Bronx)

is there anything from places like petco that i could buy some substrate from? Besides paper towels, what else? and can i buy tiles from pet co? where can i find those? Sorry guys, its just im a first time Herp owner! i dont know that much!
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1 Albino Leopard Gecko- Corona Light

You can get tiles are hardware stores such as home depot, lowes, etc.
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Preston Berry
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n/p
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Christina

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

-0.2 jungles (Vahz & Skissor)

-1.0 tremper albino (Spitfire)

-1.0 tangerine rainwater albino (Bronx)

I don't know if petco would have tiles...I think there is a reptile tile that they might sell....but I'm really not sure. The best place to go for tile is a hardware store like home depot, lowe's, or menards. A substrate you could get from petco is repticarpet, but that might be a little difficult to clean.
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Christina

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

-0.2 jungles (Vahz & Skissor)

-1.0 tremper albino (Spitfire)

-1.0 tangerine rainwater albino (Bronx)

well i guess repti carpet will have to do.. i will take out the sand tonite.. oh, and i gave her about a dozen crickets today and just put them in her tank.. but i heard that eating too much tho is bad for there system, because they dont digest as quickly.. any tips for that?
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1 Albino Leopard Gecko- Corona Light

no it does not cause problems form eating too munch but make sure you gutload them and power with Caliucm
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Preston Berry
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Also make sure surface are 90 dgree
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Preston Berry
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If she eats too much she'll vomit...she'll quickly learn not to eat too much. Don't worry about that too much. You do however have to worry about crickets being loose in the tank. Crickets constantly loose in the tank will cause her a lot of stress, so you need to put them in at night and then take whatever ones she doesn't eat out after she's done.
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Christina

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

-0.2 jungles (Vahz & Skissor)

-1.0 tremper albino (Spitfire)

-1.0 tangerine rainwater albino (Bronx)

well i was just looking at her like a minute ago and all the crickets that she didnt eat are huddled in the corner.. and shes just bathing in the sunlight.. well the dim sunlight..
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1 Albino Leopard Gecko- Corona Light

lol...problem is...once its dark out and the crickets get hungry...they might start trying to nibble on her...which is not good. You really need to try to take them out so they don't do that.
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Christina

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

-0.2 jungles (Vahz & Skissor)

-1.0 tremper albino (Spitfire)

-1.0 tangerine rainwater albino (Bronx)

or don't put all 12 in at once.
Put a couple in watch it eat, make sure it's not eating sand then pop a few more in.
The tile thing is a really cool idea, i can't wait to go grab some.