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O.K. Here's a list of questions i need 2 know, thanks.

1.How big of a cage does a single leo need? Glass aquarium o.k.?

2.Is there any way that i can possibly avoid having 2 keep live food? How about that gecko food @ Petco & Petsmart? Will they eat it?

3.I've heard that calci-sand is good, bad, or that i should use somethin else. What?

Thanks again!

~*~elcheal~*~

ok....you can keep a single leo in a 10 gallon tank but i have mine in a 20...and yes you can use a glass tank.. that is what i prefer...i don't know about the dry food for leos...i sometimes give dry food to my beardies in a pinch...and as for calci-sand or any sand for that matter.. you shouldn't have a leo on it until they are about 10 months old or so... just till they grow up a bit... you can use paper towel or lizard turf... i used to keep all my desert lizards on cacli-sand but i heard nasty things aboutit and switched to a much cheaper play sand... hope thins helps..

alissa

thanks a bunch!
~*~elcheal~*~

For a substrate you can use slate/ceramic tiles from homedepot(u will need to have them cut to the right size to fit your tank they can cut the tiles there) Tiles are the safest substrate you can use and they look great....ive heard of people having geckos that have eaten the corners of papertowels but passed it through 9no ones had a geck0o die from it) with tile you dont have to worry about this and it transfers heat really well...
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-Bryan

For a substrate you can use slate/ceramic tiles from homedepot(u will need to have them cut to the right size to fit your tank they can cut the tiles there) Tiles are the safest substrate you can use and they look great....ive heard of people having geckos that have eaten the corners of papertowels but passed it through 9no ones had a geck0o die from it) with tile you dont have to worry about this and it transfers heat really well...
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-Bryan

For a substrate you can use slate/ceramic tiles from homedepot(u will need to have them cut to the right size to fit your tank they can cut the tiles there) Tiles are the safest substrate you can use and they look great....ive heard of people having geckos that have eaten the corners of papertowels but passed it through 9no ones had a geck0o die from it) with tile you dont have to worry about this and it transfers heat really well...
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-Bryan

I have my baby in a 10 gallon and my 2 adults in a 20 gallon long, and I will put my baby in when she gets big enough with the other two. I would STAY AWAY from sand, better to be safe than sorry, I use lizard turf. I know that none of my 3 leos will touch dead food, they all won't go after anything unless it is wiggling or jumping away, then they hunt it down. Hope this helps.
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I just got a baby gecko too! I have mine in a 10 gal. glass aquarium.. I also heard stories about geckos injusting sand when eating so I use a cocnut husk bedding. It's damper, keeps heat where your light is for the gecko and won't allow him to injest any of it either.

I also feed mine baby crickets.. {ewww I HATE touching bugs.. but I have to get used to it)

Yea, I have my baby on the turf, and she eats 15 baby crickets a night!!!! She eats non-stop, but is growing REALLY fast.
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