Re: Anyone know anything about Leopard Geckos?
Hellsrage has provided you a very nice care sheet, so make sure you read through it carefully. Keep in mind leopard geckos are nocturnal lizards, which means intense light/basking area will stress them out. Also even though they do not need UVB lighting, you do need to provide calcium and vitamin dusting regularly. Very crucial to their health. The substrate for a young gecko I would recommend paper towel. It's cheap, clean, handy, and not much of an impaction hazard, unlike sand, should ONLY be used as a substrate for an adult gecko. I would recommend using a mixture of half sand and half EcoEarth as you substrate. This mixture is nice because you can plant succulent plants (if thats your thing) which maintains some humidity in the terrarium and looks highly aesthetic. Choose the succulents wisely, spiny, thorny, or toxic plants need to be avoided. Keep in mind gecko will climb up or over the plant, so you want a hardy plant that won't hurt your gecko.Originally Posted by maxQ
Another substrate option is something called excavator made by zoomed. It looks sandy but can be molded into shapes can forms a solid substrate, which can prevent superworms from digging into the substrate and prevent impaction even for a baby gecko.
One last thing I do like how they are genetically potty trained. They will pick a corner of the tank and always poop there
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