Sexing leopard geckos..

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"Blizzard" is just a pop term to sell leucistic leos. It's kind of funny when marketting meets with living things.


Kurt's right that they don't bask, but they do look for (well, feel for) temps they like, and I have caught mine pressing their tummies down on the warm spot and stretching out. If that happens to be under a lit-up heat lamp, they're ok with that. The info you might have seen about basking might have been referring to the hot end of their tank, which some people do create by using basking bulbs rather than heating pads. The effect is the same, either way: one end of the tank is at the higher end of their temp range, and if they want to be warmer, they'll go there. If you accomplish this already with a heat mat, that's fine. No bulbs needed.

I will admit that, when it gets really hot in my apartment, I turn off all the gear for a day or two, or however long the oppressive heat lasts, and they seem fine with it, so I don't think warm nights will do them much harm if it's only for a little while. I think the most important thing is to have enough heat for digestion, so that they don't get constipated.

I've attached a few pics. I think I have a couple more loaded to my profile. (John created a new, nifty "picture albums" link right under our names to the left there, so you can access that pretty quickly.)

I want to further develop their tank, but that's on hold until next summer. Alas.