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bbearden101

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I've kept a pair of tokeys for a little over 3 years now and unfortunately lost my female a couple months ago so I've been looking for one since. Well in the search I kept seeing these little guys everywhere and decided to cave in and get one, don't know much about the morphs? But here's my little guy? Girl?
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Christywoowoo

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Welcome to leopard geckos ^^ these little guys are highly addictive.
Congrats on the gecko!
A picture with normal lighting would help someone on here get an idea of what morph you have.

I'm not sure what substrate that is, but it looks very fine. Make sure your leo cant eat it. Keeping adults on dirt or sand is controversial, but most agree that babies should be on something less loose.

Your leo should have under the tank heat, so I hope the red light is not a heat bulb.

Again, congrats on the new baby, and good luck with him ^^

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bbearden101

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Thank you for the input. Yes it's on loose surface, it's just for the time being. I broke down my tokey egg incubator and put this guy in the red light is more of for me to see it, low watt, and I seen that they can't see red so I figured it wouldnt blind it. On the substrate, I've had tokeys, bearded dragons, and a boa. what's a good substrate for these guys when they get older? I was thinking sandstone or something. Is this to rough? I will get a better picture here in a little bit when i pull it back out.

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Christywoowoo

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The viewing light and whether or not they can see it is debatable, simply because they have been observed reacting to it.

Then again since leopard geckos are crepuscular, (not quite nocturnal, against popular belief)
They are most active in low light, not complete darkness, I'd say a low wattage is fine.

I agree with slate, you could use sandstones in the tank to aid with shedding, but it may be too rough as a substrate.

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