Best substrate?

[XNirvanaFreakX]

I got a leopard gecko today from a lady who used sand in the tank. From what I've read on here, sand is not good. Are paper towels okay? I was thinking of changing the sand to paper towels but I'm afraid it'd be too much of a change for the gecko.

What do you think I should do?

Edit: Forgot to say, the gecko is a year and a half old, if that helps. :]

 

[Tommy13b]

reptial carpet, slate or paper towls are all good

 

[lindy]

sand to towels

i moved my gecko from sand to paper towels then to tile. i left all of the original things he had in the tank and he did fine, just changes the substrate. hope that helps

 

[leolover2]

You can change the substrate to paper towel. Your gecko will get used to it within a couple days.

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

I agree. Substrates that are cannot be ingested are best.

 

[shawn119]

You should get repti carpet. Here are the pros and cons.

PROS- it is natural looking and they can not digest it.

CONS- they can sometimes get there mouth stuck on it when they eat

 

[Yamori]

No loose substrate, the safest and cheapest as im sure most would agree is paper towels.

If you want a more visually pleasing natural look then slate or tiles is good.