Hey! Glad I found you.
My name is Rhonda, my daughter abandoned her leopard gecko with me and I have fallen in love with it. I've done all kinds of searches and reading of info on them and still have some questions about them. My granddaughter named him (?) Speckol (her pronunciation of special). My questions will have pictures so you can actually see what I'm asking.
1) Is it possible to tell the age of a Leopard gecko? (Pic with my hand shows his size) from inside my thumb to tip of middle finger is 5 inches (~12.75 cm).
2) Tank set up? (Pics 2 and 3) He has a log hide, a phone holder hide (hand made by me, it was sitting around and he seems to like it), and a moist raised bed. I also have his water dish (a mayonnaise jar lid), a 6" x 8" under tank heat pad for reptiles, humidity and temp gauge, blue/purple heat only lamp and a regular flourescent coil light bulb lamp. His tank gets to almost 90°F (32°C) during the day and just under 80°F (26°C) at night. I try to keep humidity between 20% and 40% but it jumps to almost 50 % after washing his mat. I only use hot water to clean his mat (a reptile mat) and tank. Oh and he has a "pet" plastic frog (courtesy of my granddaughter, so he doesn't get lonely).
I'm wondering if A) Do I need to put anything else in his tank or B) remove anything? C) Do they like to have things in the same spot all the time or can I mix and change things? D) Do i need to use any certian cleaner on tank and mat and glass? E) Any suggestions about my set up?
3) Gender? (Pic 4) Not really knowing what to look for I am guessing my Leo is a male from what I have seen online. Can any one verify?
I put in a larger dish after catching him in this one I put in for the crickets.
He was curious about all the flashes from my camera while I took the above pics of his tank.
Thank you all for reading and replying to my post and questions.
Rlgilly.
My name is Rhonda, my daughter abandoned her leopard gecko with me and I have fallen in love with it. I've done all kinds of searches and reading of info on them and still have some questions about them. My granddaughter named him (?) Speckol (her pronunciation of special). My questions will have pictures so you can actually see what I'm asking.
1) Is it possible to tell the age of a Leopard gecko? (Pic with my hand shows his size) from inside my thumb to tip of middle finger is 5 inches (~12.75 cm).
2) Tank set up? (Pics 2 and 3) He has a log hide, a phone holder hide (hand made by me, it was sitting around and he seems to like it), and a moist raised bed. I also have his water dish (a mayonnaise jar lid), a 6" x 8" under tank heat pad for reptiles, humidity and temp gauge, blue/purple heat only lamp and a regular flourescent coil light bulb lamp. His tank gets to almost 90°F (32°C) during the day and just under 80°F (26°C) at night. I try to keep humidity between 20% and 40% but it jumps to almost 50 % after washing his mat. I only use hot water to clean his mat (a reptile mat) and tank. Oh and he has a "pet" plastic frog (courtesy of my granddaughter, so he doesn't get lonely).
I'm wondering if A) Do I need to put anything else in his tank or B) remove anything? C) Do they like to have things in the same spot all the time or can I mix and change things? D) Do i need to use any certian cleaner on tank and mat and glass? E) Any suggestions about my set up?
3) Gender? (Pic 4) Not really knowing what to look for I am guessing my Leo is a male from what I have seen online. Can any one verify?
I put in a larger dish after catching him in this one I put in for the crickets.
He was curious about all the flashes from my camera while I took the above pics of his tank.
Thank you all for reading and replying to my post and questions.
Rlgilly.
