lightin and feedin

[mrs looney]

i just read the care sheet and it says they can have sand as long as the gecko is atleast 5-6 inch's long because when they are a baby they cant digest it very well if they do eat it... he is not a baby gecko btw , i am not gunna use play sand because as my bf looked into it as he has a marine fish tank and if u read on the back of the packets it says that it has cemicals in it and as for the calcium sand it dnt have anything artifical in it or harmeful cemicals

 

[mrs looney]

do i put the moist container with the moss in the hot end or cool end??

 

[im faster]

I would say what I do but clearly your going to so what ever you want do

 

[mrs looney]

its not that im gunna do what i want to do im just puttin my point across with what i think n what i have been told... i have taken into account what u have said and i will take ur advice ... sorry if i seem like im just goin what what i think.... im not im just sayin what i think .... because i want to get it right... what i dnt understand is why would a pet shop sell you something that would harm ur gecko? i knw ur probs thinkin to sell a product bt hmmm i duno....

 

[Holly12]

Oh calcium sand is very bad for leos your best bet is tile or papper towels or reptile carpet. You don't want your leo to become impacted that is not good for your leo.

 

[Holly12]

its not that im gunna do what i want to do im just puttin my point across with what i think n what i have been told... i have taken into account what u have said and i will take ur advice ... sorry if i seem like im just goin what what i think.... im not im just sayin what i think .... because i want to get it right... what i dnt understand is why would a pet shop sell you something that would harm ur gecko? i knw ur probs thinkin to sell a product bt hmmm i duno....

Some pet stores don not give a danm okay so they can care less about if your gecko gets impacted or not. When we give out advise it's because we know what we are talking about. And when we get new people in here that come to us for advise we will be up front with them. We just want to get the new person stared off on the right foot.

 

[mrs looney]

so what should i replace my uv light with?? because without the uv durin the day the temputure will stay at about 82c and that isnt warm enough is it... ive been told 90c which is also on the care sheet i have got online ....so i replace my sand with kitchen roll but the only thing is i have a 3ft tank so my heatpad is inside the tank so there for surely if i put kictchen roll on the heat pad im gunna have some sort of hazard

 

[mrs looney]

quote from Leopard Gecko FAQ


http://www.reptilecare.com/LeopardFAQ.htm

No, Leopard Geckos are nocturnal and rarely see the sun in their native Pakistan. Therefore they don't need uv in captivity. It certainly won't hurt to expose them to it though. If there is a uv light over it's cage make sure the gecko has somewhere to hide where it is nice and dark

can i just put a standered bulb in there instead of a uv one?? because that will give off heat aswell which should hopefully do the same job the uv is doin for me in the day n makin the temputure perfect for him

 

[im faster]

A normal bulb is fine

put the humid on the hot side... u need heat to help turn the moist to humidity

 

[mrs looney]

ok cool im gunna go sort out a normal bulb tomoz.... the thing i put the moss in is plastic it wont melt will it??

 

[TokayKeeper]

I'm concerned...

80°C = 176°F
90°C = 194°F

Those temperatures, both in celcius and fahrenheit are WAY TOO hot!

 

[fl_orchidslave]

TK, I think it's a typo and should be f not c.

 

[mrs looney]

yeah its a typo its 80f ... 23-24 c

 

[mrs looney]

ok so im goin to go have a look at some play sand today and get a different buld and a new lil tub for his moist moss ...is everyone sure play sand is goin to be ok???

 

[Kotori]

What I have in my tank is coconut shavings (get in a brick and drop in bucket of water; takes up to 3 days to fully hydrate and dry.) one hide, put in moist hide only when about to shed, a fake vine wrapped around a chunk of driftwood on slate. I'll post a picture when I can, but the idea is to shade much of the cage so your gecko can wander if he wants to.

I have a 100w bulb over him on a timer. the general rule is put it on for between 8-14 hours (mine clicks on at about 5:30am and clicks off at 7:30;I'm going to reduce it a bit though.)

 

[mrs looney]

well my gecko is just startin to go pale so im just sortin out his moss at the moment ... makin a lil hide for him for it .... dnt understand what u are sayin sumink about a brick.... i think u should so me a pic coz im confused lol n it dnt take much to confuse me and yeah i am goin to get some mre stuff for him in his tank x