New Breeder Pair!!

[Schiffy]

These are my new male and female leopards!! The male is a tremper and the female is just a high yellow. Are there any other types of leo's I'll get or will they just be normals? Please let me know!! THANKS!

 

[jbs81890]

You will get all normals het for tremper.... What is the substrate rabbit pellets?? If that's for leos its got to go!

 

[Schiffy]

I will, but just curious why can't i use it? A reptile guy suggested it.

 

[TranceZ]

Nice looking geckos! But yes, I agree, you need better substrate like floor tile, news paper, or paper towels. Clean up is easier and cheaper in the long run.

 

[Schiffy]

Nice looking geckos! But yes, I agree, you need better substrate like floor tile, news paper, or paper towels. Clean up is easier and cheaper in the long run.

Is the bedding bad for geckos or just not cost worthy?

 

[TranceZ]

I will, but just curious why can't i use it? A reptile guy suggested it.

When I go to get my oil change, they always try and tell me my air filter is dirty, my car's due for a transmission flush, my wipers need to be changed....etc

People do this all the time, it's called up selling. They do it make a extra buck off you. I'm serious use some paper towels, that's what I and many people use. When they go poop on it you just pull it out and put in a new sheet. :main_cool3:

 

[Schiffy]

When I go to get my oil change, they always try and tell me my air filter is dirty, my car's due for a transmission flush, my wipers need to be changed....etc

People do this all the time, it's called up selling. They do it make a extra buck off you. I'm serious use some paper towels, that's what I and many people use. When they go poop on it you just pull it out and put in a new sheet. :main_cool3:

Thank you very much and just curious what do you feed your leo's?

 

[TranceZ]

Is the bedding bad for geckos or just not cost worthy?

Honestly, I've never seen anyone use that kind of substrate. My guess is that it probably isn't good for the geckos. I mean I wouldn't take the chance of them accidentally swallowing one while eating a cricket and possibly having issues with digestion.

This also goes for sand, wood chips, egg shells, tree bark....you get the picture.

Here's my setup. Simple yet efficient. http://www.facebook.com/pages/JT-Ge...p?v=571297055901&oid=165559213508066&comments

 

[Schiffy]

Honestly, I've never seen anyone use that kind of substrate. My guess is that it probably isn't good for the geckos. I mean I wouldn't take the chance of them accidentally swallowing one while eating a cricket and possibly having issues with digestion.

This also goes for sand, wood chips, egg shells, tree bark....you get the picture.

Here's my setup. Simple yet efficient. http://www.facebook.com/pages/JT-Ge...p?v=571297055901&oid=165559213508066&comments

What kind of calcium do you use?

 

[TranceZ]

Rep-Cal without D3

 

[blueangel817]

TranceZ set up kinda looks like my setups lol and i feed my geckos meal worms and crickets and i agree i would go with paper towels also thats what i use cheap and easy clean up

 

[TranceZ]

TranceZ set up kinda looks like my setups lol and i feed my geckos meal worms and crickets and i agree i would go with paper towels also thats what i use cheap and easy clean up

Cheap and easy is right! And the geckos seem to be happy. lol The only thing I ever buy at pet stores is calcium and sometimes mealworms if I can't order them, otherwise home depot has everything you need. :main_yes:

 

[blueangel817]

lol yep just order heat tape for my hatchling rack that we bought at wal mart lol and put together ourself the other is melamine and made racks ourself and we buy cricket and mealies from lllreptiles.com ......i dont have alot of geckos right now just starting out and really dont want a butt load anyways lol but have all my adult housed in there own tubes the only ones together right now are some of my hatchlings but will have there own tubs very soon

 

[TranceZ]

lol yep just order heat tape for my hatchling rack that we bought at wal mart lol and put together ourself the other is melamine and made racks ourself and we buy cricket and mealies from lllreptiles.com ......i dont have alot of geckos right now just starting out and really dont want a butt load anyways lol but have all my adult housed in there own tubes the only ones together right now are some of my hatchlings but will have there own tubs very soon

That's really cool that you built your gecko racks. That is something I want to do when we move into a bigger home. All I have right now is a 3 shelf rack made buy some company...specialized for reptiles... I dunno I forgot the name but yeah too small for what I want.

 

[Schiffy]

Rep-Cal without D3

do you put it on the food or just have a cup of it?

 

[sunshinegeckos]

I also agree with everyone else but you want to dust your crickets or mealworms with calcium with d3 and then have some calcium without d3 in the tank to let them eat it when needed.

 

[cheeseball705]

Leopard geckos don't need d3 as much. Main focus should be without d3.