Substrate poll!

[Nancy]

I use slate, paper towel and reptile carpet. I am currently switching to ceramic tile and slate, but I put a piece of paper towel down where they poop. Since they always go in the same spot, it is easy to keep it clean.

 

[shawn119]

I use repti turf.

 

[geckdude97]

i wish it had other because i don't use any of those. i use zilla's ground english walnut shells and my geckos do great on, and it's digestible.

 

[Cody]

I am using paper towel at the moment, but will upgrade to slate.

 

[Hopefull Monster Geckos]

I use paper towel, beta-chips (fully digestable wood chips), coco mulch
I have used repti-carpet, sand(didn`t like), and excavator which is much better then the normal sand (it hardeneds)before.


more options would of been better

 

[dunderpate]

Ceramic tile and repti-carpet, however im ditching the carpet and sticking with the ceramic, the two tiles i got are similar in colour and pattern to sand and theyre cheap and easy to clean.

 

[AloneAsAlways]

I use excavator clay, i think its awsum and i love it because it goes rock hard so can't be ingested.

 

[WoodLizard]

i dont have a leopard... yet. but, im saving for 2 more cresties, then a leopard. so, when i do get him/her, im going to use paper towels.

 

[loulovespat]

I use sand

 

[leoman777]

w00 i voted paper towels i HATE sand and im getting tile soon that looks kinda sanish color

 

[loulovespat]

is self adhesive vinyl floor tiles ok for my geckos tank??

 

[rubym]

The self sticking vinyl tiles can be toxic when they heat up. We didn't know this and used some ( no geckos were in the tank at the time) one time. We noticed a horrible smell in our room and both had a headach. We figured out it was the glue on the tiles being heated up by the UTH. The Dr. at the ER said that it could have been toxic if we kept breathing the fumes.

 

[Frognut]

The self sticking vinyl tiles can be toxic when they heat up. We didn't know this and used some ( no geckos were in the tank at the time) one time. We noticed a horrible smell in our room and both had a headach. We figured out it was the glue on the tiles being heated up by the UTH. The Dr. at the ER said that it could have been toxic if we kept breathing the fumes.

Yikes!! That is scary - not just for the Gecko, but for you! This is a very timely post for me, as I'm scouring the boards for information while I plan out my new Gecko Enclosure - and Vinyl sticky tiles were on my list.

To answer the poll - paper towels and probably slate when I make my new enclosure.

 

[loulovespat]

The self sticking vinyl tiles can be toxic when they heat up. We didn't know this and used some ( no geckos were in the tank at the time) one time. We noticed a horrible smell in our room and both had a headach. We figured out it was the glue on the tiles being heated up by the UTH. The Dr. at the ER said that it could have been toxic if we kept breathing the fumes.

really?? iv took my gecko off sand, what sort of tiles should i get because iv got them tiles down at the moment,

 

[Riyo]

Porcelain or slate/natural rock tile with no adhesive backing works just fine

 

[little98dime]

Slate tiles. I'll never go back.

 

[TheYear2011]

i use tile too, but that's just because we just had some old tile laying around. so i washed it real good and put it in.

 

[g3ckosr4me]

Right now I have calci-sand.I am going to switch it to repti-carpet as soon as possible because I heard it can cause sand impaction and it smells horrible.

 

[osbain]

well lets see.. we have paper towels in 2 tanks... ceramic tile in 1, and repti carpet in 5... sometimes news paper too...

well then you should be able to judge which is best, currently i have paper towel in mine. I was thinking Repti carpet in my tokay tank, and slate or ceramic tile in my leo tank in the near future.

 

[Ehatcher]

ive been using paper towel now for so long that i swear its what they live on in the wild lol/