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Fascinating book.
Someone on here recommended it and I ordered it immediately.
I've read a few chapters.
Interesting Items:
Substrates
Play (silica) sand: Benefits=attractive, inexpensive, easy to replace. Problems=Low chance of impaction, difficult to heat
Limestone/Calci sands: attractive and can provide a source of calcium. Problems= possible risk of impaction particularly in smaller leopard geckos
Clay containing soils: natural looking, hardpan surface. Problems=fine dust can stick to skin
Sandy soil (2/3 sand): Benefits: grow plants directly in substrate soil reduces sand ingested during feeding. Problems=Can p rovide too soft of a surface and should be combined with flat rock areas
Stone slab: Benefits= Attractive and easy to clean. Problems=Cannot be heated with a subtank heater and will require overhead heat source.
"Best Display SUbstrate" - Sand and stone slab
Colonies
(hatchlings + females) [Huddleson Experiment] - very little signs of cannibalism - some tail loss, some limb loss - attributed to feeding response - not cannibalism
Multi Generational Vivarium [Huddleson Experiment] - Geckos were put in a natural sand/stone slab vivarium with moist egg laying areas - laid eggs - eggs were not removed - eggs hatched - babies grew up and bred in the same enclosure. All geckos did fine - at one point it held 18 geckos including 3 males.
Female to male ratio probably hints the eggs were incubated at lower tempatures - which could hint at why the males were not aggressive.
Anyways - just some interesting things I found - wanted to share them with you guys. This book has been great so far - lots of interesting information and thought provoking experiments.
The Herpetoculture of Leopard Geckos - Philippe de Vosjoli & Ron Tremper
Someone on here recommended it and I ordered it immediately.
I've read a few chapters.
Interesting Items:
Substrates
Play (silica) sand: Benefits=attractive, inexpensive, easy to replace. Problems=Low chance of impaction, difficult to heat
Limestone/Calci sands: attractive and can provide a source of calcium. Problems= possible risk of impaction particularly in smaller leopard geckos
Clay containing soils: natural looking, hardpan surface. Problems=fine dust can stick to skin
Sandy soil (2/3 sand): Benefits: grow plants directly in substrate soil reduces sand ingested during feeding. Problems=Can p rovide too soft of a surface and should be combined with flat rock areas
Stone slab: Benefits= Attractive and easy to clean. Problems=Cannot be heated with a subtank heater and will require overhead heat source.
"Best Display SUbstrate" - Sand and stone slab
Colonies
(hatchlings + females) [Huddleson Experiment] - very little signs of cannibalism - some tail loss, some limb loss - attributed to feeding response - not cannibalism
Multi Generational Vivarium [Huddleson Experiment] - Geckos were put in a natural sand/stone slab vivarium with moist egg laying areas - laid eggs - eggs were not removed - eggs hatched - babies grew up and bred in the same enclosure. All geckos did fine - at one point it held 18 geckos including 3 males.
Female to male ratio probably hints the eggs were incubated at lower tempatures - which could hint at why the males were not aggressive.
Anyways - just some interesting things I found - wanted to share them with you guys. This book has been great so far - lots of interesting information and thought provoking experiments.
The Herpetoculture of Leopard Geckos - Philippe de Vosjoli & Ron Tremper
