would this work for a cheap leo rack?

[geckos'n'stuff123]

I may start breeding leopard geckos sometime in the future and i was wondering if this would work for a rack? I've heard that they work for terrestrial geckos but i was wondering how you would heat it and if it would work? dose anyone else use anything like this?

 

[doodle]

There are lots of other post about these ..
people say that leopard geckos can easily escape from them.
and there's not really a way to heat each of the bin's bottom.

 

[geckos'n'stuff123]

well what i was thinking of doing was putting a thin piece of wood or plastic on the bottom of the bins. like were there's that big square hole and put the flex watt on that would that work?

 

[Crimson.Dawn]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76Bu2P7QD6A&noredirect=1 check it out i guess lol. as long as the rack is tall enough so that they cant climb over the edge it works. i use them for my leos... without the gheto heating system...

 

[geckos'n'stuff123]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76Bu2P7QD6A&noredirect=1 check it out i guess lol. as long as the rack is tall enough so that they cant climb over the edge it works. i use them for my leos... without the gheto heating system...

thanks, how do you recommend heating one? It wouldn't be permanent just until i can afford a professional mad rack.

 

[Russellm0704]

thanks, how do you recommend heating one? It wouldn't be permanent just until i can afford a professional mad rack.

If you can not afford a real rack then how can you afford to breed? Each female can produce up to 20 babies. That is a lot of mouth's to feed and babies eat a lot. Not to mention calcium

 

[geckos'n'stuff123]

If you can not afford a real rack then how can you afford to breed? Each female can produce up to 20 babies. That is a lot of mouth's to feed and babies eat a lot. Not to mention calcium

I'm only getting one breeding pair and i breed/raise my own mealworms and superworms.

 

[Russellm0704]

Oh ok. Then honestly, I would suggest building one. I built my own hatchling rack and it holds 20 6qt tubs. The total cost including melamine, 2x4 supports, tubs, screws, heat tape, and thermostat was only about 150.

 

[geckos'n'stuff123]

I did consider that but I dont have any tools that would be needed to make one. but If I did start breeding this would only be temporary and i would build one soon.

 

[lecko167]

I'm a teenage girl.. and I built a rack all by myself. I bought a drill and that was the only tool I needed. The total cost for my rack totaled $200+. The thermostat is the most expensive thing, but it's also the most important thing. I built a rack for my pets, so it only holds 12 16 qt tubs.