boxers
Hatchling Member
Soo. I've got two small fixtures with blue lights, and a deep dome fixture with an MVB. A 20L tank. A big rock cave. Reptile carpet. Vitamins and calcium dust. Phoenix Worms for feeders. A reptile hammock. And a climbing stick.
I started wondering if there was an attractive lizard I could get that I would not need to make a giant home for in adulthood- with one beardie in the home, I really don't have room to get another. (Yet :wink So I started thinking Leopard Gecko.
I've been reading all day and know that the majority of this stuff I don't need to use for the geckos, but I just wanted to run some questions, to be safe.
1. Do they really not need UV rays at all? A colored light is enough for them, I read, as they are typically nocturnal. But this just seems strange, to me, transitioning from the bright desert beardie.
2. Would they prefer to be in a couple or single? I read a lot of places saying "one lizard per ten gallons", I was just wondering if more room is better, as with most pets, or if they would become stressed by too much room and no one to explore it with.
3. To keep the humidity between 20-40% (right?), should I mist the entire enclosure, or only the moist hide? Should I drip water onto the lizard's nose, like with beairdies? [Note: I have tried this at work a couple times, the things launch themselves at my fingertip, either to get the water or because they think I am attacking them, I'm not sure..]
4. The large rock cave that I have is very spacious and open; should I substitute this for a more confined hiding spot, or should I fill it with moss to make it more snug and use as the moist hide? Or would it be fine as the dry hide even?
5. I don't need to use the hammock or stick... right? I'm under the impression they don't climb at all.
And, lastly, for those of you who own Leopard Geckos yourselves:
6. What breeder did you get yours from? and,
7. Please feel free to gush about what wonderful pets they are to continue to persuade me this is a good choice.
[Handle-ability is a huge factor in my pet favoring.]
I started wondering if there was an attractive lizard I could get that I would not need to make a giant home for in adulthood- with one beardie in the home, I really don't have room to get another. (Yet :wink So I started thinking Leopard Gecko.
I've been reading all day and know that the majority of this stuff I don't need to use for the geckos, but I just wanted to run some questions, to be safe.
1. Do they really not need UV rays at all? A colored light is enough for them, I read, as they are typically nocturnal. But this just seems strange, to me, transitioning from the bright desert beardie.
2. Would they prefer to be in a couple or single? I read a lot of places saying "one lizard per ten gallons", I was just wondering if more room is better, as with most pets, or if they would become stressed by too much room and no one to explore it with.
3. To keep the humidity between 20-40% (right?), should I mist the entire enclosure, or only the moist hide? Should I drip water onto the lizard's nose, like with beairdies? [Note: I have tried this at work a couple times, the things launch themselves at my fingertip, either to get the water or because they think I am attacking them, I'm not sure..]
4. The large rock cave that I have is very spacious and open; should I substitute this for a more confined hiding spot, or should I fill it with moss to make it more snug and use as the moist hide? Or would it be fine as the dry hide even?
5. I don't need to use the hammock or stick... right? I'm under the impression they don't climb at all.
And, lastly, for those of you who own Leopard Geckos yourselves:
6. What breeder did you get yours from? and,
7. Please feel free to gush about what wonderful pets they are to continue to persuade me this is a good choice.
[Handle-ability is a huge factor in my pet favoring.]