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Leopard Geckos are the most commonly bred lizards in captivity. Hatchling leopard geckos (3-4 inches) or grownups (7-10 inches) can be housed comfortably in a 10 gallon tank (or a plastic tub of equivalent size). While two adult geckos might be housed in a 10 gallon tank, a 20 gallon long tank is advisable for multiple grownups. It is necessary not to house two sexually fully grown males together as they may contend for territory and hurt one another. It is also crucial not to house males and women together until they’ve reached adult size (roughly 45 grams). Several adult women can be housed with a single male safely. While a screen top is not strictly needed because leopard geckos do not have the structure on the toes that allow other species of geckos to climb tank walls, it is advisable to keep other pets or kids out and victim products in.

Leopard geckos are insectivorous. Sadly many big breeders are utilizing mealworms as an essential diet plan for their geckos. This indicates that mealworms are now necessary to the majority of geckos’ survival. Getting leopard gecko food of Mealworms from a leopard gecko already established on them could result in tension and illness. Nevertheless Mealworms are perfectly okay to use as the bulk part of your geckos diet offered you feed the Mealworm well and use vitamin powder. We recommend you leave a small bowl of them in the enclosure for 4 days a week. Leading up the Mealworms as they go. After you get rid of the mealworms for 24 hr introduce a meal of crickets or locust. It is worth explaining that it is a complete misconception that a Mealworm will eat out of your animal if not appropriately chewed.

Overall the leopard gecko reaches a length of about 10 inches, and gets its name from the leopard like areas which cover the bodies of adult animals. Child leopard geckos are born with dark transverse bands, which lighten as they become the spotted grownups. Their general background color is yellow and lavender, although a variety of brand-new color phases have developed through captive breeding. Some of the existing stages are animals with hi-yellow, white or lavender background color, striped, jungle and other pattern abnormalities, and leucistic (in fact hypomelanistic) and albino genetic anomalies. Leopard geckos are members of the sub-family Eublepharinae, or the eye-lidded geckos. Numerous geckos do not have eyelids, however the leopard geckos’ are movable, which enable them to blink and close their eyes while sleeping. Toe pads, which are useful in climbing up vertical walls and glass fish tank are not present in the leopard gecko. There are small claws on completion of the toe.

The best part about keeping reptiles as animals is their overall uniqueness as animals. Unique niches, adaptations, color, characters and more come alive in your terrarium as long as you provide the correct setup that associates with their biological niches. This is what makes them so fantastic as family pets, since you can have a rather tame, simple to take care of lizard that not only can be calm adequate to consume from tongs or your hand, but still act like a wild animal by basking, hunting, digging burrows and tunnels, breeding and even rehydrating. The most essential thing to remember that these animals are NOT domesticated. They are WILD animals with impulses that should be nurtured in the terrarium to make them feel at home and comfortable. Being responsible for a life, it is your duty to provide the best care, instead of the fundamental care using research driven practices and methods.

Leopard geckos are primarily insectivorous, feeding upon pests. However will often feed upon little pinky mice and possibly even consume percentages of tinned family pet food. Mealworms, wax worms, crickets, earthworms and locusts are all ideal prey products. However particular foods must be restricted. It is important that the food you give your gecko is as highly nutritious as possible. It would be almost pointless to feed a starved cricket to your gecko. Therefore, positioning food such as potato peel and cabbage into the insect’s enclosure will benefit the gecko as much as the bugs. Gut-Load can also be bought from lots of retailers. This is a balanced food for bugs and should be offered to the insects at least 12 hours before feeding.

Next question one might have is, "How huge should my tank be?" Well this depends on the number of geckos you plan to house in the tank. A 10 gallon tank would be on the little side for one gecko, but it works. My opinion is that a 20 gallon tank works best for 2, perhaps 3 geckos, and a 30 gallon tank can fit as much as 4 or 5 (this area is discussed, so the less geckos, the much safer). I do not suggest you ever house more than 5 geckos in one tank. Another thing to consider when buying a tank is that Leopard Geckos do not climb up as much as other geckos, so it is much better to purchase a tank with more surface area. For instance: A 20 gallon tank (24" x 12" x 16") meaning 24" by 12" area, compared to a 20 gallon long (30" x 12" x 12") which has 30" by 12" surface area. You could get those two tanks for the exact same cost, but the 20 gallon long would be better choice.