Finding Gecko For Sale Tips

August 25th, 2010 |

For a great pet you should consider a Leopard Gecko. They have a great personality and come in small packages. They are nocturnal and like hot dry places. You will find these lizards in India, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

When breeding in captivity they develop numerous color patterns, but in the wild they only develop a few color patterns. Leopard Geckos are a great beginner pet because of it’s friendly temperament and the fact that they are small. Being easy to care for and their small size their entire life can be a happy one in a ten gallon aquarium. A couple of good things about having a Leopard Gecko for a pet is that they are very affordable and they don’t take up very much room.

They can live up to thirty years if they have good care by using a few good rules and not making the mistakes that a new gecko pet owner could make. Lighting is one of the first important things, with mistakes being made very easily, by first time pet owners. They spend a good share of their day in underground burrows and come out at night to start hunting so keeping them in a area with bright lights will cause them to be very stressful. Some say UVB light is alright but it is still out for debate. Get a very good under the tank heat pad to put under their tank and don’t throw away your money buying a heat lamp which with the brightness will only be added stress. Some pads you can buy can be overly hot and can be bad for your gecko. A temperature gun is recommended to have the right temperature at any given part of the tank. These temperature guns are much better than the adhesive or digital prob thermometers because they can measure the temperature only at the spot they are placed and can be misleading.

Humidity is another very important thing for a gecko and this is easy to do with a small dish or may be Rubbermaid or Tupperware filled with paper towels that are wet, coco fibers that are moist, or sphagnum moss that is moist. Use only paper towels for baby geckos because the babies have a tendency to eat different things that might not be good for them.

Be sure to keep the material (paper towels, coco fibers, sphagnum moss) inside your gecko,s hiding place moist. Have the humidity hide right over the heat pad because without the heat you will have only a wet box. The heat makes the humidity and without the heat there is no humidity.

When buying a substrate do not buy sand because it looks great, because a gecko in the wild dose not live on sand. Even though they say that the commercial sands are safe for geckos, even the calcium based sands, are not safe for geckos. Natural sand is round but processed sand has squared edges and can cause impaction if eaten or ingested some way. They will not be able to go to the bathroom and will have to have medical attention. What do choose for a substrate if sand is not a good choice. There are different things that can be used but the best substrate that I have found is reptile carpet. The reptile carpet is similar to felt and is designed for Leopard Gecko cage or tank. It can be purchased at about any pet store. If your little gecko messes on it all you have to do is rinse it off with hot water and use it again and again. There could be one slight problem with reptile carpet is that for very young geckos their toes can get caught in it so for young ones go ahead and use paper towels. This way your young one will not lose a toe and besides that they are cheap and easy to dispose of.

About the Author

Jimmy Jacks is a informed gecko owner and has done extensive research on the raising and caring of Leopard Geckos. If you would like more information on Geckos just follow the like below: nhttp://www.geckosale.com/albino-leopard-geckos/n