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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. A ten gallon
tank is all that is needed to keep you gecko
happy. 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. One of the most common mistakes made
by first time pet owners lighting. 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. You have no humidity in cool
conditions because it is heat that makes the
humidity.

Don't make a mistake of buying a sand substrate
because it looks great and tempting because this
is not what a gecko in the wild lives on. 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 you
use for substrate now that we know that sand is
not to be used for your pet gecko. 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.

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J. Jacks has written a number of articles on the
care of Leopard Geckos. If you would like to
learn more about this little creature just click
on the link below:
http://www.geckosale.com/albino-leopard-geckos/

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