hey there. i am new to this site, me and my girlfriend just bought our first leo gecko, we have a fairly good idea of what we are doing.

we layedown a heat matt and some sand hes got two hides and some water no light yet tho as being a bank holiday no where is open

we have not yet named him/her yet and we are still not sure on the age but i would gusse @ about 2-4 mnths

[elfish_gecko]

very cute
just a word of advice though get rid of the sand and put him on paper towel, if he eats the sand he could become impacted and die. Sand is a def no no for geckos under 1 year and after that its still not recommended but if you must have it use childs play sand. I have got ceramic tiles in my viv and mines doing fine.

well i got the sand for free off of a family friend, and there gecko used it since it was 1mnth and hes 3 now i was told this sand was the only safe sand for them

he just tried to bite the missus but i gusse its because he not settled, he did try to eat one of the locus but he missed. is this normal?


the pet shop recomened us to always leave live food in there but a lot of people on here disagree


we have now named him elvis

what types of plantation can you use inside the vive

altho we named him elvis, we now beieve he may be a she lol

i use calci sand, elfish_gecko is right it can cause impaction and kill you baby leo! if you use calci sand at least if he/she swallows it, then it can be digested easily, and contains calcium, unlike playsand that has toxins and stuff in it, apparently.

[knz-geckos]

Im sorry High yellow but your wrong
Claci sand is NOT digestable at all only 2% of it is digestable.
Claci sand acts like kitty litter and clumps together when its wet,
considering the inside of a leo is wet thats exactly what is going to happen when the leo swallows it.

Sand is NEVER recomended for baby leos at all EVER!
You should take the sand out and replace it with kitchen roll straight away.

well ive never personally had any problems with it and ive had 4 leo's so far using it, its just my personal opinion on the sand!

[knz-geckos]

Personal opinions are welcome all the time

But I like to make people aware of the high risk calci sand carries
Using Calci sand you pose a much higher risk to impactation than any other substrate.

really? but i havnt had that problem...hmmm i dunno! ive always used it though? use to it i guess!