General Leopard Gecko Questions?

Leopard Geckos are very simple and fun to care for.

I find that many of my Leos have similar sleeping patterns to cats. Some sleep at night some sleep during the day, some seem to always sleep and some seem to never sleep. I find that my Leos are use to being handled at certain times, so if your son comes home from school and plays with his gecko that is when the Leo will be routinely active.

Leos mainly only make noise when they are startled, the only noise might be your Leo moving through fake or real plants in the enclosure. Your son should be able to sleep fine.

You can purchase canned crickets and worms (dead) from the pet store however live insects are more appealing to Leos and will give them exercise. If you really don't want to feed live you may need to invest in a vibrating food dish because most Leos wont eat it if its not moving.

Crickets only make noise if they are adults. Most pet stores have small and large crickets if you buy the small ones you should have no problem with noise. I keep my adult crickets in my basement.

For my Leos I feed only meal worms because crickets have a tendency to escape and smell. Meal worms can be kept alive for months in the fridge.

I just make sure the Leos food dish always has something in it. Adults can be fed every 2-3 days but younger Leos should be fed every day and they should always have access to clean water.

A day light lamp in not required because they are in nature nocturnal. A heating light or heating pad will be required; one or the other should work fine when the tank is set up properly.

I would suggest some sort of bedding that is to large for your gecko to accidentally eat. Paper towels, tiles and reptile carpets are an easy and clean way to go although not as nice to look at. stay clear of fine substrates like sand, you don't want your Leo ingesting that.

My Leos love to climb, the more drift wood and rocks I put in the happier they are. You should have at least 2 hiding spots, one on the warm side and one on the cool side of the tank but a gecko will make use of all the hides you give it. (One hide will likely become a "designated poop spot", I have 5 Leo cages and they all have a poop hide. They potty train them selfs.)

Leos can enjoy a lot of handling(a few hours a day), they like attention and daily handling's but missing a few days a week ones in a while wont hurt.

if you fill up their water and food dishes they can last a week with out too much discomfort and I have heard of Leos going over 3 weeks with out food.

Most pet store are going to mark up the price, try to find a local breeder on craigslist that can tell you when they hatched, when and what they have eaten, and the type of leopard gecko.(they have many coloration morphs)

I have never had a problem with a under tank heating pad, its the heating cable and rocks you need to watch out for.

Hope I helped.

As far as diet goes, a diet strictly of crickets is usually all right as long as they're gut loaded (Fluker's is a good brand for that) and dusted with calcium powder (an excellent idea). Most geckos will eat dried insects or the canned ones, some won't. They're kind of like people as far as that goes. You may be able to buy a pre-packaged diet from ZooMed. It has all the good stuff they need without having to keep crickets alive. They've also got canned insects such as mealworms, snails, etc. that most of them seem to love. Substrate: I've never liked using regular sand or ground walnut shells. Both can cause problems. The shells can hurt their feet and make them uneasy because it's not natural for them. ZooMed also has a product called ReptiSand designed to break down and not cause bowel obstructions. Works really well. As far as your heating source, I've never had much luck with the under the tank heaters. Lizards need more than heat. The best thing is to use a ceramic heat bulb (if your uva/uvb bulbs don't provide enough heat). To keep them from developing metabolic bone disease, they need 12 hour full spectrum at a minimum. I've seen the best results from using a full spectrum (day light bulb) for 12 hours and using a blue (uvb) night bulb for the other 12. This can be done easily with a timer switch you can get at a home improvement store. I know having cats and over the tank heat bulbs can be a pain, but it's the best way to do it for the lizards. Your misting plan should work fine.

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I am by no means an expert on geckos, but we've had our leopard gecko for 15 years. (Not mine, my brothers pet)

- I see mine frequently during the day.

- She makes no noise at all. Well, now that she's getting old she sometimes runs into the tank wall after hunting crickets.

- I believe you can feed pinkies? Frozen baby mice? I'm not sure though, we've always fed her crickets.

- I buy a box of crickets from PetSmart and leave the box in the tank with her. As they hop out, she eats them.

- I buy a box once a week

- We have a heat rock and a heat lamp

- I have no idea what the bedding we use. It's like astro-turf....but not.

- We have a log to climb on and hide in

- I'm not sure about handling, but I assume you should handle

- They have a fat storage in their tail so I'm thinking they could go a while. Ours actually got lost in our house for about 2 weeks (thats what we got for letting a teenage boy have a gecko) and she did quite well without food

- Rescue!

Again, I'm definitely not an expert, so someone might be able to help you better. But this is what I've got from experience with mine!

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Let me start of by saying your son has picked the right starter reptile! Now to the awnsers...

You will see it during the day. Sometimes it amy stick its head out of the hide and look around. And if its hungry or thirsty. But other then that it will be sleep. or just be hiding in the hide.

Leopard Geckos ar silent animals unless you try to pick them up or annoy them they will hiss.

There are freeze dried food that your gecko can eat but most geckos prefer theirs live!

Crickets do make noise (chirp) so you can keep your in a cricket keeper or in the basment in a closet.

You should feed the gecko 5-8 crickets everyday. (Pending on its size)

Leopard geckos do not require lamps at all because bright lights constantly shining in their eyes will stress them. But you can use a heat lamp or day lamp with a red or blue light bulb. (these are invisible to them)

For substrate, for baby geckos you should use paper towel reptile carpet or tile. For older you should use paper towel or sand. do not use any for babys, they are not the best eaters and will eat the sand will catching crickets. So only for adults

You need 3 hiding spots a Warm hide on the warm side where you have the heat pad and tthe lamp. A cool hide on the side with no heat. And a Humid hide that should be on either side that you will spra with water to help them shed. keep it moist. You could put some logs or something for them to climb on but its optional.

You can tame a leopard gecko. So you can hold it however much you like as long as its not messing up his sleep pattern or anything like that.

Im not really sure but i think a leopard gecko could go at least a good week or 2 without food because they store some food in their tails for later use.

Any place is good. I would say a pet store. But no big name pet stores there is no telling what their animals go threw.

Umm you should use a 10-20 gallon tank for a gecko.

Under tank heaters wont over heat. Actually they are more safe than heat lamps. IF you are really scared you can buy one of those little switches that you plug into it and can control the heat with the handle.

Dont grab geckos by the tail

You should have a calcium dish but you can also dust the crickets or worms with calcium

Get a cricket keep to keep the crickets safe from escape or something

And youll need a screen top

Nothing should catch on fire

Leopard geckos are great starter pets

Be careful when you first get it, when you try to hold it it will be skitish you should let it get used to its new home

Dont house 2 males or 2 females in the same cage only one male and one female.... Only if you want little babies

You should clean out any waste every week. And fully clean the tank every month or so, whatever makes you happy.

I think this is a good pet for anyone :) Good luck

Hey. Here are the answers to your questions, I hope it helps! :)

-No, if they go out in the sunlight they will then shrivel up and die. Think of it as an allergic reaction.

-Well it depends. If its angry, it could make roaring sounds, similar to that of a lion.

-Yes. Human flesh is a favorite food of the leopard gecko.

-I keep my crickets with my illegal aliens. In the basement. That way you can't hear either of them! :D

-Since leopard geckos have evolved, they need only eat every other day.

-No, it just needs a blanket made out of the flesh of his enemies. The leopard gecko is a fierce creature.

-Just like the blanket, the leopard gecko needs bedding made out of the bones of his enemies.

-Yes, lots of hiding spots so it can surprise attack when the assassins come for him.

-NO! Do NOT touch the leopard gecko!! O_O It will most likely shoot venom into your eyes and/or mouth. I recommend a Hazmat Suit for any handling of the leopard gecko.

-It can go for up to about 6 months without any food. The leopard gecko is beast.

-I do not recommend Craig's List. The Russian government trains them to be killing machines before selling them to helpless fools on Craig's List. I reccomend Petco or Pet Smart.

I hope this helps! Have fun and be safe with your leopard gecko! :)

Leopard geckos are a fantastic pet. I just bought a baby after my other died:( she is doing very well though :)

-Yes, they are nocturnal. But you see them at different times of the day as the move to find a hotter or cooler spot, or sometimes occasionally they hunt early.

-They make no noise whatsoever. At all. Sometimes i have to check to make sure she is still in there hahaha.

-They are basically just crickets and mealworms (i feed about 50% crickets and 50%mealworms). The perk with the mealworms is that they make no noise and easier to catch for baby leopard geckos. The perk with crickets is that are sometime more nutritious. Other than that you can feed waxworms (as a treat cuz they are fattening and addictive! :]), silkworms, beetles, and occasional pinky mice only for full grown geckos though. You CAN buy dead crickets and mealworms to feed, but those usually dont work cuz the geckos only go for moving insects. (Although when i accidentally kill a cricket i just move it with a chopstick to trick the gecko! :P)

-I just buy this container of crickets from my local petstore. The ones i buy though make no noise. You can buy certain ones like that. When you buy them just make sure to throw in some food because you must gutload the geckos food. I just throw in lettuce, oats, fruits, veggies, etc and the crickets eat it and then the geckos will get the nutrients from the crickets. You also need to get a calcium and vitamin powder for the gecko. i just get a small container, put the crickets or mealworms in with the powder and "shake and bake" lol

-There should be 2 different heats of the cage. One side should be between 86-92 (warm side) and the cool side should be about 78-85 during the day. At night it should be about 10 degrees cooler on each side. So i have an under tank heater that i leave on 24/7 (and dont worry about them overheating cuz you put them under the tank not in it o it doesnt really get too hot!) and on the same side i have a basking lightbulb to get it to the desired temperature. The humidity should be about 40-60% also. This means you need a thermometer and a humidity detecter plus a water mister to raise the humidity if needed :)

-You should use reptile carpet, tiles, or paper towels as subtrate. But avoid sand, fibers, or any loose bedding! its messy, the gecko eats it when he eats the food causing impaction over a period of time, and when you mist the cage the sand sometimes gets stuck on the claws.

-You should have 3 hiding spots. one on the warm side, one on the cool side, and one in the middle that is a humid hide. i just cut a hole in a tupperware container and put wet paper towels on the bottom. this is for the gecko when he sheds becuase the humidity is higher. There should be a couple rocks and plants for him to remove shed and climb on

-Do not handle the first week you get him or when hes shedding. When i got mine a few weeks ago i handled him once a day to try and get him used to me, but he didnt eat for a week after moving and shedding which are both very traumatizing for them. but after a whole hes fine just dont handle in the first week. but after that make sure to handle him at least once a week so he gets socialized.

-They can go weeks without food, maybe months (but thats when they are starving). they store all fat in there tails and depend on that for when times are tough. but they should be fed everyday as babies and every other day as adults.

- I got mine straight from petco. It was only $30 too. I have heard a lot of horror stories from petco but let me tell you my experience. When my gecko was not eating for a week after i got him, i took him back to petco obviously worried. They were extremely nice and super comforting. Right when i explained the problem they immediately told me that i could either exchange him for another one (which i didnt want to do), return him (not a fan either), or they would take him and put him in a tank and monitor his food and have the vet come in and check him the next day and they would call me the next day. They called and my mom picked him up. They had said that he was very healthy, but since he was changed environments and shed around the same time, he was probably just stressed. they also said he had eaten 2 crickets the morning we picked him us and told me to leave him alone for a few days and not handle him and call them if there were any problems. 2 days later he ate a mealworm and 2 crickets, and the next night he ate 2 mealworms and 4 crickets :)

they were very helpful and understanding, and maybe it was just the petco in my neighborhood, abut i would recommend them.

extra info:

-i also have a 20 gallon tank, a water dish, and a dish for mealworms etc.

*just make sure theyre tails are getting nice and fat and youre good, they make great pets :)