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| Topic Started: Feb 13 2015, 06:07 PM (2,559 Views) | |
| HENDRIX | Feb 14 2015, 03:21 PM Post #16 |
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The sand we have is even coarser, and I've never seen one eat it. They're usually fed by hand, and even if not, they don't eat any sand when they catch their crickets themselves, they aim carefully and usually hit nicely. There's hardly any sand in the poop, and they don't have swollen bellies. ![]() The conditions have to be really bad for them to ingest that many quantities of sand! Edited by HENDRIX, Feb 14 2015, 03:21 PM.
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Feb 14 2015, 03:38 PM Post #17 |
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I personally don't use sand but a lot of people do and have no issues. Likewise, a lot of people have had deadly issues. It's really up to the gecko and the keeper. Some of them will just go ahead and lick up a whole blob of sand and others won't ever ingest any. Also, your geckos look nice
Edited by Admiral General Aladeen, Feb 14 2015, 03:39 PM.
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| fridooh | Feb 14 2015, 04:23 PM Post #18 |
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I asked at a Swedish reptile forum and a lot of members said they used sand for their geckos. They also said only unhappy or mistreated geckos eat so much sand that it's dangerous. But I don't know, I guess it's better to be safe than sorry... Hmm. I'll ask the reptile store about it. Anyhow, I'm really happy with these little guys They are so beautiful! I'm trying not to handle them right now, I don't want to stress them since they've moved today, but I'm really eager to take a closer look at them
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| Ignacio | Feb 14 2015, 04:30 PM Post #19 |
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They look really cute fridooh and the terrarium looks awesome
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Feb 14 2015, 05:03 PM Post #20 |
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it looks like you have it from the photo but make sure there's at least three hides. One on the hot side, one on the cool side, and one in the middle to be utilized as a humid hide. You may ever want to add a few extra being that you have two geckos in there |
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| fridooh | Feb 14 2015, 05:08 PM Post #21 |
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Oh, okay! Thanks for that There's actually only two hides, one on the cool side (a box with moist) and one in the middle. There's no hide on the hot side. I'll buy something fun at the pet store on monday
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Feb 14 2015, 05:29 PM Post #22 |
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You could feed worms in a food dish on sand, it shouldn't cause any problems ![]() You MAY have to tweezer-feed crickets, though with the sand substrate, so grains don't get inside their mouths if they miss or they catch the cricket with some sand on them
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| Terrena Laxamentum | Feb 14 2015, 06:58 PM Post #23 |
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Don't ask a store, they'll say anything to sell. Ask well known breeders, are very large percentage will say no to sand. All geckos are different, not all are dainty when striking and will probably get a mouth full of sand, not all will eat larvae or roaches, and not all will feed on a separate container or be allowed to be hand fed, so it is better safe than sorry. But if you are SO inclined to use the inaccurate sand, then all I can say is good luck, and hope that yours are not sloppy eaters. Oh, you got a pair? What are you going to do if they breed? Edited by Terrena Laxamentum, Feb 14 2015, 06:58 PM.
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Feb 14 2015, 07:07 PM Post #24 |
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Oh oh, also change that daylight bulb to an infrared bulb. They are nocturnal and do not need the vitamin D from the sun/light (the weekly supplement powder should be good enough) (Potato himself cannot hunt well, if at all, he's like entirely dependent on tweezers and bowl.) Edited by Fluffs, Feb 14 2015, 07:08 PM.
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| HENDRIX | Feb 14 2015, 07:12 PM Post #25 |
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Did it ever occur to you that those breeder geckos are perhaps that stupid and peaky because they are immensely in-bred to create all those fancy color morphs? But you're right with the thing about the stores. |
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| fridooh | Feb 14 2015, 07:14 PM Post #26 |
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Well.. no, it's not like I need to use sand. It just seems that a lot of people say it's not so dangerous. I'll probably change to something else, then. The geckos health is of course the most important thing here, and since you have a lot of them I'll trust you Maybe I can build something really cool with rocks, caves etc. I've seen people make their own stuff with styrofoam as well. I'll probably be able to do something nice for them I have no experience with leopard gecko hatchlings but I have had turtle hatchlings before, so I guess I have some kind of experience when it comes to reptile eggs I have another terrarium, if they reproduce ![]() Edit: I had an infrared buld, but it said poff and it stopped working. I'll buy a new one on monday. Should I have the daylight bulb during that time, or no light at all?
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| Terrena Laxamentum | Feb 14 2015, 07:36 PM Post #27 |
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No. Most of those "fancy color morphs" are actually selectively bred dominant, recessive, and poly-genetic traits. In fact, many of those morphs you look down upon have stronger blood-lines than the mutt normals as many are be being out-crossed with other blood-lines or pure subspecies, and some were even created by those out-crossings. There are actually very few line bred traits, Tangerine, High Yellow, Hypo, Line-bred Snow, Jungle, Stripe, Hyper-Melanistic, Lavender, G project, and Charcoal. The only morph that actually has mental issues is the Enigma, and it is not even Line-bred. And it is not the morphs fault, its the breeders. Line-breeding is not what creates problems, stupid/careless breeders create the problems. Mutt normals often have more problems like Enigma Syndrome than line-bred traits. |
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Feb 14 2015, 08:06 PM Post #28 |
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Also a heat pad is a superior heat source to a lamp, for these animals. Leopard geckos don't ever get above heat from the sun being nocturnal, they get it from the warm rocks and ground they crawl on at night. |
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| fridooh | Feb 14 2015, 08:11 PM Post #29 |
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I have a heat mat, but I feel it's not warm enough. It's only 29.4C, isn't that to cold? They are both laying on it right now.. Maybe they are cold?
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| Terrena Laxamentum | Feb 14 2015, 08:22 PM Post #30 |
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Try getting a better mat, or use rock with mat. |
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They are so beautiful! I'm trying not to handle them right now, I don't want to stress them since they've moved today, but I'm really eager to take a closer look at them 

There's actually only two hides, one on the cool side (a box with moist) and one in the middle. There's no hide on the hot side. I'll buy something fun at the pet store on monday 

