Baby Leopard Gecko Cage Setup

Basic leopard gecko tank setup.

Baby leopard gecko cage setup.

A twenty gallon enclosure is preferred. Don t place the moist hideout in the cold spot this placement will make your leopard gecko sick cold humid conditions and can make it enter brumation. I m using aspen substrate. Ventilate your gecko s home and prevent any lizard escapes with a screened lid.

Complete leopard gecko care and setup guide. Plastic storage boxes such as those for storing sweaters also may be used as long as the box is at least one foot high to prevent the lizard from jumping out. Too little room can potentially stress out your leopard gecko but too much extra room can also potentially stress out your gecko. Setting up a terrarium.

Males tend to spar over territory. For a single leopard gecko we do not recommend cohabitation you should consider nothing smaller than a ten gallon cage which is a minimum of twelve inches in height and thirty inches in length to give your gecko room to move. I just bought my set up and i m buying a baby albino leopard gecko in about 2 weeks. A good leopard gecko hideout should have an entrance big enough for your leopard gecko and be big enough for it to lay inside like this cave hideout.

Leopard gecko is animal that likes to spend its life on the ground and. Looks like you know a lot. I m real excited and have done a bunch of research i have a heating pad and want to put it under the tank. House your single leopard gecko in a terrarium that s at least 10 gallons.

Shop habitats accessories. Making a home for your baby gecko geckos are typically housed in 10 to 20 gallon glass aquariums. Two or three geckos do well together but no more than one should be a male. For every extra gecko make the tank 5 gallons bigger.

So if you choose a larger sized enclosure you ll want to add a few extra hides or decoration pieces such as wood bridges fake plants etc. Leopard geckos require belly heating with under tank heating pad.