Julie (and others),
What are you using... I think I missed this?
> Rick brings up a good point. Using sand can be
dangerous. One of the problems is if your leopard
gecko becomes ill, one of the first things
they do is start gobbling down the substrate.>
Why would they eat the substrate if they are becoming
ill?
<<If they were in their natural enviroment, this would
probably benefit them as there is stuff in the natural
substrate with nutrients. In > captivity most people
do not pick this up until it is too late.>>
What "would" their natural enviroment substrate
consist of besides sand, soil,decaying plant matter,
and possibly pebbles, stones, etc.? Do you think
using natural substrate - soil directly from a desert
environment - would be better?
<<It is also a matter of what the gecko is used to and
how old it is. Putting a young leopard on sand or
anything else that could be ingested is foolish. I had
a customer put one of my healthy babies on
bed-a-beast, it was ingested and the gecko died.
Another went against my advice, used bed-a-beast with
a young leo and it got the bed a beast in its eye, got
an eye infection!>>
The trio of leopards that I am getting from a friend
are used to being on only paper towels with a
rubbermaid hide box... oh, and a heat rock (which I
don't intend to use)... they are adults, we estimate
at about 3-4 years old. She doesn't know what they
were maintained on previously...she's had them for at
least 1 1/2 years. I had planned to put them on sand,
but I am wavering.
>As far as calci-sand, I do not recommend it. Too
coarse, too many know cases of impaction. >>
I also have a crocodile gecko (Tarentola mauretanicus)
and I have been keeping "it" on calci-sand for over a
year now. It's about 4" long, don't know it's age or
sex... My daughter bought it from a pet store, then
lost interest in it... I ended up adopting it! I
can't find much information about them, except they
like basically the same environment as leos. Any
information about them, their maintenance and care,
etc. would be greatly appreciated.
=====
Laura
Universal Bettas
http://www.UniversalBettas.homestead.com/UniBetas.html
aka A.C.G.& S. Menagerie
"All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and
wonderful, The Lord God made them all..."
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