I'd like to touch a little on the desert species concept. I'm not sure exactly how LG habitat is, but by the pictures I've seen I'd tend to guess/assume that weather is fairly similar to here, Southern New Mexico, where we haven't had any precipitation since January. In my part of the state we have Coleonyx brevis (Texas Banded Gecko) ranging through our mountains. The only time they are generally found is after rains. Once a fair amount of the moisture has evaporated off they tend to come to surface and live under small flat rocks where the soil remains moist. Once the soil is dry it becomes harder to locate them. How this ties with leos and their humidity requirements is that I'm guessing (theorizing) that leos would behave in the same manner. Most desert retreats (burrows, large rocks with hollows underneath, etc) usually retain about a 70-100% relative humidity depending on the depth of the retreat (actual den). Granted they are desert species, but maybe the occassional misting during the week wouldn't hurt. I personally just supply a humid hide area. Just my thoughts, feel free for anymore thoughts, opinions, enlightenments, whatever. Later, Chris
----- Original Message ----- From: "Magnus Myklatun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 4:13 PM Subject: Re: [Gecko] thanks! just one more question... > Hi! > > >how warm does the warm end of his tank have to be? the guy at the pet > > >shop, who breeds leos and has for a few years now, says he keeps his > > >tanks around 75-80 on the warm end. > > In my oppinion this is too cold for a LG. The surface temp. at the warm end > should be somewhere around 85-88F. I would say 70-75 on the cold end would > create a sufficient temp. gradient. > > >down on it. the guy at the shop said if the substrate is warm, then he > >should be okay... but i just wanted a few other opinions. any help is > >greatly appreciated. > > I've always belived that guessing temps or trying to judge it by feel does > not work too good. Stick with a temp. read-out and adjust from there. > > >also, i was wondering how often i need to spray him and his tank with > >water... i've read different info on this, and was wondering if anyone > > >could suggest anything. i know when he goes into a shed i need to >make > >sure that he gets enough moisture too. > > Well, I personally don't spray LGs since they are desert animals and they do > not need very high humidity. To create a higher humidity to help shedding I > would try to use a humid hide-box. Cut a hole in a regular plastic box and > fill it with moist sand or something similar that holds moisture. Simply wet > the sand (make sure it's not too moist either) on a regular basis and that > should be enough. > > Hope this helps, > > Magnus > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > > ########################################################################### > THE GLOBAL GECKO ASSOCIATION LISTSERV > WebSite: www.gekkota.com Archive: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > The GGA takes no responsibility for the contents of these postings. > ########################################################################### >
