The daytime temperature of a leopard gecko habitat should be between 75 and 85 degrees fahrenheit.
Leopard gecko room.
Food and diet crested gecko vs.
Assuming everyone sleeps around 8 hours per night having your leopard gecko go that long in an overly cold tank could be very bad for it and you might even start to see symptoms of having a cold room show in your leopard gecko when you wake up in the morning.
Since they are long lived lizards be sure you re prepared to care for a leopard gecko for an extended time.
When you first.
A thermometer at each end of the terrarium will help you monitor the temperature.
You may be surprised at how fun these little lizards can be.
Ideally a leopard gecko should have minimum 2 hides placed at different spots around the enclosure to facilitate thermoregulation.
Start handling your gecko when it is young.
Exo terra leopard gecko starter kit.
Lifespan of both lizards is similar.
The nighttime temperature can be about 10 f lower.
This is a great all in one starter kit from exo terra for your new leopard gecko.
The kit includes the tank a substrate mat under mount heater thermometer vitamin and mineral supplement led light water bowl and a hide cave.
We ve covered the ideal humidity for leopard gecko enclosures in our blog post on shedding so make sure to check that out.
These highly popular pets are readily available but it s always best to purchase geckos from a reputable breeder which can cost 20 to 40.
Choosing your leopard gecko.
Rare morphs may cost up to 100.
One on the warm end near the heat source and one on the cool end.
Pinpoint your surface temperature gradient with a temperature gun like the etekcity lasergrip 774.
Make sure you have a fire alarm in the room and some way to put out an electrical fire just in case.
Follow these steps to learn how to play with your leo.
The common leopard gecko eublepharis macularius is a cathemeral ground dwelling lizard native to the rocky dry grassland and desert regions of afghanistan pakistan north west india mid western nepal and iran the common leopard gecko has become a popular pet and due to extensive captive breeding is sometimes referred to as the first domesticated species of lizard.
Leopard gecko leopard geckos live for around 10 20 years but can be as little as 6 7 years depending on sex and general care.