This leopard gecko breeder on YouTube (the interestingly titled “checkoutmyballs305″) always has interesting videos about his collection of leopard geckos All of his stuff is worth watching.
His set-up is uber simple. Newspaper as a substrate, plastic stacked drawers as the terrarium or housing (watch the video, at the beginning he does state that the set up isn’t perfect as it doesn’t have air holes so he had to create an attachment).
Now the fascinating thing is the different, simple and effective hides he uses. From yoghurt pots to iphone boxes!! He does a tour of his leopard gecko collection from super hypo tangerine carrot tails, albinos, trempers, bell albinos…he has a pretty big leopard gecko collection.
The video ends with a quick show and tell of his ball pythons. Stunning colors, huge and really fascinating stuff too. Check it out..
I really like to read about other people’s leopard gecko pets and their experiences with them.
Seacoastonline provide regular news and postings about the animals at the zoo. Two of their animals who seem to be real personalities include Sydney the bearded dragon and Lea the leopard gecko. The winters are cold so both Sydney and Lea have an instinct to brumate, which is a type of hibernation. The article is really cute as they obviously think of their animals like humans. For example, they let Sydney watch TV!
I love looking at other people’s leopard geckos. This person on youtube has posted a video (no audio) simply introducing his leopard gecko called Dagon. Dagon the leopard gecko seems really friendly, the owner can lightly stroke, pet and play with him. He’s also pretty easy to feed by the looks of it.
Here’s a useful video on how to heat gecko habitats. This guy suggests using a normal everyday heat pad. As we know, the temperature of your terrarium is really important since leopard geckos are cold blooded reptiles and therefore can’t regulate heat from within. Some of the tips include using a timer for your heat pad and only placing your heat pad on a section of the leopard gecko vivarium so they can escape the heat if they want to. He recommends using a regular spotlight, but I think you should buy a specialist one from a pet store. Take a look!
