General information
Leopard Gecko, also known as leopard gecko. It is a famous pet that has been bred in the US for the past 30 years. They are known as lizards that are colorful and easy to keep. Suitable for people who like to keep lizards in the house.
The Leopard Gecko is usually yellow, white, and has black spots on its body. At birth and they develop into long black stripes after development. Leopard Gecko comes in many other colors and patterns, so they are often referred to as morphs.
Size and age life
Name: Leopard gecko, Eublepharis macularius (In Vietnam known as leopard pelt or leopard gecko)
Lifespan: 20 years
Size: from 20-25cm including the tail
The Leopard Gecko is usually active at night. They like to live underground, they are easy to tame and docile. Another point is that this group of geckos has eyelids that other groups of geckos do not have.
Breeding barn
To keep the leopard gecko Leopard Gecko in captivity. You need to prepare a tank with a size of 45cm wide – 90cm long – 30cm high to raise.
The cage should be decorated, but it’s almost unnecessary for LG babies
If you have an old aquarium, you can also use it as a gecko breeding surface.
Raising Leopard Gecko you just need to use the heating plate to provide the temperature. The day temperature of the gecko cage is suitable at 31 degrees Celsius and 24 degrees Celsius at night.
The humidity in the Leopard Gecko cage should be above 20%.
So the gecko cage should not use sand because they can eat sand causing intestinal obstruction. You can use absorbent paper or a cloth, carpet to make the cage lining.
Do not use wood as the floor of the cage because wood chips can scratch their legs.
Food and water for Leopard Gecko
They do not eat plants, but only eat insects such as crickets, worms, worms and can feed adult Leopard Gecko lizards with baby mice. All insects before feeding the Leopard Gecko lizard you must feed them a nutritional regimen 12 hours before feeding the lizard. This process is called gut loading because it is so important to the health of the Leopard Gecko lizard. In the process of feeding lizards, you can add vitamin D3, calcium powder every time you feed the lizards every day. Leopard Gecko baby lizards you should feed them every day, and for adult lizards, it can be every 3-4 days to feed once.