Fat tail gecko needs
- Thread starter Grendel
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There are a lot of ways to do it and if you read fat tail care sheets you'll find them out. I have 2 small breeding groups and have been breeding them for about 3 years now. I keep my fat tails in planted tanks on coco fiber with a UTH set to the low 90's. I have lights only because of the plants. I don't worry about the air temp. My house in the winter can get down into the low to mid 60's but the inside of the enclosure is probably a bit warmer because of the lights and they spend nearly all their time piled up in the hide on top of the UTH.
Aliza
Aliza
fattailedlover
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paper towels or reptile carpet is good.
littlecloudbeast
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I was wondering- when people refer to "coco fiber" do you guys mean the loose, expandable eco earth (my sister has hermit crabs so I am very familiar with that) or the solid mats? (I am also pretty familiar with those)
littlecloudbeast
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Cool! My sister has some that I could use (I payed for it) so yay!!!!
littlecloudbeast
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Is there a risk of impacting with it?
fattailedlover
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coco earth
I don't think coco earth is best for leopard geckos.They are more for frogs.Paper towels are one of the best substrates for geckos or you can use butcher paper.thease are free if you ask dad or mom if you can use some.
I don't think coco earth is best for leopard geckos.They are more for frogs.Paper towels are one of the best substrates for geckos or you can use butcher paper.thease are free if you ask dad or mom if you can use some.
littlecloudbeast
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Aren't fat tails pictus geckos?
Fat tails are neither leopard geckos nor pictus. Do google image for "african fat tail" "leopard gecko" and "pictus" and you'll see how different.
I have not had any problems with AFT's getting impacted from coco fiber. Nearly all my leopard geckos are on ceramic tile except for 1 enclosure with a combination of coco fiber, sand (not much) and leaf litter. They are doing fine as well.
Aliza
I have not had any problems with AFT's getting impacted from coco fiber. Nearly all my leopard geckos are on ceramic tile except for 1 enclosure with a combination of coco fiber, sand (not much) and leaf litter. They are doing fine as well.
Aliza
jpstodwftexas
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I don't think coco earth is best for leopard geckos.They are more for frogs.Paper towels are one of the best substrates for geckos or you can use butcher paper.thease are free if you ask dad or mom if you can use some.
Which is exactly why the are extinct in the Wild...Not enough paper towels and Butcher paper to carpet their Natural Habitats..Their Survival as a species is due to collections in the wild and raised on man made product.
I keep all my animals in Naturalistic Tanks..
Sand/Crushed Gravel/Sand Stone for Arid Species
Compost/Leaf Litter for Subtropical/Tropical Species
Grendel
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I keep my leo on "excavator clay" that is much more like a desert than clay there is not much sand in most deserts except the sahara, its usually lichi dirt which is in fact compacted clay. im keeping my aft on cocofiber because savanna terrariums would be difficult. go naturalism!