Leopard Gecko Health and Problems If you look at the last picture, you can see where a gecko swallowed a wood chip and passed it - a very unpleasant experience, I'm sure. The "bark" poses the same problem. I know of one person whose gecko had dropped its tail with no explanation, and after a vet looked at it, it was determined the it had swallowed a piece of bark and the pain had made it drop its tail. (Can't verify it myself, of course. Just something someone said had happened to their gecko.)
We're going to slowly buy everything then once we have everything set up and working perfectly were going to get his gecko. Here in the San Fransisco Bay Area we have a place called the east bay vivarium. It's a wonderful place, sells all kinds of reptiles amphibians and aracnids, much better than any chain pet store. The workers know their stuff about reptiles too so I told him I'd take him there and we could get one there. Don't want him to have to go through some of the problems pet store animals tend to have. He's so excited, I love it. Glad he's joining me in gecko ownership. Thanks again for backing me up 
I love the people, they are all so nice and very knowledgeable, they really helped my boyfriend. He decided that he's going to start with reptile carpet for the first month or two, just because we had an extra, then were going to get tile. Were also going to get tile for our (my) existing gecko. Once again I cannot thank you guys enough! It was so nice to have people to turn to that could back me up and teach a newbie.