Wickes Tiles & Gecko Name?

[Hotfire606]

Hey guys! So, although I'm a 'newbie', I want to quickly share with you what I think is a good offer at Wickes; Which I found today when buying tiles for my new Leopard Gecko.

I went in, set on either ceramic (as suggested by a member of the forum instead of using porcelain) or porcelain. I have an 18"x18" (Inch) tank - 457mmx457mm. I had seen a large piece of porcelain tile for around £12 to cover the tank (was 450mmx450mm) and was going to get that.

After looking at the porcelains, I spotted some nice, fairly matte ceramic wall tiles, 100mmx100mm. A 25 pack was only £3.24. My tank has got around 16 tiles in, so well worth the money - though I brought two packs to be safe! Love it, looks great too. Dad soon doing handiwork to cut other tiles to fit the small gaps.

These tiles are super cheap - and they have been really good and keeping a good floor tempature (of around 32*C) throughout the day. Just got to get it all set for the night.

Anyway, just wanted to share this to everyone who was considering moving from sand/loose substrate to tiles. I think ceramic is better, because unlike slate and vinyl, you dont have to take any precautions - other then getting a tile that isnt to slippery! My gecko easily caught his/her juicy crickets.

Also, while Im here, I need a unisex gecko name, no idea what gender. Still a shy little gecko, but needs to settle in. Thanks guys!

Any other questions, please ask :lol: Not gonna lie though, my information was mostly sourced by other members and gecko owners, so I may not be as good as some of the longer term members!m:blushing:

 

[acpart]

Here's my tried and true gecko naming method: go to the paint store and look at the paint chips that are in the same color family as the gecko. Check out the name of the paint and you'll find some pretty cool names. Examples from a variety of my geckos: Marigold, Kiwi, Saffron, Copper, Mandarine

Aliza

 

[hmarie186]

That's the great thing about tile is you can use all sorts of sizes and patterns!

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

Hey guys! So, although I'm a 'newbie', I want to quickly share with you what I think is a good offer at Wickes; Which I found today when buying tiles for my new Leopard Gecko.

I went in, set on either ceramic (as suggested by a member of the forum instead of using porcelain) or porcelain. I have an 18"x18" (Inch) tank - 457mmx457mm. I had seen a large piece of porcelain tile for around £12 to cover the tank (was 450mmx450mm) and was going to get that.

After looking at the porcelains, I spotted some nice, fairly matte ceramic wall tiles, 100mmx100mm. A 25 pack was only £3.24. My tank has got around 16 tiles in, so well worth the money - though I brought two packs to be safe! Love it, looks great too. Dad soon doing handiwork to cut other tiles to fit the small gaps.

These tiles are super cheap - and they have been really good and keeping a good floor tempature (of around 32*C) throughout the day. Just got to get it all set for the night.

Anyway, just wanted to share this to everyone who was considering moving from sand/loose substrate to tiles. I think ceramic is better, because unlike slate and vinyl, you dont have to take any precautions - other then getting a tile that isnt to slippery! My gecko easily caught his/her juicy crickets.

Also, while Im here, I need a unisex gecko name, no idea what gender. Still a shy little gecko, but needs to settle in. Thanks guys!

Any other questions, please ask :lol: Not gonna lie though, my information was mostly sourced by other members and gecko owners, so I may not be as good as some of the longer term members!m:blushing:

Hello Hotfire606 ~

A warm welcome to Geckos Unlimited! It will be easier for us if you keep most your questions to this one thread.

Much appreciate your feedback regarding textured ceramic tiles.

How are you doing for temperatures for the warm end and cool end/corners of your 18 x 18? Try getting a thermal gradient on the diagonal?

Crickets are excellent! Variety is also good. What are you feeding the crickets? What powdered supplements have you?

 

[Hotfire606]

Thanks :biggrin: Sorry for such a late reply!

My warm end is usually around 28-31 degrees Celsius during the day, and about 27 at night, the cool end is about room temperature - which varies from 23 to 26 degrees Celsius. Is this okay? So many people had different opinions!

I usually feed my crickets carrot, as we get an organic veg box every few weeks. Any other suggestions though? I also provide some water using wet paper towel.

For my dusting, 5 times a week I am using a pure calcium carbonate (calci-dust), and the other 2 times I am using nutrobal. I keep the pure calcium carbonate in a lid inside my tank.

My calcium carbonate; Vetark Calci-dust 150gm | Pets At Home
Nutrobal; Nutrobal Reptile 50gm | Pets At Home

Comments? Good or bad? My Gecko seems healthy at the moment, and a little more tame - out its head pops whenever I open up the cage - as opposed to hiding like when I first got it!