Leopard Bedding
- Thread starter RexFish
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Vicious_Fish;786928; said:
Haha...yeah...here I go...
FWIW, almost every single leopard gecko I've encountered that had mouthrot, prolapses, missing toes....all were kept on sand.
Sand gets dirty, nasty, dries out their feet, the bacteria-infested dust gets into their mouths, eyes, and ears, and is overall a very poor choice of substrate to use.
I currently use carpet...however I've seen a few of the setups with slate tiles and they look very nice. They are easy to clean, come in all kinds of colors/styles ... Not to mention, the tile itself holds a lot of heat for them, so I would imagine basking on a warm piece of slate would feel really good on a leo's belly.
Didn't we all just have this discussion? One website says sand is fine, another says it isn't. Another says reptile carpet is safe, another says it it's not. And another says orchard bark is great and the next site says it's bad. What the heck are you suppose to believe? The whole point of this sight is to get imfo from people who have experience in whatever the topic may be. From MY EXPERIENCE very fine sand is ok for adult leopard geckos. I've never had a problem with it. All the babies I've breed I kept on newspaper for the first 6 months before I sold them. I've never tried slate but it sounds interesting and I might give it a try sometime. It's amazing leopard geckos have been able to survive in the wild this long with the lack of reptile carpet!
Its cool...there's definitely more than one way to keep them successfully, I just choose not to use sand. Its messy and hard to tell when the cage really needs cleaning. How often are you changing yours out?
My pair lives in a 20 gallon long. I change my sand once a month and I clean up any poop as soon as I find it. I've always felt that reptiles feel more comfortable when their enviornment matches what they live in in the wild so thats why I have sand, rocks, branches, plants, etc. Whatever works for you is fine with me. And both my leopard geckos have all their toes too!
See, that's why...there's a lot of keepers out there that go for months and months without changing the sand...dirty sand causes a lot of problems.
I don't know if my 2 cents count, but, I've kept many leopards, and I also think that sand is a bad idea. If you are a responsible pet owner, than you can probably catch problems before they start, but I normally dont like to take that chance.
I've seen a lot more problems with sand-related prolapses, stuck sheds, missing toes, and external bacterial infections...never personally dealt with impaction in leos. They are generally pretty good about not getting mouthfuls of substrate, but I still don't like sand for the reasons aforementioned.
well good thing i read this i am getting a pair of leos soon and thought sand was fine from what i read on the net so now i guess i gotta do my research a little bit more huh...
cause now im confused on what to use ...thanks guys
...nah lots of good info here just try not to kill eachother it was getting tense for a while ...adios
cause now im confused on what to use ...thanks guys ...nah lots of good info here just try not to kill eachother it was getting tense for a while ...adios