Not sure if you googled it or not but here's my experience with leo's:
In nature they live on rocks, so getting slate tile and lining your entire tank bottom with it is helpful - sand can cause impaction and calci sand contains D3 in it, which leo's can overdose on.
I recently switched my tank bottom from newspaper to slate and the leo's love it, they're constantly sleeping out on the tile rather then in hides now due to it absorbing the warmth. Lowe's has some good black slate tile for something like 1.50 a square foot.
Older leo's will stop mating, females don't live as long as males. I think the oldest male on record is 29 and still going and oldest female was 22.
If you get some calcium without D3 and put it in a small dish in the tank they'll lick it when they need more, gecko's are pretty good at self regulating, you just need to provide it.
Females stop producing eggs after a while, though I'm not sure what age. I think it's more dependant on how often they breed from a young age. If your females are constantly laying eggs (more than annually) you should provide them with calcium on a consistent basis.
EDIT: Consistently breeding females without giving them a 3-4 month break period each year will shorten their lifespan, 15 years of age for a female that's been consistently breeding since 2 years old is considered long lived - usually they get retired at around age 3-4 by professional breeders.
The benefit of having tile/slate is that you can remove a 6x6 peice and rinse it off, to sterilize it you throw it in the oven at 400 degree's for 30-40 minutes. A lot easier and cheaper then changing out sand.
In nature they live on rocks, so getting slate tile and lining your entire tank bottom with it is helpful - sand can cause impaction and calci sand contains D3 in it, which leo's can overdose on.
I recently switched my tank bottom from newspaper to slate and the leo's love it, they're constantly sleeping out on the tile rather then in hides now due to it absorbing the warmth. Lowe's has some good black slate tile for something like 1.50 a square foot.
Older leo's will stop mating, females don't live as long as males. I think the oldest male on record is 29 and still going and oldest female was 22.
If you get some calcium without D3 and put it in a small dish in the tank they'll lick it when they need more, gecko's are pretty good at self regulating, you just need to provide it.
Females stop producing eggs after a while, though I'm not sure what age. I think it's more dependant on how often they breed from a young age. If your females are constantly laying eggs (more than annually) you should provide them with calcium on a consistent basis.
EDIT: Consistently breeding females without giving them a 3-4 month break period each year will shorten their lifespan, 15 years of age for a female that's been consistently breeding since 2 years old is considered long lived - usually they get retired at around age 3-4 by professional breeders.
The benefit of having tile/slate is that you can remove a 6x6 peice and rinse it off, to sterilize it you throw it in the oven at 400 degree's for 30-40 minutes. A lot easier and cheaper then changing out sand.
The've been in this set up for about 14 years of their lives and I've never had issues except what was mentioned. I like how the tank looks and I don't mind changing the sand. For my other tank leopard gecko tank, I have flat stones and the cage is lined with ceramic tiles. None of my geckos are hiders and lay out in the open and are all for the most part, very tame.
