Couple of Rescues....

[The Snake Guru]

Picked this guy/gal up tonight......people and unwanted pets what are you going to do? LOL
Damn cricket eating things...LOL

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r157/thesnakeguru/Milo%20others/G1.jpg http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r157/thesnakeguru/Milo%20others/G2.jpg

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r157/thesnakeguru/Milo%20others/G3.jpg

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r157/thesnakeguru/Milo%20others/Lick.jpg

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r157/thesnakeguru/Milo%20others/Geckos.jpg

[Jarret]

Nice colors on both of em!

At least now they are in good hands.

[ReptileMan27]

Poor leos :(, atleast they have a good home now :). One thing I would really reccomend is removing the sand crap, go with slate rock,tiles,paper towels,or newspaper.

[danthony428]

cool leopards brad, i like the lighter colored one alot

[The Snake Guru]

Thanks much guys.

One thing I would really reccomend is removing the sand crap, go with slate rock,tiles,paper towels,or newspaper.

Indeed, I saw that recommendation when I read your care sheet that I posted up. I've kept Leos on sand for many, many, many years.....never had any issues, this is however temporary, I will be doing a a live plant desert Viv. for them this upcoming weekend hopefully. But thanks for your concern.

~B~

[Lorelei]

good for you Brad - fatten up good! We kept ours on sand too with no issues.

[Basil]

Nice save. They look great!

[ReptileMan27]

Glad a few people have had no probs with sand, unfourtantly others havent been so lucky.. Not worth the risk IMO..

[The Snake Guru]

Thank much!

Glad a few people have had no probs with sand, unfourtantly others havent been so lucky.. Not worth the risk IMO..


It's cool Jason, I'm more of a naturalist, I can't see how thousands of years of evolution and living on substrates be it sand, bark, dirt, ect. Then you throw them in the cage with the same stuff and bam everyone screams impacts! IMPACTS! LOL From my experience people who experience impaction problems with their Reps usually have some sort of underlying issue, such as feeding a sand boa a wet pinky that gets caked with sand, or a nutritionally starved leopard gecko that eats sand purposely to try and squeeze some calcium out of it. I've kept literally Hundreds of species all on natural type substrates, never once have I had one keel over from a gut impact, as long as things are watched and monitored there shouldn't be an issue at all.

However, everyone has their thing, I have no problem with people keeping them on paper towels, or whatever, everyone has got their thing.

~B~

[ReptileMan27]

I agree BUT there is one small thing, people that use sand always say its natural but the truth is just plain loose sand is not really natural for leos. They live on rocky areas along with the ground being more of a hard packed clay/sand mix.. So really slate rock or other flat rock would be most natural, a hard pack sand/clay would also be natural. I personally dont bother with either because when you have lots of leos its much easier to use something like paper towels. If I only had 1-2 leos I would go with a natural slate type set-up :).

[The Snake Guru]

True enough man, they do tend to inhabit rocky desert areas and savanahs. But like I said temperary.....and haven't had a problem with it yet.

~B~

[ReptileMan27]

Cool, cant wait to see the new set-up :)

[mcem]

Good lookin' little geckos there Brad!!! Even though they are way common, I still love 'em!!

And on the substrate, I've used sand in the past with no probs and we currently have a leo at the zoo that we got in the early 80's that has lived her whole life on sand without a single and she's still going strong!! But to each their own.

[The Snake Guru]

Yeah, trust me I wouldn't pay for them....LOL Actually this is the second set of Free-Bees that's come through here this year, sent the first set to a friend of mine....but looks like the wife wants to keep these..LOL

~B~

[Spilota]

Beautiful lizards. I'm looking forward to getting our Bluey's.:madgrin:

[The Snake Guru]

Thank you much.
Bluey's?
Blue Tongued Skink? Or something else?

~B~

[wadethejuggalo]

Hey you better watch what you say about leopards!! lol Man the albino is really skinny as skinny as my albino was when i got her do you know the sexs on them yet? look just like my pair

[The Snake Guru]

Yeah that one is a bit thin, but it's been getting better.

I was told they were a male and female, haven't taken the time to look for sure yet though.

~B~