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    Cage setup?

    How do you all have your leo cages setup? Please post pictures. I'm looking to redo my new leo's cage this week. Would like some idea's!
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    Re: Cage setup?

    I'll get pictures of my Leo's tank on Tuesday when I get back to my mum's house.

    I just had redone her enclosure last night, adding a few more things in it. The hides aren't identical, but they do well for her since she love to climb all over the place. I have my leo in a 20g tank and on white sand. She has a few plants in there and a large water dish for her to soak in and drink from. She has a rock-formation hide on the cool side, half log & another rock formation hide on the warm side. For a heat source, I just use a lamp. Sometime soon I would love to get a UTH instead, but the lamp does well for now. I have to add in her humid hide when I get back, but there was no space in the enclosure so I had to take it out. I'm still moving things around though. There is a lot for her to climb on in the enclosure, since she loves to climb all over the place at night LOL.
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    Re: Cage setup?

    I'd really recommend staying away from loose substrates, including sand, cocofiber, reptibark, etc. For the geckos I have in tanks, I use tile. I found slate tile at Home Depot that came in small squares so I sort of have a cobblestone look. I have two identical hides - one one the warm side and one on the cool side. The hides shouldn't be too big - just big enough for the gecko to squeeze in and feel secure. In the middle I have a homemade humid hide. Then there's a water bowl and a food dish with calcium w/o D3 in it (and sometimes also some sort of little dish for the calcium instead). I create a heat gradient using an UTH hooked up to a thermostat, and have a thermometer with the probe under the warm hide. I like to have some sort of background for decoration.

    Here's a picture of Pip's tank, a 20 long:


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    Re: Cage setup?

    This is how I have mine setup and I really like it.



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    Re: Cage setup?

    Leos don't need a ton of space. My 2/3 grown young adult female is in a 16q tub that is shorter than most.

    She gets one hide, some foliage, a low water bowl, and a feeding bowl. She is on paper towels because they will eat their substrate.

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    Re: Cage setup?

    Tubs and 20G long Paper towels and hides. and PVC endcaps for water and food dishes.

    I like my enclosures to be CLEAN and very easy to clean and disinfect, so simple is better for me and my habits.
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    Re: Cage setup?

    Mine are in a rack system so mine are VERY simple too. I use paper towels for substrate, food storage containers for hides, happy meal white milk cap filled with calcium w/out vita d, and water bowels. Here are some more elaborate set ups for you too look at though http://www.geckoforums.net/showthrea...ht=cage+set+up
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