Leopard Gecko Information

The Gecko is located in many warm climates all-around the earth.

Gecko's can be uncovered in a wide variety of warm areas, they are wide spread, pose no risk to people and are quite able to adapt.

They do not mind the presence of people and will live comfortably with humans.

There are close to 750 species of these fine lizards , that are split into 4 sub categories, Eublepharinae, Sphaerodactylinae, Diplodactylinae and lastly Gekkoninae.

Leopard Geckos can be held easily as pets and make a beautiful addition to a lizard assortment. The best preference for you is a captively bread specimen.

The price starts from $20 to as high as $3000. Sizes range from 3-4 inches for new young and right up to 12 inches for some of the really large ones. The regular size of most adult geckos is 8 inches.

The lifetime of a gecko can be as long as 20 years or greater in captivity. The composition of care is deterministic of these lengthy life spans.

A contented gecko is a long lived one. Once the commitment to raise a gecko has been made, getting general information about how to accommodate and care for it is essential to make sure it is a high quality endeavor for the gecko and its steward.

Now that you have brought home your gecko, fabricated its housing, set up its nutritional needs, and let it get comfortable, it is time to get to know each other. So in general, try not to handle your geckos on a regular basis until they settle in for a few days and are at least 6 inches long.

One terminative note about gecko care basics. As soon as your gecko is large enough, it is best to take a seat on the floor, and allow your gecko to crawl around through loose fingers hand-over-hand for 10 to 15 minutes every day until accustomed to the touch.

This process takes around seven days. do not, ever grab the gecko’s tail, or it may be lost, though quite often it can regenerate in less than 45 days.

Gecko Food - What Foods Do Geckos Eat?

By Bryon Zirker

What kinds of things are gecko food? Geckos are predatory animals. This means that a lot of a geckos day is spent hunting for food.

Geckos eat insects mainly due to their abundance. They like to eat crickets mostly but will generally eat anything they can catch. It is very important to ensure the crickets are not too big for your pet to handle, never feed a gecko a cricket that is larger than its head in size.

Geckos when in captive will also eat meal worms and wax worms.

Wax worms should be given as a treat maybe 3 worms per week at most. Baby geckos will eat fruit flies. The species drosophila are the most popular.

Feed your gecko twice a day in the beginning months. Reduce to twice a week when they are over 7 months old.

When your gecko reaches adult size you can introduce a pinkie mouse into their diet to keep them at their healthiest.

It is very important you monitor how much a gecko eats so that it gets enough food. It is a good idea to provide a separate container to the one they live in to feed them their meals. You can monitor their diet easily and keep the main habitat clean.

Dusting the insects a great way to deliver important vitamins and minerals to a gecko. Insects and the dusting powder can be put together in a plastic bag or tin can, and shaken gently to coat the insects.

You can also add a jar lid that has some vitamin powder in it to the cage. Geckos seem to know when to take a little as required for their health. Feeding the gecko food every other day should be optimal. Feeding eight meal worms three to four time a week to a four inch gecko which fits the two appropriately sized insects for every inch of your gecko's total length dietary model.

The best thing that you can do when considering a gecko as a pet is to gather information before hand which you can do right here... Save Your Geckos Life!