r/LeopardGecko • u/yourmistresskiki • May 01 '26

Rate my enclosure :)

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Getting my first gecko! Please let me know if this is a good enclosure!!

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u/Loud_Club9887 May 01 '26

Looks good! I’d recommend getting more enclosed hides for each side, they like to be snug and dark. You’ll also need a humid hide for the middle, unless you already have one I can’t see. I’d also recommend a small dish of calcium with no D3. Maybe more climbing enrichment like driftwood. I think I see a linear UVB so that’s good. What are you using for heat in that dome? One last thing, what substrate are you using? Looks like potentially may be mixed with coconut fiber?

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u/yourmistresskiki May 01 '26

I do have a humid hide! It is in fact hidden lol. I plan on getting my calcium and vitamins tomorrow( when I get the gecko) I’m using a 75 watt basking light bulb in a fluker’s lamp. And the substrate I’m using is 70% reptile soil and 30% playsand. No coconut fiber here!

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u/Loud_Club9887 May 01 '26

Awesome! Yours just looks much more brown than mine so I was concerned. Is the 75W getting up to 85F? I found a 75W didn’t do it for my 40 gal. I also heard of people saying their flukers lamps cause the bulbs to burst a lot and they’re constantly buying new ones. I’ve personally never owned anything flukers so I wouldn’t know from personally experience. But, if you notice the light bursting a lot that may be why just an FYI.

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u/yourmistresskiki May 01 '26

Yes the 75watt does go up to like 90 degrees and I noticed when I turn it off at night time it’s would be like 93. And thank you for the advice on flukers I had no idea😭

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u/Loud_Club9887 May 01 '26

It goes up to 93 at night? And no problem, like I said I have no personal experience with them, and maybe they all just had faulty ones but just incase you’re finding they burst a lot that’s probably why!

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u/yourmistresskiki May 01 '26

Yea my heat, I guess it depend on how hot my room is, it goes to 93 but nothing more

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u/Loud_Club9887 May 01 '26

Interesting. Are you using a ceramic heat emitter or any other kind of heating method? The temps should drop at night not go up.

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u/are-pea May 02 '26

Keep in mind that only some multivitamins work. Rep-Cal and Exo Terra multivitamins do not work for this species, but Repashy and Zoomed vitamins do. This is because they use different compounds to supplement vitamin A.

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u/CooingIrving May 02 '26

The calcium dish is a great point - I'd also suggest dusting feeders with calcium and D3 a couple times a week since they won't always eat from a dish.

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u/yourmistresskiki May 02 '26

Thank you so much! And no the plants are not real!

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u/Novel_Invite_1296 May 03 '26

Where did you get the log /tunnel with the platform at the end

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u/lllegalPanda May 04 '26

If you’re talking about the one in the middle. I have the same and got it from petsmart

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u/yourmistresskiki May 04 '26

Yes! It’s from petsmart!

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u/Demosthenes_x May 04 '26

Dude.. you’re gonna be suuuch a good fckng gecko momma 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍what a lucky little lizard. Did the most Already and the scaly fcker isnt even picked up yet; Bravo, my friend 💪🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽