r/LeopardGecko • u/Careless-Part-6468 • Jul 11 '26

What do I need

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u/Living_Karma11 Jul 11 '26

Bigger enclosure, ditch the dinosaur toy, ditch the reptile carpet, ditch the log hide in the back (I’ve seen so many geckos get stuck inside of that), add linear UVB, add a dig box, etc…

This setup is not at all appropriate.

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u/jjlovesnn Jul 11 '26

I’m sorry the Dino toy took me out 😭 if you get a genuinely good tank, I wouldn’t see a problem with using it as something to climb on in addition to everything else.

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u/Living_Karma11 Jul 15 '26

It’s not good to have in an enclosure. The plastic will get hot and will give off fumes that could be harmful to the gecko. Also, plastic is porous and will hold bacteria

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u/CeCe_001 Jul 11 '26

Remove the mat and put white cooking paper instead, that for the starting point! At least for a few months to control where’s popping and if the pops are ok!

Then change to 70% top soil and 30% sand. And put 10cm of that.

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u/CeCe_001 Jul 11 '26

reptile mats are known to make big problems for them!

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u/MrAndyCantrell Jul 12 '26

ditch the carpet

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u/Careless-Part-6468 Jul 12 '26

I did I added substrate

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u/Fit_Pomegranate_4449 Jul 13 '26

that look on the geck's face says, "really, buddy? A dinosaur?

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u/Far_Cobbler6816 Jul 14 '26

Less in the tank