Leopard Gecko Care 101: Morphs, Bioactive Setups, and More - Josh's Frogs Podcast Episode 64

yep now talk a little bit about setup i know there's a wide variety of different types of setups that people use with leopard geckos talk about talk through some of those and and how we expect people to keep them

so for setup for these guys i'm just gonna let her out explore a little bit while i talk hi baby they are pretty docile which is also awesome like people yeah those pets

yeah

so typically for a single leopard gecko minimum tank size I would say it's about like 40 gallon.

She will get a little bit bigger than this.

Maybe in body, maybe a little bit in length, depending on her genetics.

But that would be like the perfect size for them.

Because then you can set it up with your bioactive substrate.

You can create all these little microclimate pockets for them, especially places for them to hide in like moisture.

So that way that helps them shed and such and stay hydrated.

They're terrestrial, so you're not going to need an arboreal tank.

Gotcha.

Yeah.

So you talked a little bit about the moisture and them seeking that out.

Can you talk a little bit about how you would do that in a terrarium and like how wet is too wet, how dry is too dry? What are you trying to do and how do you create that inside of a terrarium?

So for that, the best thing you can do is once everything's set up, ambient temperature should be about 80 to 85.

Okay.

Set up one part of the tank.

whether it's the left or the right-hand side, whichever you prefer, with a basking site.

And you want that to be about 95 degrees.

Wow.

They need a little hot spot.

Yeah.

And for humidity, you can do two things.

You can either set up, like, a little humid hide and fill that up with, like, sphagnum moss, keep it really moist.

yep now talk a little bit about setup i know there's a wide variety of different types of setups that people use with leopard geckos talk about talk through some of those and and how we expect people to keep them

so for setup for these guys i'm just gonna let her out explore a little bit while i talk hi baby they are pretty docile which is also awesome like people yeah those pets

yeah

so typically for a single leopard gecko minimum tank size I would say it's about like 40 gallon.

She will get a little bit bigger than this.

Maybe in body, maybe a little bit in length, depending on her genetics.

But that would be like the perfect size for them.

Because then you can set it up with your bioactive substrate.

You can create all these little microclimate pockets for them, especially places for them to hide in like moisture.

So that way that helps them shed and such and stay hydrated.

They're terrestrial, so you're not going to need an arboreal tank.

Gotcha.

Yeah.

So you talked a little bit about the moisture and them seeking that out.

Can you talk a little bit about how you would do that in a terrarium and like how wet is too wet, how dry is too dry? What are you trying to do and how do you create that inside of a terrarium?

So for that, the best thing you can do is once everything's set up, ambient temperature should be about 80 to 85.

Okay.

Set up one part of the tank.

whether it's the left or the right-hand side, whichever you prefer, with a basking site.

And you want that to be about 95 degrees.

Wow.

They need a little hot spot.

Yeah.

And for humidity, you can do two things.

You can either set up, like, a little humid hide and fill that up with, like, sphagnum moss, keep it really moist.