Got him a couple years ago from the great Frank Payne. He’s been breeding this species for a long time. Main plants are the Cissus discolor vine and a dwarf Philodendron sp.
Can you count the geckos? Lygodactylus conraui from Full Circle Biotopes. Very endearing species, even smaller than Lygodactylus williamsi.
I want to try the new Exo Terra UVB VHO bulbs. Both bulbs are 12” T5 8W. Will they work in the Arcadia ShadeDweller fixture? I can’t find a straight answer on what exactly VHO is. Exo Terra USA said on Facebook that they will “fit into any T5 fixture” but I’m getting so many mixed answers.
This is from a 2025 study. The main highlight of the study is that captive leopard geckos show a strong preference for Naturalistic enclosures (details below).
Standard
Vivariums contained a small rock hide, a small water bowl that the animals could not submerge in, a newspaper substrate, and a calcium bowl.
Enriched Non-Naturalistic
Vivariums had four different hides, including one hanging hide and a moist hide, a large water bowl big enough to submerge in, fake plants, and a calcium bowl. The substrate was a topsoil x sand mixture.
Enriched Naturalistic
Identical to the Non-Naturalistic condition, except that they contained live invertebrates to break down the matter and real plants.