Crested gecko terrarium

Our ciliatus finally got a new terrarium a few days ago! At least this one is big enough for when they become adults :) We think it's a male and a female, btw. We know about the female, at least. Maybe we'll have babies in the future!

The plant on the bottom will grow on the big stick, which will make the terrarium much more awesome! As substrate we have soil and moss :) The geckos love hiding in the moss during the day.

Captain's new house

We bought a new hiding place for Captain, a house! haha It looks so cute! Plus there are two "rooms" inside for him to hide. It's really a house for hamsters/mice, etc. but sometimes you'e gotta be creative!

SuperRain misting system

We finally got our rain system for Rango's terrarium (the first one was broken when we got it so we had to return it and it took ages for them to send us a new one)! It's called SuperRain from Lucky Reptile! We'll use it only twice a day, since Rango (veiled chameleon) wouldn't want to live in a rain forest. It's awesome that we don't have to spray the terrarium manually anymore! Hope SuperRain is good :)

Terrarium platform

Mads built a platform for the geckos to climb around on! Now they have much more space :) and once Sundae grows up, we can use her hiding places to make the terrarium that much more awesome!

Sand VS no sand

There is an endless amount of discussions regarding having sand as substrate in your terrarium. Most people are (hopefully) aware of the fact that there is a risk of impaction, if your gecko eats the sand, and it gets stuck inside its stomach. On the other hand, in nature, the leopard geckos live in the desert, and it's natural for them to be able to dig (both to cool off, and when they are about to lay eggs).

I have always, during my 13~ years as a leopard gecko owner, used sand in my terrariums. Although I never use fine sand, but more like the kind you would have in an aquarium with fishes. I think sand is way more natural for a leopard gecko than using paper as substrate. But make sure the sand is kind of coarse.

Eating sand is not bad itself, since the sand contains minerals and might help digesting the food. It is when the sand is fine enough to clump up in the stomach that there might be some unexpectedly sad consequences.

So remember; if you want to use sand for your leos, make sure it is course and won't cause impaction.

Leopard gecko terrarium

Here is a picture of one of our two terrariums in use (the other one belongs to Rango). In this one, Wendy, Midnight, Banana and Choco live! I know it's a bit too small according to Swedish law, but what the hell, they love it, it looks good, and I don't even live in Sweden anymore!

There are lots of hides for the leos, and lots of things to climb. It also has the right temperature, and the girls are all "good friends" (no dominance or bullying). Of course we would love to get them a bigger terrarium, but that will probably have to wait until we move and get a big reptile room! For now, they are happy there :)

Veiled chameleon terrarium

Mads and I decided to rearrange Rango's (our female veiled chameleon) terrarium a bit, and remove the pots and instead plant everything in the bottom of the terrarium. Of course, Mads was the one to do all the work:

While getting the terrarium ready, we put Rango in the window, and she seemed to like it there ;)

We also planted grass in the dirt to cover it up, since Rango has a tendency of eating dirt. It will look awesome once the ground is covered! We don't even need to cut it, we'll just put some grasshoppers in the terrarium for Rango to eat, and while she's hunting them, they'll be "cutting" the grass for us! Great success!

Reptile den

I don't know how, but they always manage to get gravid Wendy up on the top to fit two more in there. Feels like we should be getting them a bigger reptile den soon. They seem to enjoy it very much :) It's one of those you put up against the glass so you can remove the outer part and look into the hide.

Poor Midnight didn't fit, but she's right outside waiting for any of the others to get out so she can take their place!