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We chose to work with Leopard Geckos for a variety of reasons, mainly for their universal appeal. Many thousands of today’s herpetologists started in the hobby with the humble gecko, yet with the many variations that have been developed to date and the many more exciting new creations still to be produced, their popularity has never been greater. It does not matter if you want a pet, costing just a few pounds, or an investment specimen, costing many hundreds, there is something to satisfy nearly everyone. Here at Mystic Gecko we are justifiably proud of our collection and consider it to be one of the most varied to be found anywhere. Over the years we have invested in a selection of premium quality stock, from many of the top breeders in the world and used these animals to produce our own lines. We feel our geckos will provide you with the highest quality it is possible to produce. Recent additions to our collection include APTORS, RAPTORS, Mack Snows and various morphs of the Mack Snow, Enigmas, Red Eyed Enigmas, Diablo Blancos, Giant Line, Hyglos and Racing Red Stripes. With the Mack Snow being Co Dom we have countless new morphs just waiting to be produced. We look forward with anticipation to the wonderful new morphs that will be produced in the next few years. |
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All of our geckos are kept individually in a tray system, which we believe is the best way to keep them. Animals are only paired together for breeding. Normally each box has a paper towel substrate, a dish for water, another for mealworms and a third for calcium powder. A hide is provided at all times. During the breeding season an egg laying box containing damp vermiculite is also added. Heat is provided by a 5” heat strip, controlled by a thermostat set to 32 C. Only the rear base of the tray is heated. We feed our animals on mealworms, standard sized for adults and mini mealworms for hatchlings and animals up to 15cm nose to tail. The preparation of the mealworm is essential we place ours into large trays and feed them a good selection of fruit and vegetables, especially carrots up until 24 hours before we intend using them for the geckos. At this stage we place what we require for feeding into smaller trays and feed them a very rich gut loading mix. On the day we feed them to the geckos we add our vitamin powder and a mealworm diet into the mealworms dish. We use mealworms for several reasons: 1. They remain in their dish so they do not pass on any infection by eating any faeces. 2. They do not drown in the water dishes causing vile odours. 3. We can keep them fed while waiting for the geckos to eat them so they are very nutritious. Over the years we have heard and read a load of nonsense about the problems of feeding mealworms, we have never had any problems with them and find the growth rate of our geckos to be amazing. We hope this information will be helpful and if you have any other questions please get in touch. |
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