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the other day, my friend came up to my room and saw my geckos in my not quite finished rack system. i expected a "wow! cool!" but my friend said, "those r lizards, how come u have them set of like lab mice?" and i realized it was true. a row of lizards in plastic tubs on shelves each in the exact same setup (paper towel substrate, water bowl, calcium bowl, food bowl, moist hide) , it did seem almost like a labratory. but then i said, "well they have all the essentials, and all of the more experienced breeders do it this way" but i have always loved setting up natural vivaria ( i have a very nice desert setup and a spectacular rainforest setup as well) so, i moved 4 out of my 6 adult leos into a spare 55 gallon i have (1.3) (1 female is in a 10 gallon and one is still in a tub) i figured how would i like it if someone put me in a rectangular room w/ a water cooler, plate of sandwiches, bottle of vitamins, a chair and bed? i would have what i needed to survive, but i wouldnt b very happy. so i moved the geckos to the 55, and gave them a nice big natural looking rack wall complete w/ crevices for crawling into (allong w/ a moist hide, and all the other essentials) i figured that if zoos gave animals enrichment, y should i deny my animals something as simple as a rack wall? i think it will make for much happier geckos, and hopefully better breeding success (ps i ddnt go so far as to put them on sand, theyre still on paper towel)
 
Lab Setup

I hear ya ! But really the best thing about our lab type setups is cleanliness , ease of cleaning etc. Ever try to scrub poop off a Rock wall or naturalistic hide ? Not fun , and nearly impossible to clean well enough on a daily basis for one of the "house poopers" (as i call them ) when you have a medium to large collection .

I`de say if you have only a few or a handful of animals ,go for it , its nicer to look at anyways , and the geckos may enjoy it more too . When you have something like 30 Adults and 70 babies to take care of thats probably not the best or easiest choice . To each his own .

My Leos seem very happy though after their transition to "Condominiums" (the ones that once lived in vivs)
 
thats cool i guess, but to add to your list of "how would you like it if:" well, how would you like it if a different creature bigger than you took you out of your house and held you for a couple minutes or even an hour?
 
I have one "display" set up and the rest racks but I use larger tubs, 22x17x7 for 1.3 - 1.5 and I use newpaper or paper towels until they establish the poop area, then I put a piece of tile and hihid hide on the warm, a dry hide in the middle and a cool on the cool side.

And I agree when you have a few its awesome to be able to give them a more narutal setting but wehn you have a lot its a what is easier to keep clean every day.

Most of mine poop in the front left or back right corner and I clean that out every am and take it all apart every Sunday and run each tub threw the dishwasher and I can only get 1 in since they are so large, then I virosan them for extra security.

I have 18 Adult set ups with 1.3 - 1.5 and 18 baby set ups split in half sicne they are large tubs with 2 babies in each slot.

If I had natural set ups for all that many it would take me allllll day every day to keep it clean and Id probably still not be done lol
 
i just wanted everyone to know that im not putting down rack systems, im gunna end up using one for all the babies, and thers nothing wrong w/ them if u have alot of geckos and theyre def easier to clean. i was just making an observation based on what my friend said. just saying u have to do whats right for u
 
I didn't take it that way either, and I used to have all of mine in 40 gallon breeders tanks til it got to where I had more cleaning time with them than enjoyable time. I did keep 1 set up though, just had to in the living room as a display.
 
mine are in all natural looking tanks with rocks, and acully sand, but i make sure they dont eat it because i had feed them or watch them eat from a bowl. i dont have to many yet but when it gets bigger im definitly going tobe putting them in a rack. i allready have avout 25 leos, 5 cresteds, 4 bearded dragons, 1 frilled dragon, and 4 ball pythons. tanks are adding up! lol im glad i orderd my rack the other day. hopefully it will get to me soon.
 
I don't have a lot of leos, about 10 with 1 baby but the racks are easiest for me to keep track of. Nice to clean as well!

All my adult leos are housed in 12 qt. steralite bins singly, and i introduce the male to the females so i know who is the mama and daddy ;3. They have a calcium dish, a waterdish and a humid hide. Nothing fancy. They seem happy. At least happy enough to breed for me! :)

My babys are put into 6 qts. singly. They have a shallow water dish, a humid hide. I dust their food so i know for SURE they are getting the calcium that their little bones need :)

I really really enjoy my rack system. I have ones for my snakes too! (1 Adult rack, 1 juvi rack and 1 hatchling rack!) :)
 
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