leopard geckos

[Nicole]

what kind of live plants can i use with leopard geckos?

[The Lorax]

Im interested to hear what people say about this... i am tired of the fake plants in my gecko's cage

[Layna]

I don't know much about lepoard geckos. Do they eat veggies? If so I'd imagine what ever plants that would be placed in the viv would be sampled. I am not sure but I thought I'd share my point. I imagine it is workable though.

[Rainfrog]

Leopards dont eat veggies. The problem with desert vivs is providing the right amounts of light for the desert plants to gorw. I have not tried it.

[2manypets]

Just a thought, but what about a resurrection plant or two, these plants are incredibly hardy, I think I read somewhere that they can go for fifty years without water as they are found in deserts. When they dry out they go brown and curl up but soak them in water for a while and ,voila, a resurrected green plant. Only don't let the mother-in-laws labrador get hold of it as thats one thing they don't seem impervious to! The one I bought her (cos shes famous for not keeping plants alive and this time I thought I might have broken the trend!) ended up scattered in minute pieces across her garden.

[acpart]

I would imagine any succulents or cacti without sharp spikes would be fine. The only problem with leopard geckos and plants is to make sure not to use something that needs a bunch of watering so you don't raise the humidity too much. There some kind of cactus called "living stones" or something that should be OK. If you don't have a light for the geckos, you'll probably need one for the plants. It would also be good to plant them in a fairly deep container so they don't dry out too fast.

Aliza