Q&A for How to Bathe a Leopard Gecko

Try soaking your gecko for 30 minutes, then pour water over its back. After your gecko has soaked for at least 30 minutes and its skin is soft, you might try pulling off the dead skin with tweezers. Go slowly and be super careful so you don't hurt your gecko.

Yes, you can bathe your gecko. However, you only need to do it if it's having a hard time shedding, it's noticeably dirty, or it has a skin condition.

There's no need to bathe your leopard gecko on a regular basis. However, an occasional soak can help if your gecko has trouble shedding its skin.

That would be fine. Once a week or longer is OK, but once a day is excessive.

At your local pet store is fine, or you can buy them from breeders.

Try to give him or her more attention and more food, also check to see if it's pregnant if it is a female.

You can feed them in the morning, and that should last them throughout the day. However, you can consult with your local pet store experts to be sure that it is what is best for your gecko.

Always bathe a gecko in a tub with high sides. If you are worried that the gecko might wiggle from your hand when you pick it up, that shouldn't be a worry. Always handle a gecko close to the ground, because if it does slip it won't fall too hard.

You should feel a couple of bumps on the underbelly of the gecko. Those are the eggs. The gecko might be more sluggish and less active, also.

Just follow the natural cycle. Turn on the light when you wake up in the morning, and turn it off when you go to sleep at night. You can also have a timed turn on/shut off system.

Don’t help your gecko while they’re in the process of shedding, let them do it themselves. Provide a humid hide and make sure the enclosure‘s humidity is in the range of 35-65%, measured by a digital hygrometer. Only step in and help if they have stuck shed after (particularly on their toes).

If you find the hole where the gecko poops from, a little bit higher on the belly will be 3 symmetrically placed on each side hollow-looking scales that stick out towards the ground on boys. Girls will have regular scales.

Yes and no. The disinfectant has to be reptile safe but it doesn't have to be spray.

No. Only bathe if the gecko has stuck shed. The gecko is likely shedding overnight and eating it before you notice. Adults don’t shed very often.

If you suspect that your gecko had a fungal infection, take them to an exotic vet for confirmation. Reptile carpet is not a suitable substrate. It catches their teeth and claws and harbours bacteria no matter how much it’s cleaned. Good solid substrates include paper towel, non-adhesive shelf liner, and textured tile. Over six months, it’s best to offer digging enrichment with reptisoil, organic top soil (without fertilizer or perlite, Scott’s is a good brand), or a bioactive substrate. Half tile, half soil is a good option as well.

Don’t use any oils, they are harmful to geckos. Only bathe the gecko if they have stuck shed after shedding. With a properly set up humid hide and correct enclosure humidity they shouldn’t have any problems shedding.

Your gecko is probably in brumation. Brumation is basically hibernation, but for reptiles. However, they wake up to eat and poop.

The best substrate is most likely eco-earth. Eco-earth is a coconut fiber mix which lasts a long time and is easily digested. You can buy it online or at a pet store.

Leopard geckos like to sleep in a hide. A hide is a hollow cave. You can buy these online or at a pet shop.

Males have a V shape under their tails and near their stomachs. Females do not have Vs.

Yes, that lighting schedule should be fine. I have mine on a similar schedule.