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Please help?!!? My brother is getting a Leopard Gecko, I dont think he has hes facts right.?

He said they only grow to about 9 inches long.And he can feed it just meal worms and fruits.I read they can grow much bigger, and you have to feed them calcium dusted CRICKETS!How big does the Vivarium have to be?How big can they grow ?What should their complete diet be ?I think he is mis informing my parents, so they let him have one, but it will only be the gecko that suffers if he doesn‘t know what he‘s doing!I also plan to get one next year, so please provide as much info as you can.Thanks so much, Kitty.

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It only grows 6-11inches. And fruits and veggies is something leopard geckos DON'T eat, it will just leave it hanging around, and you got your facts right, they only eat little animals like mealworms and cricket with some calcium dust. They usually live in a 10-20gallon tanks, I recommend the the 20gallon or something in the middle like 15gallons or so. Males are extremely territorial, so don't put them together unless you wanna do it for your entertainment. And if you want more than 1 gecko, double the tank size. If you wanna keep in a Vivarium, like something similar to the 20gallon tank size. And their habitat is filled with rocks, and dry grasslands. They like sleeping under rocks usually. Hope I was good help.
10 gallons is the absolute minimum size tank. 20 long is much better. Leopard geckos normally get around 8-9 inches. The largest one has been close to a foot long. They can eat crickets, mealworms, waxworms, roaches, hornworms and superworms. NO fruit. They require heating. One side needs to be 88F and the other around 70.

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