Just look up an nature reserves where they are kept. Emulate it Visually and keep an eye for weather forcasts of that region often you can also find a chart of temprature and humidity at different times of the year. Then emulate that, I also like to use plants of the same region because its hard wired in most reptiles what plants are poisonous if its from their natural range.
Did Ben publish or deposit his DNA sequences somewhere? The case is that one mtDNA lineage dominates in a huge part of the leopard gecko range, making it impossible to track the origin of our captive animals by DNA. A peer-reviewed published study by Agarwal et al. 2022 (DOI 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107414) concluded that the most plausible origin locality of the captive lineage in near Karachi, Pakistan.
I found the first paper you talked about a few days ago, before finding this video. I've been looking to upgrade my leopard gecko to a bioactive enclosure and finding ANY research on the habitats of wild leopard geckos is surprisingly hard! Seeing the pine forest photo in that paper really inspired me, and it's great to see others in the hobby doing this kind of research!
Yes correct! Sand is safe to use, but a gecko kept in inappropriate conditions (Too hot/cool over too long periods of time), bad nutrition or poor/inappropriate UV access can become impacted with any particulate substance - even food! Blaming small loose substrate for impaction is moving the blame from the care.
Wow i've been and stayed for a couple of months hiking in the area mentioned in the video called 'Himchal Pradesh' @3:53 at the 'foot hills' (lol, its epic in reality) of the himalayas. They have massive mountains, cliffs, forests, green fields. Himalayan cedars - Cedrus deodora, pines, etc. They get massive snow falls at times and minus temperatures. But there are lots of caves and rocks to hide in between for a lizard to live. I didn't really see any drier areas there at all IMO, until you went above elevations of 2500m / 8200ft where the landscape becomes a dry highland desert.
Amazing insight! Thank you so much! It is so important to consider the various used habitats used in a species' range. Especially one with such a huge range!
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--CzKh8bBjkY.html About this: Birds themselves could arguably be considered reptiles since they are fairly closely related to things like lizards tuataras turtles and they're closest relatives the crocodilians. As well as having a fairly similar anatomy to they're relatives. Along with them, literally being dinosaurs. Which really just adds to the case of reptiles having emotions.
Same as any other leopard gecko, the morph doesn't change that as it is captive made via captive breeding, except in extreme circumstances such as albinism, which might need slightly lower UV access. :)
Reptiles may be complex but they do not have a sense of compassion or reason. You can carefully raise a crocodile but that crocodile can and will eat you no matter how close you believe you are with it.
Thank you for posting this! I've really appreciated Khan's research paper over the years and what it reveals about the diversity of their environs and life cycles of leopard geckos. I've applied a bit of those findings to my charges but would be kidding myself to say it is a "more natural" way to keeping them
Those were not Eublepharis Macualris in Nepal. Those were thought to be Eublepharis Angramainyu but were re discovered and are Eublepharis satpuraensis. Eublepharis Macualris live in rocky grass mountain environments.
My bearded dragon definitely has feelings and I can prove it from experience. Everytime I leave my bearded dragon alone he gets completely expressive and trashes his cage. But when I'm there he stares and knows not to when I'm around. One time he got his nail accidentally cut too short and he was obviously hurt he buried his face into my chest and looked like a crying child. Once my brother was teasing him till he got very mad. The next time he saw my brother he was about to charge him after turning his beard black. Every time I bath him he makes loud splashing to let me know he's ready to get out. That's just a few of the instances I can go on but I'm sure there's going to be random nobodies trying to argue and discredit me with scientific myths
Thank you for this! Its valuable information for those of us who truly wish to provide the most natural habitat possible for all of our captive reptiles.
Hi just watching the video again. Just a question. I have a microclimate stat. At the moment I have it night and day. 32 degrees day and 24 degrees night. What would you recommend for the multi channel with time and temperatures to make it more natural Regards Dave..
@@HerpHQ please do some edcuational content on more true desert dwellers like desert iguanas, collared lizards, uromastyx, and chuckwallas please 😭. thatd be amazing
Maybe another way would be to go through cycles of varied humidity and temperature levels. Like "seasons" would progress in the wild. I think few enclosures would fit all the conditions at the same time.
A very important video that I will be sure to share in the future when encountered with more ignorant views on reptiles. I can't tell you how many time I've heard the primitive brain argument about snakes from within the herp community!
I really appreciated this! Ive been trying to gather information to get ready to make upgraded enclosures for my Geckos but it's hard as all get out to find information
We took an ill rosy boa in, sadly she had an infection from another snake biting her tail and after a year of vet visits, antibiotics and surgery she didnt make it :( such calm and gentle snakes though. I originally gave her a dirt/sand substrate to mimic her wild environment but it drove my wife nuts, she forced me into switching to aspen lol. Still love a nice natural dirt/sand substrate!
i made my tank 2 sided ... one with rocks and sand and the other side with moss, soil and wood after keeping them for a few month i could see them preference the dry desert side so expanded that side a bit further ...
I had an iguana who free roamed the house, watched TV, put herself to bed at 10, got in bed with me, two cats, and a dog, crawl up my leg to be held, jumped out ot my apple tree into my arms, rode in my lap while driving and put her head out the window, crawled up on the neighbor kid while playing video games if he didn't pet her, and would stretch across his chest from hip to shoulder while he played games, would jump from the ground up on my shoulder if I called her and patted my shoulder, sleep with her face next to my face, now... if you told me that she had no feelings or emotion, you would be more than ignorant.
I’ve often seen people talk about how their leopard gecko has troubles shedding and this made me wonder if it’s the fact that the leo doesn’t have anything to cram itself into? Like in the wild it would be squeezing it’s way into cracks and that would help the gecko get that skin off. I’ve seen tons of hides that have open space and nowhere for them to squeeze in to
That can definitely help but the big problem is they need humidity! Lots of people neglect that. Or they don’t provide as much as they should. I remember getting my first leopard gecko and humidity was not treated as an highly important part of their care lines it should be. Also people should bed regularly giving their gecko warm soaks! this video is awesome in highlighting the amount of moisture in their environment (they said 2/3 of the time roughly). MORE MOISTURE. It is the key to helping a gecko shed properly
This video makes me feel better about having my gecko because its been hard controlling the humidity in my room since i live in the midwest USA, and ive been desperately trying to get it below 40% bc people keep saying if it gets over 40% they will give them URIs.
Best quote is from the guy studying them actually. “I think leopard geckos may actually be so far removed from its wild counterpart’s that some serious thoughts and planning would have to go into keeping them in truly naturalistic conditions” This is probably because captive leopard geckos are so far removed from there wild counterparts they are often listed as there own subspecies or generalized by the E. Macularious macularious definition It’s just a generalized definition/description of a leopard geckos in captivity. This is due to subspecies being crossed at the budding stages of the leopard gecko hobby to create what we now know today as the common leopard gecko you see in all pet stores. Eublepharis macularius macularious So just like what works best also for various subspecies the same can be said for the current captive form of the species when it comes to care.
Our AC unit went out this summer and we have been roughing it. It has been so humid in our house. (We live in TN, USA) My gecko is reaping the benefits. Her skin has turned an entire different texture. She was way more rough on top of her back. Now she is much more soft. Now I feel bad cause I feel it was too arid in her habit for her and drying her out. This video makes sense and I do believe they need a more humid environment.
