Would it be ok if I take my leopard gecko in a little cage (portable) to my friends house?

Question

I don't want to stress her out. For this little portable cage i would have a little house for her or decor plants for her to hid in, sand and moss by her hid. And some worms for her and water. And would it be ok if she could walk around on the grass? The wont harm her will it? Or are there any bug in the grass that could harm her?? Would it be ok if my friends turtle and gecko are by each other? They cant like give each other disease can they?? And how big should this cage be? Is the water and worms (meal worms) necessary to be in there? Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

It really depends on how long you will be there with her. If she will be there all day, the cage should be rather large for a critter keeper, and if it will only be for a couple of hours, it doesn't have to be huge. When I was in high school I took one of my leos to class in a medium sized critter keeper (she had a habitat at the school though). If it's all day, all you need is a hide and a wet hide. You can just use a human heat pad during the day for a heat source and put it under one side of the cage. You definitely need water, but she may not want to eat. Moving her to a different habitat (no matter how well furnished) will always be stressful.

I wouldn't put her in the grass or next to the turtle. Too many opportunities for disaster really, better not to chance it. The turtle could bite her or transmit a disease and so could things in the grass. Also, if it's hot wherever you are like it is here in south texas, she could over heat because she's not used to being outside, so it would be best to keep her inside.

Remember that reptiles are easily stressed, unlike mammals, so try not to keep her out too long or put her in too many different environments.

Answer 2

it would be fine to let it run around but be sure u can catch it and also it being be the turtle is a bad it will try to attack each other and it depends how far ur takeing it and for how long =))

Answer 3

why are you using sand. SAND KILLS LIZARDS. http://hubpages.com/hub/Impaction.

the grass won't harm it. There are ticks and mites in grass. And if it eats a bug it could die from the pesticides.

Only if your certain the turtle is ok. And the turtle could spread salmonella to your lizard and vise-versa.

you need water, no worms.

Anyway. With this constant handling and a new environment this will be a highly stressful time for your lizard, not to mention it is probably partially impacted...

If you have a vet I would recommend taking your lizard to him/her immediately after to be safe. Stress opens up your lizard to health issues. Taking it away for this long is bad. Maybe if you left it in the cage you would be fine. But taking it out and playing with it would be unacceptable.

You use sand. Sand causes impaction. the best way to stop impaction is by giving warm baths. the best way to help impaction( to help your lizard die) is stress and cold temps.

Answer 4

you can take her to friends house so long as temps out side r ok

Answer 5

She'll probably be fine in those temperatures. The main thing as far as the cage is make sure to keep it out of direct sunlight because it could cause a plastic or glass container to superheat which could be very dangerous.

She'd be okay on the grass as long as you make sure she can't escape and you KNOW the grass is pesticide free. Don't guess about that. Pesticides could kill her. Don't let her eat any bugs in the grass, as they could be toxic or could have been exposed to pesticides. Otherwise, bugs won't hurt her(though, watch out for ants, they're kinda cranky)

I would not suggest putting the leopard gecko and the turtle together. They could harm each other and YES, they can pass diseases to each other.

The cage should be large enough for your leopard gecko to comfortable move and turn around. And yes, you should keep water and meal worms in there.

Good luck, have fun, just be careful not to stress her out.