Question by Ivy: building a leopard gecko tank, what woods are safe to use with geckos?
my dad is going to build me a leopard gecko tank, its going to have solid wood sides and bottom with a solid glass front with hinges for a door and a screen top. so i’m just wondering what wood is safe to use with leopard geckos?
and my dad is a very good builder, so far he’s biult 4 log beds, and small coat closet with doors at the bottom, and just built me a nice mouse rack, and plenty more things, so the cage will be sturdy and safe. and he has alot of wood and fish tanks are super expensive for the size that i want, he has pine wood right now, its not treated, he cuts it down himself, its been dried, it doesn’t have sap in it or anything, so its not sticky, and no bugs.
i’m pretty sure that if he puts a coat of stain on it, when it heats up, i think the fumes might kill the geckos, but i’m not sure if it makes fumes when hot, so if you can tell me if its okay to use that or not, but we prob won’t use it anyways, it doesn’t need to look all fancy.
will linseed oil do anything, i want it to be waterproof so when i mist them it doesn’t soak up the water. but i don’t want to hurt my geckos. i plan on breeding my geckos as soon as i get a male enigma so that’s whole point of a bigger tank. (i need no education on morphs and breeding geckos
so save your breath, i dont want to nor do i need to hear it, i’ve done all my research and will be buying an incubator)
so please just answer my question, it’d be nice to start building as soon as possible. :)
Best answer:
Answer by Sam
It shouldn’t matter what kind of wood your going to use if the wood won’t be touching the gecko. I wouldn’t put any finishing coatings on the wood just to be on the safe side!! If you were to use wood for the shelter and caves in the tank you’d be better off to use fake wood! It way easier to clean because it won’t splinter and the sink/tub your cleaning it in won’t get a bunch of wood pieces in it! It’s also safer for the gecko!
Hope you can get the tank together and get a happy, healthy gecko! Good Luck! :)
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