Hi, I recently got my first leos. I've had them for a week now.
I've done some research but I'm still a little uneducated in the field of geckos.
I have a couple of questions.
1. I have a heat mat with thermostat control. The thermostat is set to around 92f. In my viv I have one of them strip thermometers buried in the calc sand where the mat sits underneath the glass, and it reads around 80f. My question is: should I turn up the heat or trust the thermostat and possible turn it down a notch?
2. I also have a blue light strip fitted in the viv (roughly in the middle). I have been turning it on in the morning and off at night. Should I be doing this the other way around, ie. Blue light on at night and off during the day.
3. Finally,... my leos ate a small amount in the first 2 days, around 6 crickets between them. I have been dropping crickets in the viv every day, monitoring for 30 mins to an hour. The geckos do not seem interested in them at all now. They walk past them and even allow them to crawl over them. So I have been removing the crickets so as not to bother my leos (though I do leave 2 in over night incase my leos change their minds and fancy a mid night snack).
It has been 5 days now since they ate.
I have found some poo over the last couple of days, so should I be concerned? Or will they eat when they are ready?
(Btw I have been dusting... and removing poo on site).
Sorry for the essay, and thank you for any response and help.
I've done some research but I'm still a little uneducated in the field of geckos.
I have a couple of questions.
1. I have a heat mat with thermostat control. The thermostat is set to around 92f. In my viv I have one of them strip thermometers buried in the calc sand where the mat sits underneath the glass, and it reads around 80f. My question is: should I turn up the heat or trust the thermostat and possible turn it down a notch?
2. I also have a blue light strip fitted in the viv (roughly in the middle). I have been turning it on in the morning and off at night. Should I be doing this the other way around, ie. Blue light on at night and off during the day.
3. Finally,... my leos ate a small amount in the first 2 days, around 6 crickets between them. I have been dropping crickets in the viv every day, monitoring for 30 mins to an hour. The geckos do not seem interested in them at all now. They walk past them and even allow them to crawl over them. So I have been removing the crickets so as not to bother my leos (though I do leave 2 in over night incase my leos change their minds and fancy a mid night snack).
It has been 5 days now since they ate.
I have found some poo over the last couple of days, so should I be concerned? Or will they eat when they are ready?
(Btw I have been dusting... and removing poo on site).
Sorry for the essay, and thank you for any response and help.