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Consider either making a true false bottom to drain your substrate better: a few inches of hydroton clay balls, a piece of vinyl screen mesh to cover the footprint of the tank, then coco fiber without any gardening soil. Here's a much easier solution: Check out Josh's frogs tropical bio bedding...

Was your soil substrate actual soil? Paper towels will get wet and mushy when you mist the cage. If you were using actual dirt, get some coco-fiber which comes in compressed blocks at the pet store. When hydrated it looks like dirt but it's actually shredded coconut shells. That substrate will...

One pasty poop, especially when the gecko is in a new environment and possibly eating different food, is not a problem. Keep an eye on it (so to speak) and if it keeps happening, consider consulting a vet. Aliza

What type of gecko is this for? Aliza

I haven't tried it but it's an interesting idea. If you feed your crested gecko crickets you'll have to see how many crickets drown in there. I wouldn't worry about your crestie falling in unless you have a small juvenile Aliza

Not a clue! My 19 year old gecko does bite me more than he used to, though. Sometimes they just change. Make sure not to spray directly on him. Some of my geckos don't like that. Aliza

All I can say is that if she gets really orange she's a blood morph and if she doesn't, she may not be. It's not a simple recessive/dominant like other traits. The best way to produce one is to put the most orange geckos together and try to reproduce the coloring. Aliza

Are you absolutely sure that she won't eat if you don't hand feed her? I ask because I have had a number of crested geckos and gargoyle geckos that I have never seen eat. They get crested gecko fruit diet twice a week and crickets once a week, but there are almost always crickets in the cage...

I'm not breeding geckos anymore. When I was I preferred the type of incubator that cooled as well as heated, That's because I don't have AC and if it gets too hot in the house, the incubator temp goes up too. I'm not up on the latest, but if you don't have hot ambient temperatures and you have...

I don't know what it is. How have you researched online? If you haven't done any of these suggestions, try them: --put the picture of the lizard in the google search box. I tried to do it but I couldn't get the image to work for me --wherever you're located, google "lizards of ________" and...

Hardscape looks OK to me. Aliza

This is not a phelsuma and not a day gecko! It's a crested gecko. It's nocturnal. In general your setup as described is pretty reasonable. The temperature should not be much warmer than that. Do you know the gender of your geckos? Two females may get along. A male and a female will try to...

I keep crested geckos, leachie geckos and gargoyle geckos which are related to chahouas. I do recommend that there be some plants in there to give the gecko some hiding spots. Consider getting a pothos plant which will eventually provide some really nice cover. My 19 year old crested gecko...

It really depends on the gecko. Some geckos of any species don't mind being held and even like to walk all over their person and others hate it. People often get more response from larger lizards. I really enjoy my bearded dragon and I can let her run around the downstairs during the day. Aliza

If you look at her belly, if she's "gravid" (that's what you call an egg layer when it's pregnant), you'll see two white ovals. If you google "gravid leopard gecko" you can see illustrations. Unless you're in the southern hemisphere, it's not really breeding season. If the female has never...