if you mean it's 30" high and the 16" is width and length, I don't think it's really big enough for a paludarium. It's taller than it is long, so not great for fish. It's a nice size for a crested gecko or a gargoyle gecko or even a day gecko, though those are a little more challenging to...
The traditional way to do it is to get hydroton expanded clay balls and put about a 2" layer on the bottom. Cover that with a layer of screen and put your substrate on top of that. In the old days I used coco fiber which I still have in many of my enclosures, Some people use special soil mixes...
No, I think they're too small. It's really a drag but it got me out of breeding which was actually a blessing in disguise even though I didn't know it at the time.
Aliza
Crypto is an abdominal protozoa that breeds in the gecko's gut. The gecko sheds eggs from them in its poop which makes it really contagious. My geckos got it from a gecko that I bought and quarantined. I should have had every new gecko I got tested for crypto but there's nothing I can do now...
The only geckos I've had die looking like they were starved were geckos who had cryptosporidiosis. It leads to anorexia, diarrhea and death. My entire population has crypto since 2017. It's been over a year since anyone had a flareup and the youngest is 9 years old. I just have to stay...
I think you have 3 choices:
keep putting food on her nose
keep offering food and let her do what she's going to do
make a vet appointment
As I've mentioned before, I have enough geckos so I'm not worrying about how much they're eating. Some are fatter and some are skinnier but they all seem...
Yes, vitamin D is fine if it doesn't have UV. Glad it wasn't $300. For that much they should have given you a care sheet! Good luck with the gecko.
Aliza
welcome to gecko keeping. I think it's likely that it's a fan footed gecko, though I have never kept that species. Here's a care sheet I found by doing a search: https://reptiledirect.com/fan-footed-gecko-care-sheet/
Your best bet is to do a search (feel free to use duckduckgo.com instead of...