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Good luck with him. When you offer bugs do you put them in front of him or do you hold him and push the bug into his mouth. If you're not doing it that way, try that. Aliza

It's very likely the poop is due to the critical care since it's a puree. If you hold your gecko and push a bug at its mouth will it try to eat it? If you haven't tried that, try it soon because that's a lot closer to a "normal" diet. Aliza

My entire colony got crypto 9 years ago. I had most of them tested and they were all positive. Because of that I had to stop breeding geckos and with a few exceptions stopped increasing my collection. During the first year I lost about half of my geckos, which included over 30 who had hatched...

There could be a small piece under the eyelid. You could try flushing his eye by dipping your finger in water and putting a drop on his eye. If you can see anything, you can take a tweezer and carefully extract it. You can hand feed him for now if he'll tolerate it and you may want to...

I can't really figure out the difference between these two products. I recommend you contact joshsfrogs.com and ask them. Aliza

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...

It's worth a try! Aliza

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...

It could be. Most of my geckos are eating very little at this time of the year and I tend to feed them in the late evening. Aliza

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

Happy birthday to Dusty. Aliza