husbandry

My leo is 8 years old and not really ever been the hugest fan of the infrared heat bulbs. Normally I use the black heat bulbs (they give off a dark purple light), and I’ve never tried ceramic bulbs for more than a day or two. When I’ve tried the infrared bulbs in the past, he becomes slightly...

Since day one my leopard gecko has been a picky eater. One day he’ll love crickets, then the next day he won’t. There was a time when he loved wax worms and now he doesn’t. He absolutely hates mealworms and super worms, and I even tried giving him a pinky rat just to try something different and...

Hi everyone! I just have a few questions regarding the husbandry of my new leopard gecko, Casey (His\her name for now, lol) he\she is two weeks old and I got her two days ago from a reptile breeder. 1: I strictly tong feed him\her mealworms for now, is that okay? I'm not sure if I should just...

I am not new to the occasional Craigslist ad of poorly cared for animals being sold here, in fact, I aim to rescue leos that have been subjected to bad husbandry so they have a chance at a better life. I am making this thread just to rant about these Craigslist gecko owners. I never rant to the...

I'm currently designing a bio active tank/enclosure for my leopard gecko. I'm mainly concerned on possible toxins. If I place a turtle shell that has been taxidermied and probably off of amazon; will my leopard gecko be poised, will anything like dubia roaches, or isopods eat at it? If so is...

hello all! i just adopted my first beardie! she's 5 and she's really beautiful! however, moving and being put into a new terrarium (i got her from a private owner, they had a baby and couldn't keep the beardie any more) seems to have stressed her quite a bit she's gone wild at the glass front...