Adult and baby leos

Ty Criss

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Last night i bought a new leo (yet to be named), and put a tank divider in my 10 gallon tank, from corner to corner, but my baby leo kept watching my older one (Trevor) and wanting to get to him, so i took out the divider and watched for about 2 hours, Trevor licked the tail and sides of the new one a few times, and after 30 minutes stopped, they semed to get along just fine, so i took out the divider completely, and i found them sleeping together in my tank several times, is this a good thing? or will i need to buy a new tank?

(i know its a very simple set up, but i dont have alot of money, i had to sell almost all of my xbox games to get what i have, the tank is always 77° and i always keep the 2 water bowls filled, Trevor has lived her for about 10 months, and i have never had any problems with his not eating, i also check on him very close every night, when he starts to shed i mist him with a light spray bottle, and put a wet paper towel in the left hide, he always sleeps in the left hide during the day, and the right hide during the night after eating, i feed the crickets fresh potato slices, and the sand is sand from a depo, i wet it once to make it hard so he couldnt accidentally eat any loose particles)
 

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acpart

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Welcome to the forums. A few things you should keep in mind:
--A new gecko needs to be quarantined from your other geckos for at least a month to make sure everyone is healthy. I highly recommend you separate them for now.
--do you know the sex of both of the geckos? Is Trevor a male, or does it just have a male name. Two males will not do well together once they both mature. A male and a female will breed and you'll have to deal with eggs. If you don't know if they're male or female they should be separated anyway
--Some people consider a 10 gallon tank the minimum size for a single gecko. Some people even think that a 20 gallon is the minimum size. In any case, while 2 juvenile geckos could possibly be in a 10 gallon (I do house my small hatchlings that way for awhile), 2 adult geckos need at least a 20 gallon long. There is a $1/gallon sale at Petco this weekend, so you should consider it. If I were you I would get a 20 gallon long, put 1 gecko in the 10 gallon and 1 in the 20 gallon long with the possibility of keeping them both in the 20 gallon long if they are both females
--Some people do keep their adult geckos on sand but no one thinks it's a good idea to keep babies on sand. If you're wetting the sand often, you may make the humidity too high for this desert animal. I highly recommend changing to paper towel, or, my all time favorite, ceramic tile

I'm sorry to be pointing out so many things that I think you should change and I know that you have the geckos' best interests in mind, so I felt I should make these suggestions.

Aliza
 

Ty Criss

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i will try my best to get another tank very soon, i dont have much money at all so i cant afford even a $13 10 gal. tank rn, but ill find a way

i am unsure of the sex of the new one, but i know that Trevor is a male, ive had him for about 10 months now, and he has the buldges as ive read to look for to sex it

i dont wet the sand often at all, ive done it about 2 times the whole time ive had Trevor, i know they are from the desert area high humidity isnt what they are used to, i just wet it when i noticed it got loose, then pressed it together so it compacted and got hardened, as so he wouldnt ingest any of it


i dont mind you poimting things out, i need to know tuese things to keep em happy right? my bday is April 12th so ill be able to use my bday money to get another tank and put the new one in there as its new home, but if i get money before then i will, ill try my hardest to seperate them as soon as possible

thank you for pointing these things out :)
 

Ty Criss

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haha, thanks, and idr how Trevor was when he was smaller, but the new one hasnt eaten in the past 2 days (since i got him) is this a problem or is he getting used to the enviroment?
 

Ty Criss

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my fiance named her gecko Lulu :3 lol, but okay, thank you, just wanted to make sure it was normal
 

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