APTOR not leaving the cave?

[scottprice]

Hey guys, my APTOR never ever seems to leave her hide, and when I have had her out she seems to be extremely sensitive to light. Is it just because she's an albino or could she be abnormally sensitive to light? I'm guessing this has a lot to do with her never leaving her cave even at night in low light. If that's the case what can I do to get her out of the cave more regularly? I haven't seen her leave the cave in a few days. Her sister is always out.

I know it could also be the size difference between my 71 gram stripe since she's only 56 grams but it should be that horrible, they don't seem to be fighting sometimes they share the same cave and I've checked for bite marks.

Any suggestions?

 

[gage]

some geckos just like there caves there is probably nothing wrong with her

 

[lepgeckosrock]

If it is a albino and has red eyes it may well be light try using a red bulb geckos don't see red so that may help.

 

[gage]

aptors do not have red eyes

 

[lepgeckosrock]

even a albino without red eyes is more sensitive to light than normal so a white bulb may bother it.

 

[scottprice]

well the problem is that it's in a tank in my bedroom, obviously I'm not nocturnal so I need some light... I don't use any lights in their tanks at all, what I've been doing is covering the tank when there's any light pouring into the room she seems a lot more comfortable that way, although my stripe seems to be fine without it... and an update... she's been coming out of the cage all day today, as soon as I posted the thread i turned around to see her crawling on my rock wall : ) I think she just needs to get used to the tank yet. Hopefully they'll be eating soon and all will be well!!!