Cleo and Iggy :D & morph help?

[JessyH]

I got this girl from a breeder a few months back, she's lovely, and really playful, if she see's the shadow of your finger in her tank she's run around the tank trying to catch it. hehe.
here she is;

And I got this little girl [I think?] from a pet store near my house. She was in really bad shape.

(ignore the poop, I was cleaning her tank. haha.)

She's really unhappy, her tails dropped [before I got her] and she's still a little skinny. And really small for her age? I think.

She keeps digging in her cage, she hates being in there! She spends half her time trying to climb up the side of . I've put paper around her tank and she seems a little happier, though.

She hates being touched, she'll just hiss and hit me with her tail.

She's about 3.5" long and she's about 4 months old, is that right or wrong?
& what morph is she? some albino I think?

 

[Stitchex]

Well, IMO that's too small for a gecko that's 4 months old, and another thing you could do to help the geckos in my opinion, is to put them on a solid substrate. They're both really pretty, and sometimes when attacking their food or just testing out the substrate, it could get in their mouth. As for the albinos, there's so much now I don't dare guess:main_laugh:. Thanks for posting pics!

 

[JessyH]

Well, IMO that's too small for a gecko that's 4 months old, and another thing you could do to help the geckos in my opinion, is to put them on a solid substrate. They're both really pretty, and sometimes when attacking their food or just testing out the substrate, it could get in their mouth. As for the albinos, there's so much now I don't dare guess:main_laugh:. Thanks for posting pics!

Yeah, I'm waiting for iggy to settle down a little before I change her substrate, she seems stressed enough as it is so I don't wanna get her too worked up straight away.
I've got some calci sand waiting to be put in, I think I'm just waiting for the right time.

hmm. I don't know what to do about Iggy. I saw some other geckos at 3/4 months and they were so much bigger than her! she's about the width of my palm?

 

[nats]

If you cover the walls of her terrarium with something, it will help calm her down. How did she loose her tail? If she was misshandeled, she will be nervous of you. Just give her privacy, and dont try to touch her yet.
Does she have enough hidding places?
You may want to put some solid material in there like some flat rocks or tile pieces. Just so it isnt wall-to-wall sand. Folks in the US dont use sand, and it's a controversy that I will not get into right now.

 

[JessyH]

If you cover the walls of her terrarium with something, it will help calm her down. How did she loose her tail? If she was misshandeled, she will be nervous of you. Just give her privacy, and dont try to touch her yet.
Does she have enough hidding places?
You may want to put some solid material in there like some flat rocks or tile pieces. Just so it isnt wall-to-wall sand. Folks in the US dont use sand, and it's a controversy that I will not get into right now.

I don't know how she lost it, but the other 2 who were in the same tank as her at the pet store also had dropped their tails.
The older ones were all so thin, and about 8 crammed into a tank big enough for 4 max. :/
& yeah she does, she has 2 hides and her heat box. hmm. I think I'm gonna move her to a bigger tank, use calci sand but also put some rocks in at one side to keep her entertained.

thankyouu. xx

 

[Mel&Keith]

It's really stressful for a Leo to drop their tail and since her body had to use the energy to repair itself she may have gotten a little behind on growing. I'm sure you'll be able to get her to a healthy weight after she settles in. Good luck!