First I want to thank everyone for the wealth of information on this site. It has been very helpful in the last week.
I recently rescued a leo from 2 little girls that were not taking very good care of thier gecko. The gecko had 1 shelter, a tree and somelights and the base covered in sand. The previous owners would dump a bag of crickets and just leave them in the cage until they were eaten and then repeat, no calcium, no humid hide, no heat source other than lights, no cool hide the list goes on.
Needless to say I have had my work cut out for me. So far we have updated her tank to have 3 shelters, a heating pad, and we feed her on a schedule. This week she even shed her skin.
Now I have a couple of questions:
1. The gecko always tilts her head unless she sees a cricket and then she places it level again. Is that normal?
2.Now that we introduced a humid hide she loves it and doesn't ever want to leave, not even to eat. We tried taking it out but she continues to walk around the area as if to say hey where did it go. She we just let her lie in there all the time?
3. She has maybe 4 nails on all of her toes added together. She is missing quite a few tips of her toes. When she shed this week we made sure to get everything off her feet. Will this effect her?
4. Since she shed her skin on Thursday her appetitie has declined. She has eaten maybe one cricket every other day instead of 4. or 1 meal worm instead of 5 or 6. Is this normal?
I recently rescued a leo from 2 little girls that were not taking very good care of thier gecko. The gecko had 1 shelter, a tree and somelights and the base covered in sand. The previous owners would dump a bag of crickets and just leave them in the cage until they were eaten and then repeat, no calcium, no humid hide, no heat source other than lights, no cool hide the list goes on.
Needless to say I have had my work cut out for me. So far we have updated her tank to have 3 shelters, a heating pad, and we feed her on a schedule. This week she even shed her skin.
Now I have a couple of questions:
1. The gecko always tilts her head unless she sees a cricket and then she places it level again. Is that normal?
2.Now that we introduced a humid hide she loves it and doesn't ever want to leave, not even to eat. We tried taking it out but she continues to walk around the area as if to say hey where did it go. She we just let her lie in there all the time?
3. She has maybe 4 nails on all of her toes added together. She is missing quite a few tips of her toes. When she shed this week we made sure to get everything off her feet. Will this effect her?
4. Since she shed her skin on Thursday her appetitie has declined. She has eaten maybe one cricket every other day instead of 4. or 1 meal worm instead of 5 or 6. Is this normal?
I'm not sure about the head though, that seems to be an enigma trait but she doesn't look like an Enigma.
