Hello from Moses Lake, WA

[mbird]

HI! I'm new to leopard geckos, having just adopted my first Leopard gecko on 1/13/16. its a baby weighing in at only 10 grams, but that is already 2 grams heavier then it was when I brought it home(to young to know gender yet). I have Amaru, which is what I named it, living in a 20L aquarium. with a ceramic heat emitter bulb, 3 different kinds of hide, a fake plant, 1 bowl each of water, calcium powder, and meal worms. Amaru will only eat its worms from tweezers (very picky eater too). I must admit Amaru was a whim purchase and I am rushing to get caught up on what he actually needs. The heating pad I had bought at +++++ for under the tank was broken and they didn't have another one in the right size for my tank, so I returned that on and I ended up ordering one online instead. until it arrives making do with twice an hour temp checks and a human heat pad, which is why the twice an hour heat checks (with a temp gun).

I also have 3 guinea pigs, a gerbil, a cat, and a dog at this time. though my mom has a water dragon, and I help her take care of it, since I live in her house it makes it easy to share supplies like reptile food, carefully of course to prevent cross-contamination just in case.

I gladly except polite advice

 

[acpart]

welcome to GF. Enjoy your gecko. Everything sounds good so far.

Aliza

 

[mbird]

happy to say, I now have 2 geckos, separated of course. each one has a heat mat with Thermostat though its not getting quite as hot in there as I would like. have the thermostat set at 100 and in tank is only 90 on the one setup for some reason. new heat mat is supposed to arrive tomorrow, so that should fix the problem there. neither gecko will eat mealworms, or crickets. though they happily snap up wax worms and the larger phoenix worms that I have. from their expressions they give me when I offer the little worms they might as well be saying "who are you kidding, these are way to small"

 

[scm133]

Are you checking the air temp or surface temp with a temp gun?? Are you using both a CHE and a UTH?? Please post pictures of your new babies. We love baby pics!!

 

[Tongue Flicker]

Hello and welcome aboard!