Need help- my 10 year old son is on his 2nd leopard gecko. His 1st one died. it took awhile, slowly got skinner, less active and then onto little eating to no eating. During this time his eyesight seemd to get worse to him almost being blind.
Well- We chalked it up to an unhealty little guy and spnt loads of time and $ on him trying to get him better. Too little too late. (our first reptile so we really did not know what we were doing and apparently still do not).
Onto the 2nd gecko who we bought about 2 months ago, thick fat body and tail. Did well for about a month. In fact he was so fast with the crickets and hunting my son named him "flash". Well- The same thing started happening about 3-4 weeks ago as the 1st and it was then that we realized it must be something we are doing. He has only been eating mealworms with calcium sprinkled b/c he etiher can't see the crickets, klnows he can't catch or both. We even tried putting one in a separate small cage and it's like he does not even try for it or see it. Mealworms he will eat 10 of in 5 minutes in a little bowl. Tonight he did not even come out of his little moss area. Long story short, we think it's the low humity of 35-40% that's casing his letharic behavior and the snowball affect thereafter. I have been reading alot of these forums and been trying to figure out how to keep 70-75% humidity. noting is working. We mist 4 times a day with the coconut type floor and some moss. I am now covering 3/4 top of his screen top to try to keep it in. It goes to about 45-50% for a short time and goes back down shortly after no matter what we try. Does anyone have any ideas what we can do. Not sure if I want to spend $100-150 for a good mister. (read alot of the cheap ones breaking). Please help- I really son;t want my son having to buy another pet so soon!
Well- We chalked it up to an unhealty little guy and spnt loads of time and $ on him trying to get him better. Too little too late. (our first reptile so we really did not know what we were doing and apparently still do not).
Onto the 2nd gecko who we bought about 2 months ago, thick fat body and tail. Did well for about a month. In fact he was so fast with the crickets and hunting my son named him "flash". Well- The same thing started happening about 3-4 weeks ago as the 1st and it was then that we realized it must be something we are doing. He has only been eating mealworms with calcium sprinkled b/c he etiher can't see the crickets, klnows he can't catch or both. We even tried putting one in a separate small cage and it's like he does not even try for it or see it. Mealworms he will eat 10 of in 5 minutes in a little bowl. Tonight he did not even come out of his little moss area. Long story short, we think it's the low humity of 35-40% that's casing his letharic behavior and the snowball affect thereafter. I have been reading alot of these forums and been trying to figure out how to keep 70-75% humidity. noting is working. We mist 4 times a day with the coconut type floor and some moss. I am now covering 3/4 top of his screen top to try to keep it in. It goes to about 45-50% for a short time and goes back down shortly after no matter what we try. Does anyone have any ideas what we can do. Not sure if I want to spend $100-150 for a good mister. (read alot of the cheap ones breaking). Please help- I really son;t want my son having to buy another pet so soon!
