Here's my leo. Seeking advice.

[Josm315]

Here are photos of my leo and its enclosure. I wanted to see if everything seemed up to par.

I got him Nov 2010 and he was ~5 inches. Now he's about 7. I know that they all grow at different rates, but it would be great to have an idea on how old he is. On that note. I know adults only need to be fed every other day, and I was wondering at what point I should start doing that. At the moment I feed him every day a variety of dusted crickets and mealworms along with an occasional waxworm.

The enclosure is heated with an UTH at about 90F on the warm side, and is lighted on a 12 hour cycle by a low watt clamp lamp on the shelf. I'm not entirely sure about cleaning the driftwood. I had dunked them in hot water before adding them to the enclosure, but I'm curious if there's a proper method.

I'm also very curious as to the morph of my leo. Not only could I get an age from petco, but the associate wasn't able to tell me the morph. His spots range from a dark purple to black. I'm not sure if his pattern is fully developed or not. I suspect that he might just be a normal in the making, but any input is appreciated.

Thanks for your time and feedback in advance =3

 

[roger]

Here are photos of my leo and its enclosure. I wanted to see if everything seemed up to par.

I got him Nov 2010 and he was ~5 inches. Now he's about 7. I know that they all grow at different rates, but it would be great to have an idea on how old he is. On that note. I know adults only need to be fed every other day, and I was wondering at what point I should start doing that. At the moment I feed him every day a variety of dusted crickets and mealworms along with an occasional waxworm.

The enclosure is heated with an UTH at about 90F on the warm side, and is lighted on a 12 hour cycle by a low watt clamp lamp on the shelf. I'm not entirely sure about cleaning the driftwood. I had dunked them in hot water before adding them to the enclosure, but I'm curious if there's a proper method.

I'm also very curious as to the morph of my leo. Not only could I get an age from petco, but the associate wasn't able to tell me the morph. I suspect that he might just be a normal, but any input is appreciated.

Thanks for your time and feedback in advance =3

He looks to be a high yellow.your set up actually looks pretty good.the one critique i can make and its a small one is your temp probe.It should be flat on the substrate and not just with the end touching.u might find u get a more accurate reading.Just get a small pc of tape and tape it downYour warm temps are pretty good.They should be anywhere from 90-95 deg.Its tough to tell by pic but I would he's 8-9 months old.Give us a weight Looks good though.

 

[prettyinpink]

Looks nice

He looks like a high yellow. Depending on his age his coloring might stay like that or the spots/stripes on his back may dissapear.

Everything looks good in your tank. If you normally leave the probe like that to get temp readings I would just suggest to do what Roger suggests.

As for the wood you can do the bake and clean method where you cook the wood in the stove. That's what I did with some wood for my beardie. I just sprayed mine with vinegar (I don't like using bleach), scrubbed then rinsed it. Then after I baked it in the oven...I don't remember what temp.

Also the light you have for him isn't needed, if you have a window that will be enough light to tell him when it's time to get up. Or even just your room light.

 

[gothra]

Nice looking setup and leo! I'd say he is a hypo tangerine. Its great that you're giving him a variety of food. When I clean their wood, I usually scrub it with detergent water, rinse well, then bake it for half an hour until its almost dry. If there are enough hiding places, the light is probably fine. But I found that the leo will grow more spots and darken with the presence of bright light. As many have already mentioned, daytime lighting is not necessary, but you can decide whether you want to keep it or not.

p.s. adding a background to the setup will give him more sense of security and it'll look really good.

 

[Dougefresh]

Looks nice

He looks like a high yellow. Depending on his age his coloring might stay like that or the spots/stripes on his back may dissapear.

Everything looks good in your tank. If you normally leave the probe like that to get temp readings I would just suggest to do what Roger suggests.

As for the wood you can do the bake and clean method where you cook the wood in the stove. That's what I did with some wood for my beardie. I just sprayed mine with vinegar (I don't like using bleach), scrubbed then rinsed it. Then after I baked it in the oven...I don't remember what temp.

Also the light you have for him isn't needed, if you have a window that will be enough light to tell him when it's time to get up. Or even just your room light.

I did a similar method to this one except I soaked mine overnight and then put it in the oven at 250deg for 20 min and it dried the wood out and sterilized it!
just remember to keep the oven temp low and makes sure the wood is wet and youll be fine:main_thumbsup:

 

[Josm315]

He looks to be a high yellow.your set up actually looks pretty good.the one critique i can make and its a small one is your temp probe.It should be flat on the substrate and not just with the end touching.u might find u get a more accurate reading.Just get a small pc of tape and tape it downYour warm temps are pretty good.They should be anywhere from 90-95 deg.Its tough to tell by pic but I would he's 8-9 months old.Give us a weight Looks good though.

Thanks, I'll weigh down the temperature probe for awhile with a piece of driftwood before I take my readings. Added a whole 2-3 degrees to my original readings before.
I'd give a weight if I had a scale around the house, but unfortunately I don't. 8-9 months seems pretty reasonable though.

As for the wood you can do the bake and clean method where you cook the wood in the stove. That's what I did with some wood for my beardie. I just sprayed mine with vinegar (I don't like using bleach), scrubbed then rinsed it. Then after I baked it in the oven...I don't remember what temp.

I did a similar method to this one except I soaked mine overnight and then put it in the oven at 250deg for 20 min and it dried the wood out and sterilized it!
just remember to keep the oven temp low and makes sure the wood is wet and youll be fine

Thanks, I'll definitely try the oven baking when I clean the tank again this weekend.

p.s. adding a background to the setup will give him more sense of security and it'll look really good.

Was going to get one from the petstore, but my fiance offered to make a "Yoshi's Island" backdrop for me. Seems she's procrastinating as usual though. ^.^;

Thanks for the feedback everyone. Really useful. Got two who say high yellow and a hypo tangerine. I can see a little hypo tangerine in him now that I've looked at some pictures of others. But he definitely shows a strong high yellow morph. I guess I'll start feeding him every other day when he starts slowing down. As for now he seems to be chowing down every day with vigor.