Hi, I'm new

[earls413]

Hi, I'm new to this forum. I recently purchased a gecko from a Pet store and love him. The sales lady said he's a high yellow gecko. I'm unsure of all the morphs. I believe I have adequate housing, he's in a 10 gallon tank with the aquarium carpet, he's got two hides, one that's called a stump den on the warm side and a rock on the cool side. I have an under tank heater, a heat lamp, a water dish and a humid hide. I spritz him and his aquarium once a day and feed him 2-3 crickets a day but he always seems hungry. I'm up for any suggestions on a different ways to care for him like I said I'm new at this. His name is Leonard and he's such a sweet heart. He isn't a baby I'm unsure of his age but we love him.I'll post pictures later if I can.

 

[lizardlove]

Hey, I'm new too! Welcome to the forums, I think it's pretty awesome here. Got a lot of questions answered. I know heat lamps are unnecessary, nto sure if they're bad for them or not... I'd think they might be since they could raise the temps too high. All they need is the underbelly heat. I feed my gecko mealies, but it sounds like he needs more food than that. You'd have to ask someone who works with crickets. For the spritzing, you only need to do that when Leonard's shedding. They don't like humidity but it's really helpful when they need to shed. Mine just shed yesterday, so I gave her a warm bath and misted her with warm water. She hated it. But it was a good shed, so she'll get over it.

 

[rawson5084]

Welcome

 

[THE WHISPERER]

welcome to GF

 

[Mel&Keith]

Welcome to the forum. It sounds like you're doing well with the care so far. Most Leos don't need to be misted as long as there humid hide stays humid, although there can be exceptions for geckos with shedding problems. You can really feed them as much as they want to eat unless they're obese adults. Just take any uneaten crickets out after an hour so they don't annoy the gecko.

 

[earls413]

Thanxs everyone for your replies. I want to be sure I'm doing what's right. My little Leonard is so funny and sociable. He loves to crawl around on me and likes to sit and my shoulder and look around. The lady at the petstore told me to keep a water dish in there for humidity reasons that he most likely won't drink it, but he does he laps it like a dog it's hilarious is this normal.

 

[lizardlove]

Aw, you're lucky! Yeah, they drink it, I don't know why someone would say they don't. I'm pretty sure that all animals drink water. But it's actually really rare to see them drinking, I've never seen Sappho do it. I wish I could! I'm sure it's adorable!

 

[LizMarie]

Welcome! Happy you can finally post! Hope you find everything you need.

 

[Gecko_Jay]

Hey dude! Welcome to GF!

Hope you have fun posting and chatting!

Jay

 

[earls413]

He is very tame, I was so lucky to get him. He will do anything in front of me. His drinking of the water has to be the funniest, and after he eats a cricket he licks alot it reminds me of a dog with peanut butter.

 

[Gecko_Jay]

hahaha yeah mine do that a lot after eating too!lol!

 

[cj.thomas21]

Welcome.