Thanks to everyone for these wonderful forums. It has helped me out so much with my first gecko.
Here is the my new gecko Drago. The gf named it, even though she is female I thought the name worked. She was cared for by a 16 year old who obviously wasn't taking great care of her. I would guess by the amount of poop that was in the cage it hadn't been cleaned in about 6 months. She has acclimated really quick and is getting used to sitting in my hand now. This is the current set up I have, any suggestions are more than welcome. The second level is built out of balsa wood I got at Michael's. The legs are the pieces used to put in the corner when you are doing molding. I got them at Lowes for a couple dollars each. They come precut and have a little decoration in them. I've covered it in reptile carpet to make it easier for her to climb. All her toes are without claws due to the treatment before I got her. Any thing in particular I should look for in regards to this? I did get the gecko and the 20 gallon tank for $50. It came with some other stuff as well, but I ended up throwing pretty much all of it away.
The hide on the left is a tupperware container I cut the end off of some craft sticks and used liquid nails to seal them to the container. The top is reptile carpet. She doesn't ever really use the hides and spends most of her time sitting on top of this hide. I have a UTH on this side. The rock is real and has some fern fossils on it. The log I picked up at a pet shop. There is one dish with some calcium, one for meal worms which I supplement with some crickets once a week or so. The dish on the far right is for the water. The moist hide is behind it and is just a tupperware container covered in reptile carpet. I'm using paper towels as a substrate. The background of the tank is half done because I didn't listen to the part about measuring first, lol. I think I'm going to replace it this weekend anyway with some pictures I took in the desert this summer if I can get Kinko's to do them up for me this weekend.
I have to get a dehumidifier as the humidity has been running just over 50%. I do have an electonic thermometer on the hot side. I plan to replace it with this one this weekend:
http://www.radioshack.com/product/i...=thermometer&kw=thermometer&parentPage=search
Thanks for any ideas you have on things I can improve.
Here is the my new gecko Drago. The gf named it, even though she is female I thought the name worked. She was cared for by a 16 year old who obviously wasn't taking great care of her. I would guess by the amount of poop that was in the cage it hadn't been cleaned in about 6 months. She has acclimated really quick and is getting used to sitting in my hand now. This is the current set up I have, any suggestions are more than welcome. The second level is built out of balsa wood I got at Michael's. The legs are the pieces used to put in the corner when you are doing molding. I got them at Lowes for a couple dollars each. They come precut and have a little decoration in them. I've covered it in reptile carpet to make it easier for her to climb. All her toes are without claws due to the treatment before I got her. Any thing in particular I should look for in regards to this? I did get the gecko and the 20 gallon tank for $50. It came with some other stuff as well, but I ended up throwing pretty much all of it away.
The hide on the left is a tupperware container I cut the end off of some craft sticks and used liquid nails to seal them to the container. The top is reptile carpet. She doesn't ever really use the hides and spends most of her time sitting on top of this hide. I have a UTH on this side. The rock is real and has some fern fossils on it. The log I picked up at a pet shop. There is one dish with some calcium, one for meal worms which I supplement with some crickets once a week or so. The dish on the far right is for the water. The moist hide is behind it and is just a tupperware container covered in reptile carpet. I'm using paper towels as a substrate. The background of the tank is half done because I didn't listen to the part about measuring first, lol. I think I'm going to replace it this weekend anyway with some pictures I took in the desert this summer if I can get Kinko's to do them up for me this weekend.
I have to get a dehumidifier as the humidity has been running just over 50%. I do have an electonic thermometer on the hot side. I plan to replace it with this one this weekend:
http://www.radioshack.com/product/i...=thermometer&kw=thermometer&parentPage=search
Thanks for any ideas you have on things I can improve.
