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Siren
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Hey everybody,
As stated I'm new, and not only to this forum, but also a proud first time mom of a healthy 7 month old blizzard morph leopard gecko. Over the past few weeks I've been following threads on this forum, and first off i have to say very helpful, so thank you!
Lets see... a little about me..I'm 24, live in Connecticut and work as veterinary technician at an animal hospital..though, we mostly see cats and dogs we do have an exotics doctor, who sees a variety of exotics ranging from awesome birds, large and small lizards of all kinds (yes even our leo's!), amphibians, rodents, marsupials and so forth... I have to say the one thing i enjoy about my career is the opportunity to learn so much about so many different animals...so I'm always open to new ideas and suggestions!
Ok so about my leo... 7 month old blizzard morph, very cute, is mostly a pinkish white, with grey eyes..not entirely interesting to gaze at, but has the most brilliant attitude ever! His environment..a 10 gallon tank, with a hot side of mid to high 80's and a cool side of low 80's rarely high 70's (also using a UTH). As for substrate im using paper towels..i just had this underlying fear that if i used sand, he would become impacted and i would have a whole mess of problems to deal with. Our decorations include a nice little plastic tree and a long tree log..also have one dish for mealies, water and calcium..there is currently only /one/ hide box, but i plan on changing that tomorrow.
QUESTIONS:
1. which side should i place the humid hide and what should i use to keep it humid? a water soaked sponge?
2. Are my temps right, should i increase/decrease?
3. where would a good spot be for the UTH? Currently, since its so small, i have it in one corner of the cooler side, just to keep it from getting to chilly over there.
That about it..Thank you for viewing..also attached a little pic (yes im aware he is missing a toe on his back foot there
)..enjoy
As stated I'm new, and not only to this forum, but also a proud first time mom of a healthy 7 month old blizzard morph leopard gecko. Over the past few weeks I've been following threads on this forum, and first off i have to say very helpful, so thank you!
Lets see... a little about me..I'm 24, live in Connecticut and work as veterinary technician at an animal hospital..though, we mostly see cats and dogs we do have an exotics doctor, who sees a variety of exotics ranging from awesome birds, large and small lizards of all kinds (yes even our leo's!), amphibians, rodents, marsupials and so forth... I have to say the one thing i enjoy about my career is the opportunity to learn so much about so many different animals...so I'm always open to new ideas and suggestions!
Ok so about my leo... 7 month old blizzard morph, very cute, is mostly a pinkish white, with grey eyes..not entirely interesting to gaze at, but has the most brilliant attitude ever! His environment..a 10 gallon tank, with a hot side of mid to high 80's and a cool side of low 80's rarely high 70's (also using a UTH). As for substrate im using paper towels..i just had this underlying fear that if i used sand, he would become impacted and i would have a whole mess of problems to deal with. Our decorations include a nice little plastic tree and a long tree log..also have one dish for mealies, water and calcium..there is currently only /one/ hide box, but i plan on changing that tomorrow.
QUESTIONS:
1. which side should i place the humid hide and what should i use to keep it humid? a water soaked sponge?
2. Are my temps right, should i increase/decrease?
3. where would a good spot be for the UTH? Currently, since its so small, i have it in one corner of the cooler side, just to keep it from getting to chilly over there.
That about it..Thank you for viewing..also attached a little pic (yes im aware he is missing a toe on his back foot there
)..enjoy
