new gecko

[abrahamavelar]

well i just got the gecko here today and i had to buy a few things for him/he since the previews owner didnt had nothing but a hide and a water dish like some meal worms and a light with a ceramic bulb and a heating mat and my question is should i keep the ceramic bulb on the whole time?????? and also its getting 91.3 with the ceramic thing at the bottom, should i still use the mat???? i havent opened the mat yet since i fist want to make sure im doing it right , the bottom on the tank is 91.3 under the bulb but inside the warm hide is 78.7 should i use the mat????????

 

[Owens]

get rid of the bulb and just use the mat.

 

[abrahamavelar]

even tho my room is really cold??? the house its at 68 and my room alittle bit colder since its the basement????

 

[Savvylady86]

I use a ceramic heat emitter due to the fact that the air temp in my house is always pretty cold. So the air temp in the tank is in the 75's and the floor of the tank is 91 to 94 F. I use both bulb and heat mat.

 

[abrahamavelar]

ohhh ok so i could use both then, and instead of having the bulb turned on all daylong i could turn it off like at 6-6:30 pm to simulate the day temperature switch???? i just want the best for him since it was in a very bad place before me

 

[katie_]

ohhh ok so i could use both then, and instead of having the bulb turned on all daylong i could turn it off like at 6-6:30 pm to simulate the day temperature switch???? i just want the best for him since it was in a very bad place before me

Yes, keep the matt on always and turn the heat emitter on during the day.

 

[abrahamavelar]

ohhh ok if the bottom gets too hot ill just turn the lights off as needed obviously right or will the gecko just move to the colder side??? now my other question is how do i get it to eat meal worms since they use to feed him just 2 crickets every other day for ever

 

[Owens]

he should start eating once he gets use to his new home, just keep placing fresh mealies in front of him and eventually he will nom nom them

 

[abrahamavelar]

cool thanks so what im doing right now is im keeping the UTH on all the time and i turned the bulb on at 9is am and this morning i fed it 6 meal worms and 3 crickets ill post a pic of my out tank right now, the tank its a little bit dirty due to the sand that was there but im planning on cleaning the cage on wednesday so it give it time to get used to the new place and not get stressed

 

[abrahamavelar]

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this is the aquarium where i have the leo!!!!

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this are his water dish and his food dish i put some mealworms there with some calcium by zoo med called repti calcium

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those two are hos cold hide and a paper roll tube as another hide

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thats his coco cave hide in the hot side and in the back u can see the bridge looking thing thats on the hot side

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and this is the humid hide

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thats teh temp on the ground on the hot part above the UTH

 

[marc26]

Looks fine to me mate

 

[abrahamavelar]

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this is hm right under the bridge thing this part is right on the midle of the tank so ill say is the warm part

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this is a better pic of him, his tail is aboit 1/2 inch from where the UTH ends

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this is him its not the best pic but i guess its better than nothing

 

[abrahamavelar]

Looks fine to me mate

thanks the thank looks alittle bt dirty still cuz i was told by a pet store guy to get rid of the sand ut dont clean it with water for now so he doesnt get al stressed out but i should clean it pretty good next week

 

[marc26]

I clean once a week by that i mean clean glass, scoop poop daily if any, any left over shedding i bin. Mine sheds every 10days. How old is yours???

Mine on sand and never had problem i know people say not to but (recommended by petstore) he 7 months almost, should be fine, It juveniles where need be careful. Mine is almost 85 grams so should be fine.

 

[abrahamavelar]

I clean once a week by that i mean clean glass, scoop poop daily if any, any left over shedding i bin. Mine sheds every 10days. How old is yours???

Mine on sand and never had problem i know people say not to but (recommended by petstore) he 7 months almost, should be fine, It juveniles where need be careful. Mine is almost 85 grams so should be fine.

to tell u the truth idk how old he/she is but i know im its 3rd owner not counting the pet store n before that,and how much it weights im not sure.

this guy was in blue sand n it actually looked blue n some parts of him ae still blue, im trying to see if i could use fabric as their bedding, i have lots since my mom has lots of fabric and i have one that ill love

 

[abrahamavelar]

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well this one is a better picture of him (finally i got a decent one!!!) oh yeah all that blue was cuz of the blue really dusty sand

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and this is the calcium thing i got since they only had this one and one by tetra that it was pretty much the same thing just smaller and one that came in water drops thing

 

[Owens]

your making the right choice by not using sand as your substrate abrahamavelar. your new leo should do great in that home

hopefully nothing happens to your leo marc, but as a bit of a heads up, who you put your trust in is entirely up to you but for most of us we took the advice of people that have had leos for a long time over a petstore that wants to make money off of you by selling you crap like sand. just my 2 cents worth take it for what it is.

 

[abrahamavelar]

oh yeah i didnt want to risk it and better safe than sorry, i was thinking on repti carpet but i was told that leos might get their toes tuck on them n i was wondering if i should just get some or make some from fabric since my mom has a sewing machine and she likes sewing i thought it should be fine since its kind of the same material but i rather ask first until then paper towels will work

 

[Owens]

fabrics are fine, only downside is keeping it clean. paper is easy to clean

I use a nice ceramic tile and place paper towels in their "toilet" area to allow for easy cleanup.

 

[abrahamavelar]

ohhh ok will the UTH still penetrate the tiles tho???? also i just noticed that he just made a log right next to the wate bowl does that mean that he likes that spot and i should move the water from there or should i just leave it tehre and hope for the best??? also another thing should i show him where his food bowl and water bowl are located since he only had a water bowl in his pevious place????? (he never had a food bowl they used to just throw in crickets there randomly and change the water weekly