Should I worry?

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Kay26

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About a week ago I moved my gecko to a new tank, 29 gallon. She has plenty of room to move around but she doesn't use it. I put a humid hide in the tank for her but I had first put it on the cold side. I watched her for about 2 days or so and she wouldn't leave it. I took her out and moved her humid hide to the warm side and her other hide to the cool side (didn't think to do that in the first place). She climbed all over the cage, but still stayed on the cool side in the other hut and wouldn't go to the warm side. I moved the humid hide back and now she won't leave it again.
I've only found one dropping of hers and i've had to take crickets out that she hasn't eaten. Should I worry about her or just leave her be? should I move the humid hide back to the warm side?
 
sushikam

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She's probably just a little stressed about the move, it may take her a week or more to settle in and get used to her surroundings. When it comes to a place for the humid hide, it's just preference. In one of my tanks I have the humid hide on the cool side and my gecko is in there all the time, and in the other tank the hide is on the warm side (used to be, I have since moved it), and she's hardly ever in it, she's always on the cool side. It's easier on you to have it on the cool side because it stays moist longer, but may create a little less humidity than on the warm side, but of course on that side it dries out very fast.

I would just leave the hide where it is and let her settle in. Geckos tend to not eat as much when they are stressed, so that may be why she isn't eating all the crickets. And her having only pooped once in a couple days seems normal too, definitely when under some stress (at least that's what I've noticed with my leos).

Just leave her be for a while and keep an eye on her to make sure she does alright.
 
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