Arconna
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I figure it would be okay to lump these two together. They are both semi-health things, but since there isn't necessarily a health risk I put it in General Care.
The first problem is with one of my leo's. It's not problem, per se, but sort of an annoyance. Marcia, it's one of your leo's too
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Is there any way to 'train' or 'teach' a leopard gecko not to poop in its moist hide? My little bold stripe jungle girl has done this from the start. I can't get her to go anywhere else and for that reason I've not switched to moss in the hide because, well, I don't want to throw out buckets of moss every month lol. So, is there some trick someone has tried?
The second is with my cresty. I've officially moved him into a room that will never spike above 80 degrees and right now is around 77-78. I was having temp spikes in the other room and soon all my animals will be in that room. For that reason I've had some shed problems in the past with my cresty (Tim). But, today I was moving him and decided to take him out and usually he bolts and tries to run up the glass to obtain freedom, but for some reason he couldn't walk up the class. He kept jumping and bouncing off. Yet he can cling to my hand, my shirt, and the wood in his cage. He also can't stick to plastic for some reason. I tried checking his toes as best I could and there is some stuck shed on a couple of toes, but he shouldn't be so hindered from walking on glass with just a couple bits of shed like that. So is there maybe some other reason for this that I'm unaware of? A parasite that might cause this? Something I'm not noticing? Does shed skin change colors and look like normal sticky pad toe or something?
Thanks all!
Note: I've put the cresty in a tub that I've sprayed down. It has ventilation. I'm going to see if maybe there is just skin stuck on his toes that I can't see. But when I saw him shedding last he had it on his feet and then the next day it wasn't there, so I'm sort of confused aobut this. It's a new problem. Even when he partially shed from temp spikes in my house that were my fault he could still walk on glass--not very well, but good enough. Poof!
The first problem is with one of my leo's. It's not problem, per se, but sort of an annoyance. Marcia, it's one of your leo's too
.Is there any way to 'train' or 'teach' a leopard gecko not to poop in its moist hide? My little bold stripe jungle girl has done this from the start. I can't get her to go anywhere else and for that reason I've not switched to moss in the hide because, well, I don't want to throw out buckets of moss every month lol. So, is there some trick someone has tried?
The second is with my cresty. I've officially moved him into a room that will never spike above 80 degrees and right now is around 77-78. I was having temp spikes in the other room and soon all my animals will be in that room. For that reason I've had some shed problems in the past with my cresty (Tim). But, today I was moving him and decided to take him out and usually he bolts and tries to run up the glass to obtain freedom, but for some reason he couldn't walk up the class. He kept jumping and bouncing off. Yet he can cling to my hand, my shirt, and the wood in his cage. He also can't stick to plastic for some reason. I tried checking his toes as best I could and there is some stuck shed on a couple of toes, but he shouldn't be so hindered from walking on glass with just a couple bits of shed like that. So is there maybe some other reason for this that I'm unaware of? A parasite that might cause this? Something I'm not noticing? Does shed skin change colors and look like normal sticky pad toe or something?
Thanks all!
Note: I've put the cresty in a tub that I've sprayed down. It has ventilation. I'm going to see if maybe there is just skin stuck on his toes that I can't see. But when I saw him shedding last he had it on his feet and then the next day it wasn't there, so I'm sort of confused aobut this. It's a new problem. Even when he partially shed from temp spikes in my house that were my fault he could still walk on glass--not very well, but good enough. Poof!
