New AFT (I think)

Skizix · #1 10-11-2010, 07:01 PM

Hey! I just got an AFT (I already have a leo). Hopefully I'll get pics up for you soon. My friend gave it to me because she was tired of taking care of it. She's had it for 3 years, got it at a pet shop (she couldn't actually remember). The vivarium (40 gal. tall) was in pretty bad shape...moldy bedding near the water dish, crickets everywhere (breeding more crickets....) and when I flipped a piece of wood over it was covered in mites. I checked Tom (that's what they named it...don't know gender for sure) and didn't see any on him. As far as I can tell, he seems in good condition given the fact that his viv reeked of mold and was crawling in crickets. I've got him in a different tank (just a small 10 gallon) with paper towels and a piece of fabric for bedding, put a humid hide in there (and once he/she discovered it promptly dug it's nose in and passed out), a dish with water, and a UTH. I'll get more supplies in the next couple weeks. Is there anything basic, specific, that an AFT needs? Temp/humidity ranges? Is the Thick tailed or Barking gecko (Underwoodisaurus milii) care sheet on the Home page for an AFT?

LoungeLizard · #2 10-12-2010, 01:27 AM

Just follow the leopard gecko care you've been doing and the fattie will love you for it.

Skizix · #3 10-12-2010, 01:29 AM

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Originally Posted by LoungeLizard

Just follow the leopard gecko care you've been doing and the fattie will love you for it.

I think it already does...hasn't really done much but peak at me through the door to the humid hide. And smile...they do that a lot too

Skizix · #4 10-12-2010, 01:39 AM

The first is the vivarium I got him/her in. Second was him/her discovering the humid hide, before climbing inside, which is the last one where he kind of nose-dived into the corner and passed out.

Ozymandias · #5 10-12-2010, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by LoungeLizard

Just follow the leopard gecko care you've been doing and the fattie will love you for it.

wait i thought thay need alot more humidity than leos

Skizix that last photo is hilarious

Skizix · #6 10-18-2010, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Ozymandias

wait i thought thay need alot more humidity than leos

Skizix that last photo is hilarious

Thanks...s/he's definitely got a unique temperament! I've got coco fiber bedding in there now, Chai (I renamed him/her) seems pretty content. S/he does hide a lot, though...I just checked and s/he's still alive so that's good

Skizix · #7 10-22-2010, 11:17 PM

So it's been almost two weeks since I brought Chai home, and it's definitely a HE...so long as the sexing for leos and fatties is the same. Is this the case? The two bulges at the base of the tail and a 'V' of glands means it's a he, yes?

Another thing, he refuses to touch crickets. I know he's gone from an environment where crickets lived with him (not in their own separate tank/housing) to one where he's all on his own. And that he has changed environments after 3 years of the same thing...so he's probably really stressed as it is. I haven't tried mealworms with him yet...most everything I've read has stated that they don't like mealworms but I'm willing to try it (and then find something with a little more nutritional value....). Any suggestions? How much more time should I give him?

Ozymandias · #8 10-23-2010, 08:17 AM

you could try supper worms in a feed dish or roaches if you up to them good luck and give him time.

Gex-co · #9 10-26-2010, 09:08 PM

I had the issue of them not eating crikets for a while as well. I started them on meal worms and once they became more comfortable in their enclosure i started to offer crikets one at a time. They evetually switched over to them but they still love their meal worms.

Skizix · #10 10-26-2010, 09:48 PM

I put a few mealworms in his tank (in a dish) and he stepped on them, sat on them, but didn't eat them. I might get some super worms....we'll see. I just don't want to go too long without him eating. He doesn't look like he's lost weight (it's not noticeable, at least). Guess I'll give him a little longer. Might try crickets again in the next couple days.