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One of my crested geckos who is usually almost always in his magnet hide halfway up the side of the enclosure was sitting on the bottom a few weeks ago. He's very flighty and hates being held but he...

You could try cleaning it up with a q-tip in warm water. Maybe it's a buildup of something that could be removed. Some geckos don't eat much in the winter even if there's no mouth problem.

Aliza

I think we need to see a picture and a better description.

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Sometimes the shed starts slow and they look frosted for a few days. I don't know why.

Aliza

"If you can hear crickets, it's still summer." ;)

If you can hear crickets, you must be in my living room!

Aliza

Welcome! A vet visit never hurts. One thing to discuss with the vet is whether he's getting too much calcium (I stopped leaving calcium in the enclosure in 2009) and too much heat (I'm assuming...

I'm not sure what the belly spot is. Keep an eye on it and see if it changes. I'm surprised this guy didn't end up as bearded dragon dinner! As you know, the shed does have to come off and I guess...

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Aliza

I guess if you're a springtail, walking on the water is no big deal.

Aliza

Not being a vet, and not having treated a gecko with Panacur, I won't even chance a response. I'll be curious to know, though, what you end up doing.

Aliza

My preferred calcium is all-in-one Repashy Calcium Plus which I've been using since 2009. I dust feeders every other feeding. The number of hornworms depends on the size. When feeding worms...

I'm not sure what they are, but one of my joys of having bioactive enclosures is the . . . bio! All sorts of interesting mushrooms, tiny bugs and whatnot. In the last 15 years of keeping bioactive...

Sorry for your loss. It's so sad when a gecko that seemed to be doing fine goes downhill so fast. I've experienced it with mine as well and it's tough. It's so easy to wonder whether we should...

I'm not a vet, but I can say that based on the pictures, it looks like gout. You should google "leopard geckos and gout". I found a number of articles but couldn't necessarily recommend one over...

To get the shed off the eyelid you're going to have to use tweezers. I was terrified the first time I did this. Hold the gecko firmly with your fingers holding the head still. Give it time to...

Many of us have other reptiles, amphibians and invertebrate pets in addition to geckos. Enjoy this lovely photo essay about such a household in the UK, along with a surprise vegetable:...

It's hard for my old eyes to tell. Is it a juvenile? If so, you may have to wait a bit longer. My memory of my AFT's is that the males bulges were pretty obvious as an adult.

Aliza

I'm wondering if the vet did any testing for the usual parasites and also for cryptosporidiosis. I'm not saying that your gecko has any of that, but I would guess that sometimes lethargy and refusal...

I think there's a lot of individual variation. I certainly see that with my geckos. Sometimes I know they've eaten and the poop area is empty. Just goes with the territory. On occasion, the gecko...

The one on the right is definitely a male. The one on the left is hard to tell from the picture, but likely male.

Aliza

Some people recommend keeping leopard geckos individually only. I have kept mine in small groups for more than a decade and have only rarely had a problem (I have extra enclosures in case there is a...

If you think about it, the natural way for geckos to eat is to hunt their food. It provides mental stimulation, exercise and enrichment. Geckos are variable in terms of how much they eat, and as...

You could give him the best enclosure in the world (and the largest) and he may still go up to the edge and start trying to climb. I find that leopard geckos seem to get into behavior ruts and it...

Congrats on your new gecko. I would imagine that you'd want the temperature on the floor of the enclosure to measure about 32C ideally. Am I correct that at this point the floor is measuring more...

You may not even need a suction cup if you have enough wood or vines to drape the plants over. It seems fine to me.

Aliza