Preparing for first leo

[Vox]

Here is a picture of my current set up. I wanted to get some more feedback and I figured I should just continue the thread instead of making a whole new one.

The warm dry hide surface temp is 91, the humid hide is 87, and the cool hide is 78. The ambient air temps are from 66-74, with 66 at the very corner of the cool side.

Do you think I need more clutter or will he be okay as is? The tank is 25"x18"x12". Substrate is tile and some paper towel to cover some edges where there is no tiling.

I'm very excited to get my leo, hopefully I can bring one home soon!

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

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Here is a picture of my current set up. I wanted to get some more feedback and I figured I should just continue the thread instead of making a whole new one.

The warm dry hide surface temp is 91, the humid hide is 87, and the cool hide is 78. The ambient air temps are from 66-74, with 66 at the very corner of the cool side.

Do you think I need more clutter or will he be okay as is? The tank is 25"x18"x12". Substrate is tile and some paper towel to cover some edges where there is no tiling.

I'm very excited to get my leo, hopefully I can bring one home soon!

Your leo's enclosure is AWESOME! You've done especially well! :banana: The way you've wrapped the background cling on 3 sides gives your enclosure depth.

It's also important to have flat walking space. I think you've got a good mix.

How did installation of the 11 x 17 Ultratherm go?

I think you're ready for a leo. Have you chosen one?

 

[Vox]

Your leo's enclosure is AWESOME! You've done especially well! :banana: The way you've wrapped the background cling on 3 sides gives your enclosure depth.

It's also important to have flat walking space. I think you've got a good mix.

How did installation of the 11 x 17 Ultratherm go?

I think you're ready for a leo. Have you chosen one?

Thanks so much! That means a lot to me, I've really been trying to get everything just right!

The Ultratherm was very easy to install with the Nashua aluminum tape you recommended. The larger size really helped get the thermal gradient where I needed it.

I actually just ordered this pretty girl a few days ago: https://www.geckoboa.com/store/p3686/V213_-_Red_Stripe_-_Female_SOLD_BM.html She will be arriving tomorrow! I'm a little nervous, but excited, and eager to let her get acclimated to her new home for a few weeks before I try handling her. It's time to "hurry up and wait" I suppose.

Thanks again to you and everyone else in the thread who has helped me prepare!

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

Thanks so much! That means a lot to me, I've really been trying to get everything just right!

The Ultratherm was very easy to install with the Nashua aluminum tape you recommended. The larger size really helped get the thermal gradient where I needed it.

I actually just ordered this pretty girl a few days ago: https://www.geckoboa.com/store/p3686/V213_-_Red_Stripe_-_Female_SOLD_BM.html She will be arriving tomorrow! I'm a little nervous, but excited, and eager to let her get acclimated to her new home for a few weeks before I try handling her. It's time to "hurry up and wait" I suppose.

Thanks again to you and everyone else in the thread who has helped me prepare!

Any time, Vox! I believe you're SET!

Did you need to trim the 11 x 17 Ultratherm at all?

What a pretty leo! Please share pics when she's acclimated.

 

[Vox]

Luckily I didn't need to trim the Ultratherm, it fit pretty well as is. And yes, she certainly is a beauty! I will be sure to share pics once she's all settled in.

 

[Geopard Lecko]

thats gotta be the ugliest gecko i've ever seen....





































JUST KIDDING! holy crap thats a nice one!! looks like the sibling to one of mine possibly, mine are marked JH

 

[Geopard Lecko]

btw congrats!! and hopefully she is exactly what you wanted! you paid a pretty penny for that one.

penny would be a good name but i wont hold you to it.

 

[Vox]

thats gotta be the ugliest gecko i've ever seen....





































JUST KIDDING! holy crap thats a nice one!! looks like the sibling to one of mine possibly, mine are marked JH

You scalawag, for a minute there I thought you were serious. I was like "wow, that's pretty bold .. and mean." Haha. But thank you. She really is a beauty! I like the name Penny, that is a good idea. She definitely wasn't cheap for my first lizard. But that's okay, I already love her!

 

[Geopard Lecko]

Hehe sorry i had to.. i was hoping you'd catch it hehe.

My 4 come thursday.

 

[Vox]

Lol, it's all good, sometimes I'm just a little slow on the uptake.

Wow, four more? How many do you have? Are you planning on breeding?

 

[Geopard Lecko]

yeah check it out!

http://www.geckosunlimited.com/comm...62-own-hatchling-rack-supplies-incubator.html

ok sorry we're getting off topic here, hows your little one settling in? shes 38 grams? thats a great size to start cuz their still young an you get to see them grow. Do you have more pics yet?

 

[Vox]

yeah check it out!

http://www.geckosunlimited.com/comm...62-own-hatchling-rack-supplies-incubator.html

ok sorry we're getting off topic here, hows your little one settling in? shes 38 grams? thats a great size to start cuz their still young an you get to see them grow. Do you have more pics yet?

That's awesome! Looks really cool. I hope you have lots of luck with your breeding program, you'll have to keep us updated. Anyway, yes, I think she's settling in alright so far. Sometimes when I'm at my computer I'll look across the room and see her peeking out of her hide, or I'll catch her sprawled out in front of her caves out in the open. She's still skittish when she sees me coming, but I suppose that's to be expected. I left her a few worms today so hopefully she'll eat some overnight; I've had her for two full days now. Yup, she was about 38 grams when John from Geckoboa weighed her a month or two ago. I'm excited to see her grow!

I don't have anymore pics yet, hopefully soon though. She's so cute and I love when I get to see her!

To really get off topic, I saw you mentioned you got 500 horsepower in a Nissan Sentra? I can't imagine that kind of get up and go! Geez. I'd like to get one of those new Dodge Challengers, and I thought 350 horsepower was a lot for a car that heavy. A little Sentra though .. whew! Sounds like fun. :evil:

 

[Geopard Lecko]

That's awesome! Looks really cool. I hope you have lots of luck with your breeding program, you'll have to keep us updated. Anyway, yes, I think she's settling in alright so far. Sometimes when I'm at my computer I'll look across the room and see her peeking out of her hide, or I'll catch her sprawled out in front of her caves out in the open. She's still skittish when she sees me coming, but I suppose that's to be expected. I left her a few worms today so hopefully she'll eat some overnight; I've had her for two full days now. Yup, she was about 38 grams when John from Geckoboa weighed her a month or two ago. I'm excited to see her grow!

I don't have anymore pics yet, hopefully soon though. She's so cute and I love when I get to see her!

To really get off topic, I saw you mentioned you got 500 horsepower in a Nissan Sentra? I can't imagine that kind of get up and go! Geez. I'd like to get one of those new Dodge Challengers, and I thought 350 horsepower was a lot for a car that heavy. A little Sentra though .. whew! Sounds like fun. :evil:

Yeah I bet she weighs nearly 50 now do you have a scale? That's so awesome we both got our geckos a few days a part and from the same place! Glad shes settling in for ya i'm def lookin forward to updates and such

And yeah 250hp in a 91' sentra is nuts, 500 will be full blown insane, I wont be at that power level all the time just when at the track with my big ol sticky tires lol and even then probably still not that much I just like to over build things, build it for 500 but run it at 300~ hehe

 

[Vox]

Yeah I bet she weighs nearly 50 now do you have a scale? That's so awesome we both got our geckos a few days a part and from the same place! Glad shes settling in for ya i'm def lookin forward to updates and such

And yeah 250hp in a 91' sentra is nuts, 500 will be full blown insane, I wont be at that power level all the time just when at the track with my big ol sticky tires lol and even then probably still not that much I just like to over build things, build it for 500 but run it at 300~ hehe

Yeah, John from Geckoboa does a really good job, I'm so happy with my girl! How are yours settling in? I still have to buy a food scale so I can check her weight, hopefully this week I'll be able to pick one up. My little girl seems to be doing very well; she's pooping and eating regularly, and I have a lot of fun watching her hunt for mealworms! It's a lot more exciting than feeding my tarantulas. The tarantulas just immediately pounce on their food and sometimes they have to grapple with it. But I love how leos will slowly stalk their prey for a bit before they chomp down. I'm hoping in another week or two I'll be able to take her out for some handling, as she already licks my fingers when I put them in her cage and then she just kinda' walks away like she's not interested. I'm trying not to push it though.

That definitely sounds fun! I'm so impressed with people that can tweak cars like that, I'm too afraid to even do my own oil changes.

 

[Geopard Lecko]

Mine are settling in pretty good, some better than others.. they have all eaten crickets but only 1 seems interested in mealworms so far.. we've only handled them a couple times an kept it brief as we were just cleaning or moving enclosures but the male Hercules he'll come right out an climb right on our hand and want to come out but we been keeping him in there for atleast another week before he gets to come explore.

glad to hear yours is doing so well!