Recent content by colleen0904

I am really worried about my geckos, especially the hatchling. He/she still hasn't eaten anything, and today it makes a week since we brought him/her home. Not only that, but today I looked in the humid hide and found some runny, loose looking poop. I figured it may be crypto, which I have read...

I read that I could just throw it in the washer and the dryer. Will the laundry detergent bother my geckos though? What is the best way to clean this stuff? (preferrably without buying overpriced terrarium cleaner at the store, if possible..)

So last night after my boyfriend and I fed the geckos we left the room for a few minutes. When we came back in, my bf went over to Orpheus and Athena's tank, and called me over. There were two crickets, that looked like they had been eaten and regurgitated. They had definately been eaten at some...

I got a UTH and was reading the instructions. It says that unless you are using it wih a terrarium stand, you should mount i on the side. It says that even with the rubber feet, the tank could still get stress cracks and the furniture could get ruined. The instructions also say that I cannot use...

I chalked it up to him/her shedding, but it seems as though the hatchling is done shedding and STILL hasn't touched a single cricket since I got it. I have also tried mealworms and even waxworms! What the heck can I do to get this little one to eat? The baby looks way too skinny to me and it is...

So last night I noticed that one of my baby blizzards was shedding. He still hadn't made any progress when I got home from today, so I gently helped peel off the dead skin. Is it okay to do this? I felt bad because the skin was getting in his eye and he kept licking his eyeball trying to get it off.

This is the rock I made for my leos' tank. I made it using polystyrene and grout and sealant, following directions from Lizard care, and fake rock wall landscapes. I made it so that it fits perfectly in the corner of the tank to maximize space. There are steps on the one side so the leos can...

These pics were just taken today, right before he/she shed the skin on the tail. I was told it was just an albino, but it looked different than the other albinos for sale. I looked online and in books and to me it looks like this one may be a patternless. Am I right? If not, any other ideas...

I have three tanks going right now. One has Suri, my adult female normal, one has my two blizzard juvies, Orpheus and Athena, and the last one houses my brand new hatchling, who I have yet to name. I believe it is a patternless. I need to get pics up soon. The camera is charging now :) Anywhoo...

My boyfriend and I got two new baby blizzards yetserday. We are 90% sure the lighter and slightly larger one is a male, and we are hoping the other one is a female. The "male" is named Orpheus (pronounced "Or-fee-us", named by my boyfriend who loves Greek mythology names, lol) and we are...

I have my leo in a plastic tub right now. It seems a little longer than a 20 gallon long, so it is pretty big. I am using a heat lamp with a 100W red bulb for heat, but the temps seems to vary a lot. Sometimes her day temps are as low as 80 degrees F and other times they are as high as 92. It is...

My leo doesn't seem to be getting the concept that she is supposed to be eating out of her bowl. I will put a few mealworms in there and hours later they are still there. But if I put one in front of her hide, she will snatch it up. Can she smell the worms? I have put her right up by the bowl...

Yes, it's yet another thread where someone asks what morph you think this is. Lol. I really have no clue though. Ideas? Also, I need name suggestions. I like to name my pets based on characteristics, or the region they are naturally found, so here are some middle-eastern names I really...

What brands of calcium powder fo you guys use? I am looking for something to dust my leo's crickets in before feeding, and offer in a dish as well. I see on the label that Reti-Cal calcium says it needs to be mixed with Herpevite. Is this true? Do I really need the Herpevite? What other brands...

How old does a baby leo have to be before you can tell it's adult coloring/morph? There are some new baby geckos at the pet store I work at, and they are adorable. I really want an exotic-looking colored one for my next one though. Is there a way to tell what they will turn out like, just by...