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OK 2 inches is very large, much larger than mine, although from your pictures, they still look like the same size as mine, based on when I pick mine up. In terms of going dark - I think you'll find those ones are probably about to shed (I have dark ones too_, so don't worry about that. I've...

Instructions say : "The heat mat can be placed inside or outside of glass or plastic tanks. In wooden or melamine structures the heat mat must be fixed inside the vivarium. Wood is a good insulator and, if the heat mat were placed outside such a vivarium, little heat would find it's way into...

How the glass is held up - 5 metal chutney pots (one on each corner and another along the left side) and some acrylic discs. The pots on their own weren't quite high enough, and although Daff loved it under there he was walking hunched over all the time, and I was concerned he was going to get...

OK, so I've made some more changes, and said I'd update this with new pics, so I'm finally doing it. Substrate is currently a mix of corn cob and coconut. The green panel visible in some pics is a plastic chopping board. Elizabeth Freer hopefully this tags you for your info These show the...

Sorry about the writing on the "glass" it where i keep Daff info before typing it into the computer (drywipe pen). I'll try to post another without writing later. You should be able to see what I want to show though. Cold side on the right, warm side on the left. On the floor is a square...

Hi everyone Merry Christmas My leo Daff was shedding the other day, and I just had to take this photo. I just thought that the way his skin from his head was folded back looked just like Superman's cape. Say hello to SuperDaff:

I've made a few changes to the layout inside since the viv has been made, and it's been suggested that I update this thread, so I'm doing that now. Since Daff enjoyed his time under the viv so much (he'll still try to get under there if he can). I've created a raised platform. I bought a...

Hi Does anyone know are mango skins OK to feed to crickets and/or mealworms as part of the vitamin/moisture source before feeding to my leo? The skins were washed before being peeled. Thanks

HI, I've managed somehow to get fruit flies living in the cricket keepers with my crickets. The crickets have BugGrub, water on a paper towel and carrot/apple/cauliflower leaves/grapes/cucumber etc. (not all fruit/veg at once, but some combo) in with them to make them the best food for Daff...

Thanks for the suggestion I had a chance to get him out in daylight today, so here are some proper pics with good lighting, rather than the dodgy yellow energy-saver light. I think he's a bit darker than the Tremper albino pics I've seen. Any advances on Tremper albino, or still convinced on...

OK I give. I'm curious. Daff's about 1 year and 1/2 so presumably properly settled into his proper colours. I've been told by people that he's a normal, but his colours don't look right for that. I think he looks a bit like bell albinos pics I've seen, but I'm not sure if his eyes are quite...

I use a children's sandwich box with a hole cut in the side and wet paper towels. See the blue hide at the back. It's not quite laid out like this in my viv now, and I'm going to be making other changes soon, but the hides are the same.

Hi Does anyone know if I can use Watermelon skin as a moisture and nutrient source for my crickets and mealworms? Don't want Daff (my leo) getting sick if there's bad things in the skin, but if it's OK, I'm gonna feed it. Thanks

If you have a wooden viv, you place the UTH (and thermostat controller probe) inside, so you can still have the belly heat needed. This is what it suggested by the UTH instructions. Here's a pic of my wooden (home-made) viv: The warm side is on the right, you can't see the UTH, but it's...

Pics - 2 views to show everything: Left to right : kitchen roll tube (for playing in), cold dry hide, mealworm bowl and calcium dish (in 1), water dish at front, cold dry coconut hide (made at home), Marbles (to play with), drain tube halved, humid hide at back, warm dry hide at front. UTH is...