Recent content by Spotty the Leopard Gecko

I've been feeding Spotty's crickets only carrots the past two days because I ran out of other food for them, and their poop is now orange, their blood is orange, and they are also a light tint of orange. Is this normal because of the beta carotene?

Sometimes Spotty just stops eating randomly (usually lasts a couple weeks max) and he stopped eating again. However, Spotty is still having bowel movement. He has defecated three times this week, without eating anything. Two of those three times, the waste was kind of a grayish color. I didn’t...

I've been using Reptile Carpet in Spotty's 20 gallon long tank ever since I first got him, and I would always soak it in water and let it air dry, but I've noticed that it doesn't remove all the stains effectively so what's the best way to clean reptile carpet? I've heard of people putting it in...

Spotty is finally eating again (yay! :biggrin: ) but right after I fed Spotty, I noticed that in his cricket keeper, there were maybe 4-5 tiny grey colored bugs with antennas they kind of looked like springtails but with less legs. I can’t provide a picture because I cleaned out the entire...

I've been noticing that for a while now, Spotty has been keeping one eye closed, it's not always the same eye, but sometimes he just closes it while the other is open. He does this every couple of days. Is this normal? He sees fine and when I tap on his glass or put my hand in the tank, he opens...

I was wondering what are good gut loading foods for crickets. Right now for the crickets regular diet I use carrots and apples, and I'm going to get collard greens and some adult Zoo Med Bearded Dragon food very soon. As for the Gut loading food, I used Fluker's high calcium gel and powder, and...

I'm trying to set a solid supplement schedule for Spotty. I'm using Rep-Cal calcium without Vitamin D3, and I just ordered Zoo Med Multivitamins without Vitamin D3 and on Saturday I'll order Zoo Med Calcium with Vitamin D3. Spotty is almost 4 1/2 years old and I usually feed him 7 crickets every...

Recently Spotty’s multivitamins went expired and I’m looking for good multivitamins for him other than Rep-Cal Multivitamins. I’d been using Exo Terra Multivitamins for a couple years. Are they good?

Recently spotty isn’t really eating as often or as much as usual. For example, he hasn’t eaten anything the last 8 or 9 days- he sniffs the crickets and looks away. It seems as though he usually doesn’t eat much around this time of year. He still produces bowel movement, drinks water, and has...

From the images does he look like he has a plump tail and looks healthy? He usually eats when I feed him, but doesn’t eat as often when seasons change, and he recently started coming out of his hides a lot more and likes watching what’s going on around him. He drinks water and has bowel movement...

Spotty is now 4 years old, and recently he isn’t really wanting to eat much. He hasn’t eaten his usually amount of crickets (7-10 per every 4-7 days) for about three weeks now. When I fed him last week, he ate only 5 crickets or so, and today when I fed him, he only ate 4 crickets. His tail is...

Where I live, the average temperature is usually around 80°-100°. So should i still leave Spotty's UTH on??

I've had my Spotty for over three years now, but I want to make sure I am feeding him well so that he can be healthy. I was wondering how often should I powder his crickets with his multivitamin powder, how often with his calcium powder, and how often with his calcium with vitamin D3 powder...

It is currently summer here and my Leopard Gecko does not want to eat. It's been about 4days since I last fed him, and he is normally hungry, but not now. I don't know why but I feel like it over the summer he doesn't want to eat. I believe last year I also had this problem with him but again I...

Hi this might sound like a stupid question, but I cut myself this morning and I was wondering if it's ok if I handle some corn snakes or pythons today. Could they bite me if they sense the blood? Sorry if this is an odd question.