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I'm getting a Gargoyle gecko sometime over new years and I've started setting up my tank. Could you guys verify that it's ok/make suggestions? 45x45x60 Swell Reptiles tank w/knock-off Exo Terra background Hydroballs Substrate mesh Plantation soil Moss & orchid bark for top substrate 2 tall & 1...

It's been 2-3 weeks since the last time Eclair gained any weight :/ She did gain a lot the first few weeks here but now she seems to have stagnated. She doesn't appear to understand that she can eat out of her dish (and I've tried several different ones) so the only thing she'll eat most of the...

I like to keep my feeders clean and healthy so I clean their tubs and add new food, pick out dead ones and such once a week. But I've noticed that whenever I've been sifting mealworms, I get a really bad headache. Does anyone know if there's anything in mealworm poo that's not good for humans?

Have you guys tried feeding your leos newly hatched mealworm beetles? I tried giving one to picky Eclair and she ate 7 in less than a minute, absolutely loved them! Donut liked them a lot too :> I don't breed my beetles because I don't really have space for that right now but they are...

I think Donut might be a lady :o It looks as though he perhaps has some unfertilised egg-action in his belly. We're going away for a few days so my boyfriend's parents will be feeding and looking after them so there might just be some eggs laying around when we come back. I set up a laybox for...

Since getting waxworms is a waste (they turn into moths before we can finish even half the tub) and hornworms aren't available here, I've got a tub of fruit beetle grubs! Eclair is obviously too small to have any yet but I'm going to see if Donut wants any later, I'll post the results :3 I've...

I'm curious - how do you tell the difference between a patternless mack snow and a blizzard? I've got a little blizzard myself and I keep seeing ones that have the exact same yellow/white branded as mack snows. Is it something with the eyes?

I did two pieces of silly gecko-art today, thought maybe you guys would enjoy it! HERE and HERE :3

We're having some trouble feeding Eclair because she's pretty much terrified of us. She refuses to come out of her hide unless we're in bed. I sometimes see her in the mornings but she runs back to her hide if she hears me. So far, all we've done is put a few small locusts in at night and hope...

So I have a kind of technical question, I don't know if anyone will be able to answer it directly, but mostly I'm just wondering if anyone else experiences is and what to do about it. The thermostats on my heat mats are set to 32 C and the temperature probe is on top of the substrate, making...

Out of curiosity, how often do you do a full clean of your tank? I've seen recommendations for everything from once a week to once a month and we do it once a week. That's carpet cleaning, disinfecting furnishing and wiping down walls. Personally I think reptile carpets in particular definitely...

My boyfriend is away tomorrow so I figured I could sit and dabble with vivarium-related things. Sculpting a little, getting background and plants and stuff in and I think it'll look really cool! I'll take some photos along the way and post a couple of steps!

I'm really worried about Eclair, I thought she'd been hiding for the last few days because she was still settling in but today she did a very strange poo/vomit (not sure what it is). I don't know if it makes much of a difference, but she's been drinking a lot of water since she arrived. Filled...

I've always been careful with giving Donut the right amount of calcium (with D3 once a week and calciworms as dinner once a week) but today I saw him bending his foot in a very strange way when he was sitting around after eating. He was kind of bending it backwards, resting on his wrist. Once he...

I'm wondering what other people's experiences with geckos and other pets are? We have a cat and she loves sitting around watching them go about their business, she'll even sit and wait for them to come out. When Donut comes out to be handled I usually allow her to smell him a little and he's...

Does anybody have any experience/ideas when it comes to leopard geckos remembering you? We've had Eclair for under a week and we wanted to leave her alone until she settled in but unfortunately that was not possible as she managed to climb into our other gecko's tank a couple of times. It's...

I'm going to make a lid for the tank today. So far, we've been using just wood panels with ventilation gaps because that's all we had and now it's time to get something proper in place. Especially now that we have Eclair. Every single time we've had doubts about whether she will go somewhere...

I know that a lot of caresheets and people say that you don't actually need any lighting for your gecko, but I gotta say getting some bulbs in the tank is the best thing I've ever done. I originally just needed an infrared heat bulb to crank up the ambient temperature in the tank (I live in...

I always leave a dish with mealworms in the tank for my geckos. However, there's one thing about this that's really bugging me. When I put them in, they'll wriggle around, climb out and such (which is fine, they'll be eaten at some point) but after a little while, they seem to just give up on...

I figured I'd do a little introduction of my leopard geckos that live with me and my boyfriend! Donut (Normal) is about 5 months old and we got him 2 months ago and our first ever reptile. We believe he's a male but we can't be entirely sure yet, really. Since we got him, he's more than doubled...