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  1. JTB

    New day geckos - some help please!

    Last Thursday I got in a (supposedly) 1.1 pair of P. lineata bombetokensis (CB18). Thus far they have taken fruit flies and licked a jelly pot (only a treat - I need the pot) but have refused calci worms, Arcadia StickyFootGold, Arcadia ReptiGold, and Arcadia FruitBuzz jelly. For some reason my...
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    Lazy Leopard Gecko?

    Hello, So I've had my leopard gecko, Speckles, for just under a year now (although I have owned a leopard gecko previous to this) and so he's about a year and a half old. Before I ask my question, here's a run down of his enclosure: 60x45x30 Exo Terra, 30cm long canopy with 7% UVB bulb...
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    Night-time Temperature Drops

    Hello all, I'm always interested in providing my animals with as natural an environment as I possibly can. Currently my leopard gecko lives in a live-planted, bioactive Vivarium with UVB lighting and non-synthetic supplements. To try and make it even more natural, I've been thinking about...
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    Feeding in the cooler months

    Hello, As you know it's around mid September now and where I live the temperatures are starting to drop. My crested gecko has various bulbs over his enclosure (13w Jungle Dawn, 10% Arcadia compact UVB, 25w Exo Terra daytime heat lamp) that keep it warm throughout the day but no night time...
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    Natural Crested Gecko Diet Theory

    Many people claim that crested geckos will happily live on a diet of CGD without any live insects. However, I do not believe this to be the case. I got my crested gecko, Splat, on the 26th December, 2017. He ate Repashy for the first two months with some insects every week/fortnight, but then...
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    Still not touching Repashy!

    Hello all! Some of you may remember that a few months ago I began a thread called 'Suddenly gone off CGD' where I spoke about my creates gecko's diminishing appetite for Repashy. At the time he was 3/4 (meaning 3 or 4, not 'three quarters'; let's avoid confusion this time!) grams and I am happy...
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    Suddenly gone off CGD

    My crested gecko, Splat, has stopped eating CGD. I got him at Christmas and at first he ate his Repashy every night, which was great seeing as he'd never ate it before. After the first month he started eating every few days and now he just won't touch Repashy. This has been the case for nearly...
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    Pretty sure this is crypto - please help!

    I'll start from the beginning. I got Cleo, my female wild type leopard gecko in mid April 2014. From this time, she has always been a very poor hunter and has had a lower jaw which does not sit flush with her upper. She has always been a fussy feeder, very lazy and pretty slow - very...
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    Should we be feeding fruit and veg?

    As anybody who knows anything about leopard geckos, they are generally regarded as carnivores and treated as insectivores. Occasionally you will hear new owners asking whether they can feed their new leopard gecko any plant matter and the answer is pretty much a straight 'no'. Up until this...
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    Dome size for CHE

    I am currently using a heat mat for my Leo, but I don't feel that the heat it gives off is as good as what I had when I was using a CHE. In the near future I'm going to order a dome fitting to put my CHE into and do away with the mat (I have change viv since going to a heat mat and they are...
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    New Crestie - everything perfect?

    For Christmas I got my first crested gecko! He/she was hatched in October and appears to be a harlequin and he/she fires up to a dark, chocolate brown with striking orange dorsal a and laterals. He/she may fire up more than this; I don't yet know. I named him/her Splat and he/she weighs a...
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    CGD VS Fresh Fruit

    So in just over a month I should be getting a crested gecko (yay!) and I am wondering about what to feed it. I already have Repashy CGD, although I am not sure on what version because it has the picture that is on their website (purple writing with the gecko looking forwards but different...
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    Afraid of new texture?

    A few months ago (June) I changed my leopard gecko's traditional vivarium out with an Exo terra terrarium. I started off with one of their 'sand mats', which looked nice but was highly impractical. I also got her a new hide, called the 'small gecko cave' that she most definitely took a liking...
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    Am I set?

    In a few months time (well, Christmas) I should be getting a crested gecko. I'm already pretty certain I know everything I need to know as to regards to keeping it, but I have a few questions that don't seem to get answered that often or at all definitely. I'll start by saying the very basics...
  15. JTB

    Hello!

    Hello people! I have only one gecko at the minute, and I don't even think I have to name what type because you probably can guess! She's a wild type, three years old and called Cleo. She was my first reptile (I now have a corn snake called Red) and as I said only current gecko, although I should...
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    Loose substrates for leos question

    Hiya! My first post on this forum. I know this'll probably open up a big can of worms, so I'm going to say something BEFORE you read further: I don't want anyone to reply saying about the negativity of have a particulate substrate unless they THEMSELVES (not somebody they knew of) have...
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