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I was cleaning my gecko's tank today. While doing this I keep him in a rectangular plastic food container with holes cut in the lid. I line the container with a pillow case so he's nice and comfy. And then I place it on my bed. It took me about an hour or more to thoroughly clean his tank, and...

Hey all, I can't remember what the ambient temp in the tank is supposed to be... My Scooby is in his own room - a bedroom used mainly for storage. His tank sits right next to the bedroom door, and we keep the door open ALWAYS; this way he's not alone, and also heat from the hallway can drift...

I woke him up here. He was sleeping late at night. He'll be 8 years-old this coming May. He's a big boy.

I've NEVER been able to find a good explanation for this. My 7 year-old leo, Scooby, will occasionally release a HORRENDOUSLY terrible smell that pervades the entire room when he feels threatened. If I spend too much time cleaning (and making noise) in the room I keep him in, he releases the...

I hope you read this, Elizabeth. I think it was at the tail of last summer, Scooby's old UTH pad died. He has a 20 gallon long tank, and for years I had been using a small 8" x 10" UTH pad under his warm hide and most of his moist hide. When that old pad died, I bought him a larger pad (that...

Hey all, I've decided to upgrade my UTH. I have a 20 gallon long tank. For the last, almost 6 years, I've been using an 8" x 12" Zoo Med UTH on my tank. I've decided to go with the next larger UTH pad, as Elizabeth had recommended it to me years back. Anyway, I do a major/thorough cleaning of...

So now I am curious... Lastnight, I decided to give my dubia roaches some banana slices. I did not get a chance to wash my hands off after cutting the bananas. Anyway, I fed the bugs their bananas and then went over to my gecko Scooby's tank and put my hand down into the tank. Scooby was looking...

Elizabeth, I hope you get this. Something is wrong with Scooby. His last shed was almost a week ago. At one point I saw him in the middle of the tank with the skin still wrapped around his tail, but I assumed he was finishing up his shed. Maybe I should have helped him. Anyway, I check on his...

This seems off for him. He ate two large dubia roaches almost two weeks back. A couple days later he wanted more food. I gave him about 5-6 large crickets. He should have pooped by now. Normally, when I feed him crickets a couple days after eating dubia roaches he'll poop. I gave him a warm...

I am discovering that my 4 year-old, grumpy leo, Scooby, likes to have the top of his head petted...right behind his eyes to about his midneck. He loves it. He even fell asleep on my lap one night while rubbing his head. He also loves when I rub the sides of his belly. He'll be walking across...

Elizabeth, this is for you: Scooby is doing much better now. He's walking fine again. I have very gradually introduced calcium back into his diet. Because I haven't been feeding him as much (he was overweight), I think his stomach has shunken internally because he's not wanting food as much as...

I think it's a very good question. They say it transfers from bat to human, can it go from human to gecko, or is this strictly a mammal/human virus?

He was perfectly fine lastnight! I was in lastnight to feed him. Fed him 4 gutloaded/dusted crickets. He'll be 3 years old in May. He's very healthy. He's a orange carrot-tailed baldy morph. I've noticed over the last year his limbs occasionally have the tremors when he wakes at dusk, but it...

So nothing AT ALL has changed about my 2.5 year-old male leo's husbandry. He's been very healthy. Looks great! I've changed nothing about his feeding. I take great care of him and treat him like royalty. I don't handle him much as I don't want to stress him out, but lately... ...he's been very...

I have a spare 10 gallon tank that I use to keep my leo in. I have a nice stand for it, a UTH, some huts, plastic plants, rocks, feeder dishes, etc...basically, I have everything I need for another lizard. I was thinking of getting a couple small anoles and putting them in this tank. Does any...

Oh the horror!!!!! :shock: I wanted a boy!! Today I put "it" in a small plastic container, held it up above me and examined the family jewels. I'm not seeing the tell-tale V-mark of boy junk. I could have sworn I was told it was a boy when I bought it, but I saved the lid from the little dish...

So my gecko is 1.5 years old. He's totally healthy. His poop looks completely normal. He eats great (dubia roaches, mealworms, crickets and hornworms). I gutload everything properly. Scooby is treated like royalty. I rarely ever hold him, so he's not stressed out at all. His tank temps are...

I just received a mail order of dubia roaches on Wednesday. I bought some dubia roaches, and placed them in the critter box I keep them in. I took two of the largest dubias out, and put them in a smaller container for gut-loading before I feed them to my leo. I went in tonight to feed my leo. I...

I finally broke down and got my Scooby a bigger tank. He's been in a 10 gallon tank, since he was 8 months old, when I bought him back in January. Here's his old tank: He will be one year old on May 9th, and he's gotten substantially bigger since I bought him. Went to PetSmart and purchased...

Just curious what the consensus around here is on Giant Mealworms and hormones. I had been feeding my new gecko an assortment of bugs, and one of the bugs he really liked was the Giant Mealworms. For whatever reason, he has decided he no longer likes Superworms. He ate Phoenix worms for awhile...