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I got tired of my dubias getting pissed about being cold and dry every winter, so finally automated their tub. So easy and worth every penny! 150w IR heater/reflector and ultrasonic fogger all hooked up to a combination thermostat/humidistat. Highly recommended.

I think we’re finally done with Yoshi’s vivarium. We added a large mushroom ledge and large magnaturals ledge. Then we fabricated a bridge to connect them. It’s like a complete 2nd story! Yoshi is getting comfortable and is content to just lounge on the bridge and watch us like zoo animals...

At the top of this forum, there’s a useless sticky by Riverside Reptiles about using mealworms as a staple. It’s pretty much just a link to an article, but it’s a broken link with no article. I messaged a moderator a couple weeks ago and didn’t hear back, so I figured a thread might get it fixed.

Our new gecko is bowl trained now, but we can’t get him to eat Dubias from it! If we hand feed him, he’ll eat anything. However, he’ll only eat mealworms from the bowl. If I leave mealworms and Dubias in the bowl, he just picks out the mealworms. If I only have Dubias in the bowl, he’ll go...

Thanks. I just made a couple improvements. The outside of the bowl is painted white so the roaches inside contrast better. I also touched up tho ramp to make the slope a bit taller and smoother. The ramp is cast out of epoxy mixed with colored sand.

The commercial food bowl isn’t working out. The top lip is so large that Yoshi can’t see the dubias hiding under it. I took Elizabeth’s preferred bowl and went a step farther. I found a low, wide jar, cut the neck off and rounded the cut until there were no sharp edges. The result is a 4cm...

I got tired of having to refill the moist hide, so I fabricated a lid for the water reservoir. It’s .25 inch transparent acrylic, so I can see if there is still water in the reservoir. The handle that allows removal of the lid is just a black rock I cut in half and adhered with silicone. The...

My girls are curious what morph their Yoshi is. I’ve looked at countless pictures and don’t have a clue!

If you have an iPhone or Android, I vote for the TP-Link HS100. I got mine for $25 off Amazon and it’s amazing. Here’s a screenshot from my phone...

After $30 more in furnishings, here’s our current setup. Warm hide with walkway leading down. The food bowl is under the walkway. Terra cotta moist hide, water bowl built into an extra hide and three story cool hide. Toilet paper square in the corner is his potty pad.

I started using reptisafe treatment for the drinking water bowl. How does this roach setup look? I have three bottle caps that hold Flukers cricket quencher for water, Repashy bug burger for food, and Repashy superload for gut loading. I epoxy coated and then plastidipped the inside of the...

Being a new Leopard Gecko owner, I’m discovering how costly his meals are. I like the convenience of buying roaches without the hassle of providing their ideal hot & humid environment in a large container. However, I’m wondering if the cost savings is worth the trouble. For those of you...

Our new family Leopard Gecko has been very regular, always defecating in the same corner every night since coming home. There’s always a circle of urine, a small white section and a larger brown section of feces. This morning, there was a urine circle and small white section. However, there...

Here’s the UVB lamp controller. It’s wifi connected and controlled/programmed from my iPhone. It’s currently set for 9-17:00. Here’s the warm hide... I got a couple stainless probes for the Herpstat 2, which hasn’t arrived yet. Dubia roach food as suggested here...

A transparent feed dish never occurred to me. I just picked this up because they had it at the place I got Dubia roaches...

Here’s the gutload and vitamins. Is it better to turn the gutload into gel cubes or should I just provide it in powder form? With the UVB lamp supplementing D3, is it possible to just leave some repashy plus in the Vivarium and not dust feeders. Will he self regulate or is it critical to...

Here’s the setup so far with the UVB luminaire installed hanging by a chain from the shelf above the Vivarium.

Here’s some furnishings... -This is a Terra cotta moist hide that has a water reservoir. My girls have already named the future gecko, so I painted it’s name and associated egg on the hide. Then, the outside was sealed with epoxy so only the inside would vaporize water. That should allow more...

Here’s the Vivarium tile installed. I removed the silicone caulk from the bottom. This allows the ceramic tile to sit directly on the glass rather than floating above it on a bed of silicone border. The hot side and cold side are two separate tiles. Between them and around the perimeter is...

Under tank heater installed... Insulation/heat shield installed on bottom...