They call me... NEwb!

[KingMissile9]

This was started here: http://www.geckosunlimited.com/community/getting-know-you-introduction/39201-new-guy.html#post227821

Foxy Lady:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v700/KingMissile9/IMG_0210.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v700/KingMissile9/IMG_0209.jpg

habitat (given to me with Foxy Lady):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v700/KingMissile9/IMG_0205.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v700/KingMissile9/IMG_0208.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v700/KingMissile9/IMG_0206.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v700/KingMissile9/IMG_0207.jpg

any suggestions?
And NO calling other people names or getting too defensive. reasonable debate is fine though.

(GO NUGGETS! Woot woot!)

 

[KingMissile9]

Something interesting that I just found out. I thought that the heat pad was under the whole thing, but it's only under the left side where the water is. It seems that my parents neighbors did everything wrong yet Foxy seems to be healthy as can be. Healthy in all regards except the shedding. They told me that she sheds only a couple times a year, not a couple times a month. Any help from anyone would help because i only have a general idea of what I'm doing.

 

[missinasworld]

its ok that the heating pad only covered half the tank, in fact that is what you want. you want to make it so one side is nice and hot for her with a warm hiding area and you want the other side to be cooler with another hideing area. She looks good from what I can see
and just because they said she only sheds a few times a year, she most likely does it at least once a month-they don't have to shed several times a month. If you read back into some of the other post there are some really great ones on how to care for leopard geckos-as well as TONS of awsome links.
Goodluck with your new girl!

missina
Missina.cjb.net

 

[IggysMomma16]

How old is she? My guy sheds about 1x a month and he's 5.Though lately he's shedding 2x a month but he got sick and lost a ton of weight and now he's gaining it back so thats to be expected. She's a cutie and the tank looks good but is that cocoa bark or sand I can't tell? I keep my guys on paper towels, but most of mine are rescues and have little issues. If it's sand just make sure to give her a small lid of calcium so she can lick it when needed or she'll start licking the sand to get calcium. Also if it is sand only use play sand or a very fine grain sand so if she does ingest it she won't become impacted and of course dust her food with vitamins and calcium a few times a week so she gets her proper supplements.I don't recommend using calcium sand at all! If it's cocoa bark ditch it and use something else. Hope this helps!

 

[IggysMomma16]

Where are you from in Colorado I just noticed that?

 

[KingMissile9]

I'm not sure what kind of sand it is, but it is sand and I'm pretty sure that she's lived here her whole life. I'm still waiting on the age (my sister's going to ask the neighbors). She poops two different colors. White and a darker gray. I'll start with the calcium powder and I'll just gut load the crickets instead of dusting them if that's ok. Thank for the help guys. keep it up!

I was born and raised in Denver but I'm in Greeley now for school.

 

[IggysMomma16]

You should still dust the crickets or else they won't recieve the proper nutrients. As for her poop as long as it's not got a lot of sand in it and it is solid with the white urate as you descibed she should be ok. Just keep an eye on her and make sure she's not ingesting to much sand when lunging for the crickets,I've rescued 3 geckos from homes who didn't observe there geckos and they got impactions. Sand is fine I have nothing against it so if it sounds like I'm attacking you I'm not, sorry. Oh and keep an eye on her eyes with sand, my boy I mentioned earlier was housed on sand by his previous owner and left alone and got both eyes infected when it got in it and scratched them. He now only has about 50% vision in both eyes and needs assistance when feeding.He's the gecko in my avatar. But she looks great and is a very pretty girl so just keep an eye on her and she'll do great!

 

[KingMissile9]

Thanks. I just found out that she's 6 1/2 years old so I'm not too worried but I'm thinking of making her a really nice 4-6 inch deep clay/sand mix so that she can burrow. She used to be not to fond of being petted but I think that she's gotten used to me after living with my parents neighbors for so long. I love her!