leopard gecko- items i may need to keep him happy

[MellowMan24]

Move the hide? See if it works.

My two poo in the same spot. Whether it's in a hide, or in the open, or if GiGi has to move her strawberry to get into the corner. Lol.

one thing though when i say log i mean the big Log that takes up alot of the tank where would i move it i could turn it around so where she poops in on the other side of the tank but thats about it and i would still have to clean the tank...well ether way i'm going to have to clean the tank

 

[Allee Toler]

And when you clean the tank, clean everything. Not just the spot. I spot clean every night before bed, and deep clean once a week.

 

[MellowMan24]

ok then i'll put them in a holding tank with 2 hides and clean everything. thanks i know i can catch Leila but Molly is going to be a challenge i might have to do it at night when they are both out of the log.

 

[cat_named_noodles]

i feel terrible! i went in to my room to find molly out of hiding so i ran down stairs to get my camera when i came back she was in the humid so i thought darn! i went to take some pics and i realized that the snow (Leila) could be a male (my breeder told me snows dont always temp-sex the right sex) well i mixed the two up and thought the snow was molly and the normal was Leila so i took the lid off and lifted the hide (scared them pretty good) then my sences kicked in and i felt soo bad!! i know i probly stressed them. hopefully not too much. BUT in the moment i took a pic of them a good one too! but it still doesn't make up for how much i stressed them
well heres the pic-
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Molly is the small one
i wish i could rewind and think a little
oh and Molly was out because she was pooping:lol:

Very pretty, healthy geckos. Crazy thread,LOL -took me a half hour to read it, haha. The water debate was interesting, and the ONLY thing I have to add to that is I prefer NOT to give my animals distilled water, and the reason why is another debate entirely...ANd I don't want to go into it as it's late and this is a gecko forum, not a water one, lol.
Anyway, MellowMan, give your leos time and space, you're doing great. If the snow turns out to be male, which is likely, as I've read most snows turn out to be boys for some reason (not to mention he looks like a boy as he has a bigger head/thicker neck than most girls do), just set up another tank and keep them separated. If you can get your hands on a good camera, try to take pics of their vents (cloacas). An easier way to do this than trying to hold them upside down is to put them in a clear container, like a critter keeper , and take a photo that way. It's also less stressful. People on the forum should be able to tell if the snow is indeed a boy, if he's old enough and the picture is clear.

 

[Sinosauropteryx]

Thorough cleaning

MellowMan24, what kind of substrate are you using? If it's loose, then you will not need to clean the whole terrarium. Just clean the defecating area. Your two geckos defecate in the same place anyway so it won't be that difficult to clean. The last time I did a thorough clean of my two leos' tanks was more than five months ago and that was only because I was switching their tanks around. It still looks clean...except for the odd cricket leg, bark chip and piece of shed skin strewn around :blushing: no matter, can easily be buried :biggrin:

 

[MellowMan24]

MellowMan24, what kind of substrate are you using? If it's loose, then you will not need to clean the whole terrarium. Just clean the defecating area. Your two geckos defecate in the same place anyway so it won't be that difficult to clean. The last time I did a thorough clean of my two leos' tanks was more than five months ago and that was only because I was switching their tanks around. It still looks clean...except for the odd cricket leg, bark chip and piece of shed skin strewn around :blushing: no matter, can easily be buried :biggrin:

my substrate is tile and coco husk in the humid hide. now allee toler told me to clean the whole tank is that because you use sand or something not tile??

what i think i'm going to do is take the log out and clean inside of it and change the paper towles that are stuffed in the legs. whipe up the poo from Molly (or Lenny if its a boy :lol: hopefully not because they are siblings so i cant breed them) and then change the coco husk.

and i think i know how to tell the sex from watching it on youtube:biggrin: if i cant tell i'll take a picture and post it... i hope its not a boy because i was going to put them both in a 4footX2 1/2 foot tank kinda big for 2 so i was probly going to get 1 or 2 more.

 

[Sinosauropteryx]

Thorough cleaning once a week?

Yeah I use sand :| It's not true sand but it is a loose substrate that is dry like sand. I prefer to think of it as a kind of brownish gravel that takes on the qualities of sand when there is a lot of it together. I just figure it would be a waste to throw all that away after each week, or even each month, when only the near right corner really gets dirty. And not even that, because the faeces dry out quickly and there is nothing nearby to harbor or spread bacteria.

If you are using tile for the rest of the terrarium floor, I guess you could clean that and put it back in easily enough. In which case a thorough cleaning once a week may not be such a bad idea after all (sorry I missed most of this thread's progress since the mealworm dillemma). Forget what I said in my previous post.

On a slightly unrelated note, what are you using to remove the droppings? I use a plastic spoon or fork (spoon picks up more, fork filters more substrate) and I use a yogourt container or plastic restaurant sauce container to keep the faeces in until I discard it. Some people actually make gecko litterboxes that they put in the defecation area so that their leopard gecko does its business there and all they have to do is remove that. I don't use litterboxes myself but I can see how it might work for others.

 

[MellowMan24]

all i'm going to do is throw out the coco husk (i only use like a hand full for the hide) and take the tile out and wash it off with vinegar and water. it should only take a bit because i'm going to soak the coco husk before i start cleaning so it will be ready when i'm done.

 

[Sinosauropteryx]

Cleaning tile

That's fine. Sorry, I thought a while back that you were using loose substrate :blushing: Should've read the rest of the thread.

 

[MellowMan24]

thats ok but yea a once a week deep clean was what i was going to do

 

[Allee Toler]

A GREAT Idea is to get one of those corner litter boxes used for guinea pigs. Put some sand or loose substrate in it.

Or do what I do, fold paper towels, put them in the corner or poo spots, and put a few rocks on the corners to hold it down. Lol.

 

[MellowMan24]

i cleaned the tank and looked at the snow from what i seen on youtube and on the web i think its a she!:yahoo::yahoo::yahoo: i will look later on too

sorry if i made any mistakes i'm typing in the dark so the snow will move from the humid hide so i can put the coco husk in :lol:
she let me pick her up! to check her vent but man can they ever climb she almost climbed up my arm and out of the tank:yikes: i hope i didnt stress her too much.

 

[MellowMan24]

i'll try that Allee Toler one question would it be ok if i left the coco husk out of the tank till the morning i dont think they will be out any time soon.

this will most likely be my last post for a while because i'm leaving for 6 days tomorrow

 

[Allee Toler]

I don't see why not. As long as nothing is hazardous in doing so. Lol.

 

[MellowMan24]

k thanks