Brand New Hypo Leopard Gecko Is He Healthy

[darkcrow343]

The room has been quite warm all day, lol it wouldn't be something I would know a lot about either, i'm probably worrying to much since he is my first. (at least I was told it was a he though going by the markings it looks like it could be a she although I do know what age he is)

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

I now have him in 3 hides a dry hide on the cold side a dry hide on the warm side and a wet hide in the middle, is this the proper way of doing it or should the wet hide also be on the warm side?

I like locating the moist hide as close to the warm end as possible.

Here's an interesting video taken by GU member dbott67 of his leo drinking at night:

Leopard gecko has a drink at night - YouTube

 

[darkcrow343]

she drank a lot more than I thought she would, incredible how secretly she did it as well thanks for sharing.

My moist hide would be slightly closer to the warm end than the cold end. He spent nearly all last night in the moist hide and now he's in the warm hide, so hopefully that means the temperature is ok for him, my thermometer should arrive either Monday or Tuesday hopefully

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

We try to be as thorough on GU as possible. Do you recall what substrate your leo was kept on when you purchased him in the pet store? Reason why I ask is that it is possible for him to have swallowed something before you bought him.

 

[darkcrow343]

I'm really not sure, I know the first night i got him he was on the wood substrate until i changed him to paper towels, and when I force fed him a couple of meal worms the other day before I was told that it was to early to do it and i shouldn't have he ate them perfectly once I put the end of the meal worms tail into his mouth