What's going with my gecko why is it different?

Hi people I have some questions about my pictus gecko and hope you'll answer them.
1. I know they are nocturnal but mine likes the hide that faces the uv light above the anoles could it just be that it likes the moist hide because it's the moist hide that faces the uv light. And it used to come out in daylight to eat crickets but now it seems very scared of everything even if I blink and it sees it it freezes for 10 minutes. Could this be changed?
2. It's just becoming a juvenile and it doesn't like to eat a lot so I don't know what's going on since there suppose to have huge appetites. It just got to 4 inches this last month so it should be young and it's male so I know it's growing.
3. Do you think when I moved it into the new terrarium I stressed it out to much because it had to be in a tiny cage for a couple weeks before so I think it's too stressed what can I do about this?
 

Tamara

New member
It's possible it might be a little stressed out because you moved it yes, it propably yust prefers the humid hide, it's best to place it in such a way that the light does not enter the hide so it's nice and dark in there.

Could you maybe give a little more information about the way you keep it?
Size of it's enclosure?
Temperature and humidity?
What lights you are using?
What are you feeding it, and what supplements do you use?
Etc ...

Also a picture of it's tank and the gecko itself might help alot.
 
It's a 10 gallon terrarium. The temperature is about 26 in the day that's I think somewhere near 85 and 22 at night so like 70. And I don't know the humidity cuz my dads hydrometer broke but I mist it daily or until it's dry. I don't use a light but it's right next to anoles so I need a uv light for them and it shines in. I feed it crickets about 3 every 1-2 days but now it won't take them and I just put three more when I didn't know there was still three. I don't use supplements.image.jpgimage.jpg
 

Tamara

New member
Looks fine buy we would add a heat bulb, 26 is a little low for Paroedura picta.
I would also start with using vitamins, and make sure you gutload your crickets before you are feeding them.
If it's stil a juvenile then you should also feed it much more then 3 crickets every 2 days, baby's need to grow.
 
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