Unless Frankie's behavior changed recently he scarcely ate much Pangea at all. So that was mainly a light dusting of Pangea on his bugs @ 1 feeding per week for the past 3 weeks! That's the currently recommended schedule. Just withhold Zoo Med's Reptivite multivitamins withOUT D3 for 1 week or 2 weeks at most.
That "extra" D3 is nothing to worry about.
Don't withhold Repti Calcium with D3 or Repti Calcium withOUT D3. Frankie needs BOTH those to recover his stick 100%.
What does your Zoo Med's digital hygrometer read at noon & after apraying at night?
Ok thank you so much
The hygrometer reads 71 during day this past week it’s usually like 74 buts it’s been so much colder this week and the humidity goes to 50 - 60 % , then at night right after I spray the humidity thing says 99% but then goes down within like 30 minutes to about 80% - 85% and the temp is 68, I’m having a hard time holding humidity in the tank.
The thermostat for the DHP just shipped out it’s far too cold so he definitely needs it.
What’s the different between 50 watt and 80 watt? Since the enclosure is decently large 24 x 18 x 24 I planned on putting the DHP on one corner of the cage and then the uvb right next to it on the other corner, and then the jungle dawn will go in the middle, still debating if the DHP and uvb should go front or back but I’ll see after it’s planted and built, everything is still on its way for the enclosure, I feel really satisfied with all the plants and wood I picked out and excited for the build.
Since the DHP is such a smaller corner of the cage do you think it would be okay to leave it on all the time though just so he can get warm if he wants? Since it’s a dimming thermostat I got I don’t think it will overload the DHP so it would be fine to leave it on most of the time in winter maybe? During summer I probably won’t use it since it gets so hot, the thermostat has safety settings too it will go off if it gets too hot or believe
Yeah I plan on taking a break from vitamins for like 2 weeks, I’m no longer worried abt the d3 he got but still feel unsettled about the vitamin a but, I hope I did no harm, I only sprinkled like such a tiny tiny amount in the Pangea and I actually did force feed him , by that I mean tricking him into thinking the Pangea was an insect so he would eat it, I just waved it around on a little stick, but he’s officially stopped falling for my games, won’t eat any Pangea, also he lost his appetite this week cause of the cold, I’m gonna have to get a heater for my room I think.
Thing is, his last shed was a week ago, he has consistently for months shed every 2-3 weeks, so this morning I checked on him everything was fine, then I came back after I slept for what I believe was another hour or two and he was still in the same sleeping position I left him so I’m so very highly doubtful he had just shed then, especially since he never sheds 1 week apart from his last. Anyway, I had noticed he had what looks exactly like stuck shed on one of his crest on his lower back and I noticed all of the crest all along the bottom near the base of tail all have flaky skin on them, like a thin layer you can tell wants to come off, and if I rub them with a wet qtip with some effort, it’s like pretty stuck, skin will come off the crest but it’s not like normal stuck shed or anything and I’m certain he did not do a full body shed last night so I’m very confused at what that is?
Could it be because of the cold? Or it’s too humid in his enclosure? Not humid enough? Too many vitamins? I feel concerned, I know I should just worry about the bones right now but that confused me and I can’t find anything on that like why would a gecko have skin shedding off like that?
