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fattiesnleos
at Sun Mar 26 12:06:35 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by fattiesnleos ]
well i hope i can answere all your questions adequatly but i may forget and leave out some, let me know. anyways first things first, 70 is to cold. they need to be at at least 80 at night. and 90 in the day where the heat pad is. it can be a little warmer like 95. as far a the moisture thing both would work however moist moss in some sort of hide is better. this lets the gecko get all its shed off, if it is too dry it will get stuck on toes an stuff eventually making the toe die and fall off. i would also say arrange it to where half is warm and half is cool. you should also have a hot hide and a cool hide. as for the not eating, it is normal. give him/her about a week befor you start to worry. get a mealworm dish so you can leave 10 or more mealies in it all the time. if you want you can count them so the next day you know if any got eaten. i also leave 5 crickets with my leos overnight so they can eat them if they want but then i take them out the next day to give them fresh ones. allthough if they start to eat all the cricket or mealies give the more. you also want to make sure the crickets cant hide anywhere. okay now the lamp thing. leopard geckos dont need any type of day lamp, they are nocturnal so it is going to spend most of its time during the day in its hide sleeping. you also want its hide to be dark! the light actaully kind is kinda to bright sometimes and hurts their eyes. if ou want a day light i wouldnt get one that is to hot or bright, a night light however is fine. i dont think it realy matters what side your lights are on as long as it doesnt get too hot or to cold. okay i think that is it. you probably have a headache by now but i hope it helps.
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RE: newbie with tons of questions--thanks! - fattiesnleos, Sun Mar 26 12:06:35 2006