It is not advisable to use a substrate that is not solid as there is a risk of your gecko eating it and becoming ill. Reptile carpet, paper towels (especailly good for young leos) and tile are good alternatives. Newspaper can also be used.

Well done on getting a moist hide for your leo, most people deem it uneccesary. It is ok if your gecko uses the moist hide to sleep in, mine spend most of the day time in there, but you need more than one hide. Ideally you should have one dry hide on the warm part of the tank, one dry hide on the cool part of the tank and a moist hide. This allows your leo to feel secure enough in its hides to thermoregulate accordingly.

Your gecko could be too cold, if you provide a dry hide on the warm side, she will be able to get slocer to the head source. You should slod be measureing your substrate temperatures with a digital thermometer with the probe laying on the substrate. These temps are ideal at around 89-93*F. And yes, keep you UTH on 24/7. It is also advisable to hook your uth up to a thermostat or rheostat so things don't get too hot

Congratulations on your new addition, I'm sure you'll have a great time with her :D

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• curious new owner - A-D, Wed Jan 4 11:14:26 2006
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