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PLEASE HELP!!! my geckos..

tyler19 Jun 15, 2008 12:44 PM

Hi all,

im new to this forum as of today and i desperately need all of your help i live in maine, and im 19 years old. i recently bought 2 leopard geckos after gucci passed away. i have had them for about a week now and they came home healthy and eating. after a few days the crickets stopped dissapearing at night. they are in a 10 gallon tank with sand substrate and have plants and a half log ( im sure youve seen what im talking about) for sleeping and napping and of course water. i have the day light on till about 10pm and then i switch to the night time red bulb. the temp is 80-85 degrees. they are both beautiful! the female (has albino colors) was the first one that cought my eye. and the male is brilliant yellow with black and orange..and white on his tail. after about 4 days they stopped eating crickets and i went back to the pet store and asked what to do. they now get beef baby food 2 times a day. the males tail is still nice and plump and he is alret but the females tail has thinned out a lot and all she ever does is lie around. this morning when i went to pick her up, instead of her scurrying like the little male she just laid there and let me pick her up ad didnt even try to jump out of my hand like her normal ritual. i live in the basement (finnished) of my house and its moist down here. there is a dehumidifier running keeping it at 50% moisture. there is also a dish of baby meal worms at all times for them to munch on if thye should get hungry but they have not eaten a single one. can any of you see what im doing wrong or are there any other questions you need answers to to figure out whats wrong? please help!!!!!

thanks so so much
- tyler

Replies (1)

football9755 Jul 07, 2008 09:29 PM

first of take them off of the sand because if they eat it then it will get impacted. second you might want to upgrade to a 20 gallon tank, a 10 gallon is good for one leo. third get a humid hide (i use a tuberware contain with a hole on top and i put peat mose in it). hope that helps

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