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I just purchased a baby Leopard Gecko last week. It is a few months old and it has adjusted to it's new home fine. It eats great, but i'm not sure if it's drinking enough water. Since it is nocturnal and loves hiding in his rock den, I don't see it come out that often, however it must at some point during the night b/c the next morning I will see a dropping in the cage far from it's rock den. However, there is always a large amount of water still in his water dishes. I have a typical shallow dish made for lizards, and a jelly jar lid that i use for water dishes. I was thinking about purchasing something different just to be safe. I've also read that some geckos won't really drink standing water. So i wanting to get some feedback from other gecko owners on what watering method they use. Inparticular i was wondering which is usually most effective, one of the vibrating water dishes that is supposed to get the gecko's attention, or a dripper? Please post which method works best for you, or which ones don't. Thanks.

Hope Marie

I don't think who told you that knew what they were talking about. All my geckos drink standing water just fine. If your afraid he's not drinking (is there urates when he poops?)enough then you can make up a batch of pedialyte. It works great for dehydrated animals. I've used this recipe for alot of herps and it works every time.

1 quart of water
2-4 teaspoons of sugar (or 1-2 teaspoons of fructose)
1 teaspoon of salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda

Yuo can half the recipe if it's only for one gecko. As for the vibarating dishes. I think it's a waste of money, it's not made for water and since he's eating fine anyway I don't think you need one. Also, IMHO I think I would be scrared to eat out of something that makes noise and makes my food jump around. I think some of my geckos would stop eating if I got one .

Since it is nocturnal and loves hiding in his rock den, I don't see it come out that often, however it must at some point during the night b/c the next morning I will see a dropping in the cage far from it's rock den. However, there is always a large amount of water still in his water dishes. I have a typical shallow dish made for lizards, and a jelly jar lid that i use for water dishes. I was thinking about purchasing something different just to be safe. I've also read that some geckos won't really drink standing water. So i wanting to get some feedback from other gecko owners on what watering method they use. Inparticular i was wondering which is usually most effective, one of the vibrating water dishes that is supposed to get the gecko's attention, or a dripper? Please post which method works best for you, or which ones don't. Thanks.
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I was also afrade of that when i got my baby. now that hes bigger ive seen him in his water dish. but when he was to small to look in his food and water dish he didnt realy notice them. so if u have a humid hide. he may lick the sides of the hide. mine did a lill. but now he his big enough to lookin to his dish and he gos there at night.
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