I recently responded to an ad posted on the wall of a pet store that stated "2 desert geckos free." I decided to call as I am always willing to add to my collection (although the poster could not tell me what species of gecko he actually had). When I arrived to pick up the geckos, I found a pair of emaciated fat tails in a dirty 10 gallon with no water and only a small heat rock (unplugged). The owner really wanted to get rid of them (they were an unwanted gift) and asked me to take them right then. I did of course, and am now nursing them back to health.
Both have very small regrown tails, 1 is a male and 1 I am unsure of, and both have a few toe nails missing. Since I picked them up, I have rehydrated them and have begun feeding them a mix of meal worms and wax worms with calcium powder. I am keeping them together at this point (they will be seperated later if either shows aggression) in a 24" x 16" sterilite container with a UTH underneath (Temp gradient of ~74 to ~90). For substrate I am using paper towel (easier to monitor feces/urates), a large shallow water dish is in the center of the enclosure, and hide boxes are available at each end (plus 1 humid hide).
I keep leopard geckos and cresteds, but these are my first fat tails. If anyone has any suggestions for additional steps I should take or changes in husbandry I need to make, please let me know. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Chris
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