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Hi, so I had my parents ship my gecko, Rito (9yo), down to CA for me from Chicago. I've had him almost 3 weeks, and he will NEVER leave his cool/dry hide, even at night. I'm not sure what's wrong.

In chicago, where my parents kept the house pretty cold, he was under a basking light on the warm side, with a UTH. Currently I've upgraded the setup somewhat. He's now under a desert UVB fluorescent, with a larger UTH to regulate temps. I do need a rheostat, as the UTH can get the surface temps up to 100 if I'm not careful--but I've had it on a timer, and the temps are now around 85 (warm side) to 75 (cool side.)

He hasn't been eating either--a few waxworms every couple days. REFUSES super worms, and when I tried feeding a pinky the other (he used to FREAK OUT for those) he wanted nothing to do with it.

Any help/advice appreciated!!

One thought is that he was shipped in the underbellie of the air craft, and if he wasn't shipped with a heat pack, he could have gotten real cold, because when the plan gets up to there high flying altitudes, it gets very cold down there that I have heard
If he wasn't packed in the box with stuffing to keep him from bouncing around.

You changed his habitat to something diffent than what he had been used to at your parents house.

Just some thought for you to think about.