- Messages
- 15
- Location
- Massachusetts [USA]
So this is my reason for living right here~ her full name is Apollo the Space Muffin, but we call her Apollo for short.
About 4 years ago I rescued her as a baby. The person who had her had many geckos and lizards and a new baby, and her boyfriend bought her a new Leopard Gecko on top of it all. She winded up trying to feed her iguana food and vegetables (which leos dont eat), had heat lamps made for igunas, heating rocks which were too crazy hot for her soft baby leo skin, and harsh woodchips.... basically it was a mess and she was lethargic and on her way out.
My boyfriend and his mom had an 11 year old leo at the time so he helped me revive her and today shes a plump happy, SWEET adult.
I named her Apollo because she was yellow and I like greek gods...and I didnt know she was a she at the time. The space muffin my roomy gave to her when she was a baby in college.
Substrate: Yessss, I know now that calci-sand is a 'no-no'. Please hold any rude comments~ I watch her very very well for any signs of impaction and I give her oil spas every so often (prevents/cleans anything out, just in case). Yen (Stevens moms leo) is 11+ years old, fat and healthy and spent his entire life on the stuff. Again, I am watching her very closey allll the time. - onto the heat, she has a heating pad under her sand. -- I AM UPGRADING her tank in about a month to a huge awesome one! However in the meantime, she's happy.
About 4 years ago I rescued her as a baby. The person who had her had many geckos and lizards and a new baby, and her boyfriend bought her a new Leopard Gecko on top of it all. She winded up trying to feed her iguana food and vegetables (which leos dont eat), had heat lamps made for igunas, heating rocks which were too crazy hot for her soft baby leo skin, and harsh woodchips.... basically it was a mess and she was lethargic and on her way out.
My boyfriend and his mom had an 11 year old leo at the time so he helped me revive her and today shes a plump happy, SWEET adult.
I named her Apollo because she was yellow and I like greek gods...and I didnt know she was a she at the time. The space muffin my roomy gave to her when she was a baby in college.
Substrate: Yessss, I know now that calci-sand is a 'no-no'. Please hold any rude comments~ I watch her very very well for any signs of impaction and I give her oil spas every so often (prevents/cleans anything out, just in case). Yen (Stevens moms leo) is 11+ years old, fat and healthy and spent his entire life on the stuff. Again, I am watching her very closey allll the time. - onto the heat, she has a heating pad under her sand. -- I AM UPGRADING her tank in about a month to a huge awesome one! However in the meantime, she's happy.
