i have had my fat tail about 3 months now, his name is don Juan Matus (Juan for short) named after the shaman Carlos castaneda wrote about. and he usually ate about 6 crickets a day which was about the beginning of october and now for the last week and a half he hasn't been eating nearly as many, i offer two crickets a day (1 morning, 1 night) but usually he eats like 1 every couple days. i leave one in there throughout the day with a piece of food for the cricket so it doesn't bother my gecko.
I dust the crickets with reptivite each feeding, i keep the tank humidity between 70-80 at all times. he has a UT heater with a cave over it that keeps temps between 80-85 and a cool side of the cage never drops below 70 and he has a tree cave to sleep in with moss. i use coconut substrate in the tank, except for where the heater is, i have repticarpet there. he is in a 20 G long aquarium. i mist daily. he is also on a LED light that is on 12 hours off 12 hours. i clean up whenever he poops, which is about every 2 days
I have no clue how old he is honestly, i figure he is not yet fully grown/filled out. but he weighs about 46 grams-51 when he was eating nicely. and last time i measured him he was about 7 inches long nose to tip of the tail, so if anyone could help me determine how old he is or link me to a measurement:age chart or something that would be awesome
I have read that geckos slow down eating when it starts getting cold, which here in Texas, its been a getting pretty chilly and cooling down so i am hoping this is the only reason, he seems normal, moves fine, eyes look good, poops isn't as big but its still well formed.and he spends a lot of time sleeping.
I'm hoping this is just normal, but i am just making sure there is nothing seriously wrong with him. also is there anything better i could feed to him? possibly to make him grow as big as possible? a special diet/feeding schedule i should put him on? i have a constant supply of crickets because i breed my own.
EDIT: his poop has been weird the past few times (pooping every other day to every 2 days) its not as large and it seems to have some mucus in it and today it has white and yellow in it. though the poop is still well formed it worries me because it used to be a lot larger.
this is from today with the white and yellow in it, quarter for size comparison
I dust the crickets with reptivite each feeding, i keep the tank humidity between 70-80 at all times. he has a UT heater with a cave over it that keeps temps between 80-85 and a cool side of the cage never drops below 70 and he has a tree cave to sleep in with moss. i use coconut substrate in the tank, except for where the heater is, i have repticarpet there. he is in a 20 G long aquarium. i mist daily. he is also on a LED light that is on 12 hours off 12 hours. i clean up whenever he poops, which is about every 2 days
I have no clue how old he is honestly, i figure he is not yet fully grown/filled out. but he weighs about 46 grams-51 when he was eating nicely. and last time i measured him he was about 7 inches long nose to tip of the tail, so if anyone could help me determine how old he is or link me to a measurement:age chart or something that would be awesome
I have read that geckos slow down eating when it starts getting cold, which here in Texas, its been a getting pretty chilly and cooling down so i am hoping this is the only reason, he seems normal, moves fine, eyes look good, poops isn't as big but its still well formed.and he spends a lot of time sleeping.
I'm hoping this is just normal, but i am just making sure there is nothing seriously wrong with him. also is there anything better i could feed to him? possibly to make him grow as big as possible? a special diet/feeding schedule i should put him on? i have a constant supply of crickets because i breed my own.
EDIT: his poop has been weird the past few times (pooping every other day to every 2 days) its not as large and it seems to have some mucus in it and today it has white and yellow in it. though the poop is still well formed it worries me because it used to be a lot larger.
this is from today with the white and yellow in it, quarter for size comparison