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My name is Bruce, I'm from Nova Scotia, Canada. My 8 year old son has been asking for a Leopard Gecko for well over a year and this Christmas (today ), we got him one. So for the past two weeks I've been doing a ton of research on leopard geckos. My wife picked up a kit at our local pet store and I set everything up last weekend, trying to prepare the environment for him before his arrival. He is a giant leopard gecko, who we named Lenny. I'm happy to join this community in hopes of getting some help with his care. Right now, he is in a 10 gallon tank (I'm hoping to upgrade the size eventually). I have one side of the tank at around 85-90 degrees. This side has a heating lamp with a 60w zoo-med Moonlite bulb. It also has a zoo-med mini under tank heater. The other side is around 75 degrees and has his moist hide where I have some moist sphagnum moss for substrate on one side. inside. I have mealworms, superworms and crickets for feeding. I use Repashy calcium plus in a bag to shake on the insects before feeding. I have a lot of questions but I'll just start with a couple. I'm really not sure how much I should be feeding him. For the last few days it's been about 2-3 crickets and a couple mealworms. He seems to poop once a day, in the same spot on the very top of his hide. I have been keeping his heat lamp and lights on from 8am-8pm. I gradually dim the outside light from 6-8pm and shut off the heat lamp and lights at 8 leaving just a smart light on the ceiling (turned a blueish colour) very dim through the night trying to simulate a moon. At night the warm side goes to about 76-80 degrees and has the under tank heater. The cool side goes as low as 73. The humidity can go from 35-50%. Dropping when the heat lamp comes back on in the morning. Does this seem ok? There's so much conflicting information online. I'm also worried about him ingesting the sphagnum moss in his hide and it causing impaction. I'll post a couple pics. Thanks in advance for any advice.
UPDATE: I've wrapped the moss in some doubled up paper towel and made a bed out of it. I've made it nice and moist and will check it everyday.
Bruce
My name is Bruce, I'm from Nova Scotia, Canada. My 8 year old son has been asking for a Leopard Gecko for well over a year and this Christmas (today ), we got him one. So for the past two weeks I've been doing a ton of research on leopard geckos. My wife picked up a kit at our local pet store and I set everything up last weekend, trying to prepare the environment for him before his arrival. He is a giant leopard gecko, who we named Lenny. I'm happy to join this community in hopes of getting some help with his care. Right now, he is in a 10 gallon tank (I'm hoping to upgrade the size eventually). I have one side of the tank at around 85-90 degrees. This side has a heating lamp with a 60w zoo-med Moonlite bulb. It also has a zoo-med mini under tank heater. The other side is around 75 degrees and has his moist hide where I have some moist sphagnum moss for substrate on one side. inside. I have mealworms, superworms and crickets for feeding. I use Repashy calcium plus in a bag to shake on the insects before feeding. I have a lot of questions but I'll just start with a couple. I'm really not sure how much I should be feeding him. For the last few days it's been about 2-3 crickets and a couple mealworms. He seems to poop once a day, in the same spot on the very top of his hide. I have been keeping his heat lamp and lights on from 8am-8pm. I gradually dim the outside light from 6-8pm and shut off the heat lamp and lights at 8 leaving just a smart light on the ceiling (turned a blueish colour) very dim through the night trying to simulate a moon. At night the warm side goes to about 76-80 degrees and has the under tank heater. The cool side goes as low as 73. The humidity can go from 35-50%. Dropping when the heat lamp comes back on in the morning. Does this seem ok? There's so much conflicting information online. I'm also worried about him ingesting the sphagnum moss in his hide and it causing impaction. I'll post a couple pics. Thanks in advance for any advice.
UPDATE: I've wrapped the moss in some doubled up paper towel and made a bed out of it. I've made it nice and moist and will check it everyday.
Bruce
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