Male
- Age & Weight - About three years old
- How long have you owned your leo - Two years
- Where was he/she obtained (ex. Pet store, breeder, wild caught, friend) - A friend who obtained him from the internet.
A) Health/History
- How often do you handle your leo -I do not handle Dobby (name) because I didn't think it was the natural way of life. I am now kind of regretting not trying more when he was young. Side question; is it too late to start handling him; did I have to start when he was a baby?
- Is your leo acting any different today? If so how does he/she normally act which differs from now. - No different today specifically
- Has he/she had any problems in the past, if so please describe.
B) Fecals
- Describe (look any different than normal) - Nothing different from normal
- When was the last time he/she went -
C) Problem
- Please briefly describe the problem and how long it has been going on - His legs shake when he walks. This has been going on for around a month.
Housing:
A) Enclosure
- Size - 40-gallon
- Type (ex. glass tank) - Glass terrarium
- Type of substrate - I use eco-earth
- Hides, how many, what kind - Two plastic hides, one in warm area and one in cool area; 1 plastic moist hide, a plastic log hide, and two made of stones.
B) Heating
- Heat source - One heat mat under warm plastic hide, deep heat projector.
- Cage temps (hot side, cool side) - 85-92 in warmer side, with around 80 in cooler side.
- Method of regulating heat source - Thermostat for both deep heat projector and heat matt.
- What are you using to measure your temps - There is a temperature/humidity.
- Do you have any lights (describe) - A Zilla Heat and UVB basking fixture with the halogen bulb and compact fluorescent coil bulb.
C) Cage mates
- How many (males, females) -No cage mates
- Describe health, or previous problems - No previous problems
Describe Diet:
A) Typical diet
- What you're feeding (how often, how much) - Currently, around 7-10 mealworms every three days. I breed my own mealworms. I hope to have crickets arriving in the coming days. Side question; is it fine that my gecko eats a small amount of eco-earth- from going after the crickets?
- How are you feeding (hand fed, left in dish, ect) I have a little plastic tray that I put in directly in front of the hide he is in and put the mealworms on the tray one at a time.
B) Supplements (describe how often)
- What vitamin/minerals are you using (list brands) - Zoomed Repti-Calcium without D3 and Herptivite Multivitamin with beta carotene. For every three feedings, I dust the insects with the Calcium for two of them and the multivitamin for one of them. I also keep a small bowl of the calcium in the terrarium.
- What are you gut loading food with - Mostly either baby-carrots or celery. The insects are also kept in Eco earth.
I read that this might be because of a lack of calcium, which does make sense. What should I do differently if this is a case. I am thinking about getting a different light fixture maybe; the arcadia uvb setup. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you
- Age & Weight - About three years old
- How long have you owned your leo - Two years
- Where was he/she obtained (ex. Pet store, breeder, wild caught, friend) - A friend who obtained him from the internet.
A) Health/History
- How often do you handle your leo -I do not handle Dobby (name) because I didn't think it was the natural way of life. I am now kind of regretting not trying more when he was young. Side question; is it too late to start handling him; did I have to start when he was a baby?
- Is your leo acting any different today? If so how does he/she normally act which differs from now. - No different today specifically
- Has he/she had any problems in the past, if so please describe.
B) Fecals
- Describe (look any different than normal) - Nothing different from normal
- When was the last time he/she went -
C) Problem
- Please briefly describe the problem and how long it has been going on - His legs shake when he walks. This has been going on for around a month.
Housing:
A) Enclosure
- Size - 40-gallon
- Type (ex. glass tank) - Glass terrarium
- Type of substrate - I use eco-earth
- Hides, how many, what kind - Two plastic hides, one in warm area and one in cool area; 1 plastic moist hide, a plastic log hide, and two made of stones.
B) Heating
- Heat source - One heat mat under warm plastic hide, deep heat projector.
- Cage temps (hot side, cool side) - 85-92 in warmer side, with around 80 in cooler side.
- Method of regulating heat source - Thermostat for both deep heat projector and heat matt.
- What are you using to measure your temps - There is a temperature/humidity.
- Do you have any lights (describe) - A Zilla Heat and UVB basking fixture with the halogen bulb and compact fluorescent coil bulb.
C) Cage mates
- How many (males, females) -No cage mates
- Describe health, or previous problems - No previous problems
Describe Diet:
A) Typical diet
- What you're feeding (how often, how much) - Currently, around 7-10 mealworms every three days. I breed my own mealworms. I hope to have crickets arriving in the coming days. Side question; is it fine that my gecko eats a small amount of eco-earth- from going after the crickets?
- How are you feeding (hand fed, left in dish, ect) I have a little plastic tray that I put in directly in front of the hide he is in and put the mealworms on the tray one at a time.
B) Supplements (describe how often)
- What vitamin/minerals are you using (list brands) - Zoomed Repti-Calcium without D3 and Herptivite Multivitamin with beta carotene. For every three feedings, I dust the insects with the Calcium for two of them and the multivitamin for one of them. I also keep a small bowl of the calcium in the terrarium.
- What are you gut loading food with - Mostly either baby-carrots or celery. The insects are also kept in Eco earth.
I read that this might be because of a lack of calcium, which does make sense. What should I do differently if this is a case. I am thinking about getting a different light fixture maybe; the arcadia uvb setup. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you
