Hi, my daughter(10). Recently bought a Leo from petsmart. It is really cute but I’m concerned about its size. It’s tail is pretty skinny. The first day at home we feed it 2 meal worms, a wax worm, and a cricket per petsmart’s direction. Bailey immediately ate the wax worm and a mealie but did not touch the cricket. That was the only day if seen Bailey eat. My daughter feeds it daily and changes the water. My concern is I am not sure how much it is eating. There is poop in the cage daily. she throws in a few of each worm at night. Gave up on crickets because they weren’t being touched. Should I have her switch feeding routine? Maybe only feed it one worm? Since there is always a few mealworms in the cage I can’t keep track of what and if Bailey is eating.
Another question I have is tank temp. We bought a small 10 gal because we were told me it would be too hard for Bailey to find its food/hides if the tank was too big. The lights that came with the take were way too hot. The tank would reach 100 in minutes And was in the 90’s in the evening: The following day I switched to A 15w moonlight for night and a 25w uvb light for day. This is keeping the tank at about 82-85 degrees. But that is the temp in the whole tank. How can I regulate the cool side better or is it ok it the whole take is in that range? It also seems to be the same temp 24/7. I can turn off all lights and the tank will stay at about 74-76 degrees.
here is a pic of little Bailey. Not sure of sex or age. The humidity it not at 50 my daughter had replace the water and spilt some on the thermometer just before she took the picture. It’s actually at 35% on hot and 32% on“cool” side.
Another question I have is tank temp. We bought a small 10 gal because we were told me it would be too hard for Bailey to find its food/hides if the tank was too big. The lights that came with the take were way too hot. The tank would reach 100 in minutes And was in the 90’s in the evening: The following day I switched to A 15w moonlight for night and a 25w uvb light for day. This is keeping the tank at about 82-85 degrees. But that is the temp in the whole tank. How can I regulate the cool side better or is it ok it the whole take is in that range? It also seems to be the same temp 24/7. I can turn off all lights and the tank will stay at about 74-76 degrees.
here is a pic of little Bailey. Not sure of sex or age. The humidity it not at 50 my daughter had replace the water and spilt some on the thermometer just before she took the picture. It’s actually at 35% on hot and 32% on“cool” side.