Laura,
I don't want to be the bearer of bad news, and I don't know the dimensions
of your rockwork, so don't shoot the message-bearer!
I read in a care sheet that you should use a hiding-place 6" across. My
personal interpretation of this requirement is that it's to give the leopard
a little extra room to modify his body temperature by moving to a slightly
warmer or colder spot inside the hiding place. <Boom!> there go my brains!
Steve
>From: Laura Ricketts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [Gecko] Unhappy Geckos!
>Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 19:30:31 -0800 (PST)
>
>The one female has accepted her "cave" but the other
>still isn't comfortable or accepting of hers..? She's
>on top of the rocks under the heat lamp now. I know
>the substrate is the same temp as before I changed the
>rocks...they already had the heat pad, I just added
>the rocks to their tank. The male is sometimes in
>his, some times in his cool side. He discovered a
>ledge in there and was up on it - scared the daylights
>out of me when I couldn't find him... didn't think to
>look on the ledge until I saw his tail hanging out...!
>I thought he had gotten out of the tank somehow...
>almost impossible, but with animals you never know!
>His heat pad is the new one, and the directions said
>that it will heat up immediately, but it will take
>24-48 hours to reach it's peak. I have been testing
>it throughout the day (probably why he got fed up and
>moved to the cool side!) and as it gets warmer, moving
>more sand into the cave to lower the temp for him... I
>guess they just need to get use to the new house! Oh,
>well... finicky little critters!
>
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