Got a new gecko back in June from a breeder in Eastern Washington. He was almost a year old when we got him and seemed healthy and chubby, nice fat tail. Cute little guy! I named him Enzo. However, he did not seem to want to eat. The breeder had been feeding him giant mealworms, but I've been raising regular mealworms so presented those to him instead. When he hadn't eaten any in a couple of weeks, I went out and bought him giant mealworms, but he didn't eat any of those, either.
So I talked to the breeder who told me he raises his geckos on calci-sand substrate with only undertank heating, no heat or light above the tank. I at that point had the gecko on repti-carpet with a light above during the day and heat emitter above at night. Well, I thought that was worth a shot at least, so I went out and got calci-sand substrate and an undertank heater. Also ended up getting him a larger tank than he was in. Now he does eat a worm every once in a while but I can't help but feel he should be eating more. Plus, I don't see how he can possibly be warm enough with just the undertank heater. The temperature on the sand on the heated side is only 80 degrees and the other side is only 70. However, he is definitely eating now; I discovered he is using the house at the other end of the tank, where I thought he never went, as his latrine! Any ideas about this situation? Diane -- Diane Rudesal [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Or how I learned to stop worrying and love email again _______________________________________________ Global Gecko Association http://www.gekkota.com Classifieds http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi gecko mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko
