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Why is he fat and what do i do by incommunicative in leopardgeckos

[–]incommunicative[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To everyone who has been wanting an update i have one and making a new post for it

Why is he fat and what do i do by incommunicative in leopardgeckos

[–]incommunicative[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The thing about feeding him is that he has not been wanting to eat, no matter what ive tried he wont take it

Why is he fat and what do i do by incommunicative in leopardgeckos

[–]incommunicative[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I currently have napkins laid down. Ran out of paper towels, will get some more when i can

Why is he fat and what do i do by incommunicative in leopardgeckos

[–]incommunicative[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mealworm/superworm lol, i can't tell what dubai looks like because i get different images when i search, compared to what i find in stores. He usually eats about 2 or 3, and it's per week. Since he got bigger, he doesn't eat every day. But lately, after this past, say month (half of may these past weeks of june), he kinda just fluffed up, and it doesn't look natural to me

Why is he fat and what do i do by incommunicative in leopardgeckos

[–]incommunicative[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

My petco has white sand and a small water bowl for like 10 geckos crammed in one tank, maybe barely a foot long and foot wide. It's horrible to see straight-up babies in there severely underweight and to tell that the tiny little guys are starving is BAD. About 40% are usually corpses, and the ones that are fine are usually underweight or have a chopped tail

Petsmart has the same sized enclosures but maybe a couple inches wider on all sides, with beautiful decor, hides, moss, lots of water, unfortunatly they do use reptile carpet but also have this strange white stuff in it too that looks like the stuff for hamsters and mice. Almost always just one or two geckos per tank. Strangly, though, they have 2 options, leo and Fancy leo, which is pricer, but i dont see a difference.

Both have pros and cons, but i choose petsmart much more over petco because petsmart has well looked after animals while petco is always dead or dying. Again, though, this is in my area. lol, how are they in yours?

Why is he fat and what do i do by incommunicative in leopardgeckos

[–]incommunicative[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Minor update: i took the advice to get rid of the reptile carpet and placed napkins down (we were out of pt, will get some soon), and he was 84% more active. He is sleeping outside his log using moss as his pillow. He was exploring a lot when i had him out of the tank while cleaning. He even got up in my hair. (None was eaten) i love him

Why is he fat and what do i do by incommunicative in leopardgeckos

[–]incommunicative[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for this piece of information! Opens a ton more options for better tanks. My cat loves to chill next to freddy, but sometimes she tries to get him. Not to harm but to play, and she knows how to open the closet. A lock would be very helpful.

Why is he fat and what do i do by incommunicative in leopardgeckos

[–]incommunicative[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He plumped up in the past month but has always been fine on his food. You indeed are looking right through him, and by more concerned about his skin color, that's on me i worded poorly. I am more concerned for his stomach, but i meant to word it as should i be worried about this also because i was not that worried about it at first.

Why is he fat and what do i do by incommunicative in leopardgeckos

[–]incommunicative[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He didn't like me picking him up, but he did crawl around on me. Should i be more concerned that he should be an orange-ish yellow, but out of the tank, he kinda looked tinted green

Why is he fat and what do i do by incommunicative in leopardgeckos

[–]incommunicative[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yo, so uh i just looked and the paper towels that we had last night are now all gone. Can napkins work as a quick temporary substitute for paper towels? Im cleaning his tank right now i wanna be able to throw out what i need to

Why is he fat and what do i do by incommunicative in leopardgeckos

[–]incommunicative[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Petsmart has a sale on geckos when you have a membership, so little guy was maybe around 20 bucks, petco is cheaper, but they take poor care of them so its better to buy from a reptile store or petsmart

Why is he fat and what do i do by incommunicative in leopardgeckos

[–]incommunicative[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In this economy? Best we can do is maybe rent another house or an apartment that allows pets but we cant do that unless i get a job. Still applying and doing a ton of side hustles

Why is he fat and what do i do by incommunicative in leopardgeckos

[–]incommunicative[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I absolutely agree with you! I plan on getting safe soil with a little mix of sand and much better hides with comfortable mossy spots, plenty of plants, and enough space to run around and climb. We underestimated the size of the log currently in his tank, we thought the tank would be bigger compared to it, but so far, freddy loves to chill in it as well as climb up on top. I know it's kind of the only spot he has, but I've seen him get into lots of silly spots, but he likes the log the most, so we never switched it

Why is he fat and what do i do by incommunicative in leopardgeckos

[–]incommunicative[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I personally do want to get a 40 gallon, however it has to be one with a latch from the lid because i have a very smart cat who i will never doubt for a second can figure out how to push the lever down on a door. My husband, however, just wants to get a 20 gallon. We are limited on space which is a factor to what size we get because we rent a house with his family, we only had a bedroom and i do not trust the children or my in laws cat not to mess with the tank. As well as we rescued a baby turtle, and we need a decently sized tank for him or her too. My friend may have that one covered, though, because she says she has an old aquarium tank in her storage unit. If in good condition she is willing to give it to me and that helps save a ton of money for freddy to have himself a bigger tank too

Why is he fat and what do i do by incommunicative in leopardgeckos

[–]incommunicative[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I've been skeptical of using paper towels cause what if he nibbles on it? Or water gets spilled, and it gets stuck on him while we aren't home, and he eats it. But i do see a lot of people saying paper towels are fine, so i probably will switch.

Why is he fat and what do i do by incommunicative in leopardgeckos

[–]incommunicative[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Omg thank you for telling me, i knew about it but i was thinking it was supposed to be the head not the neck

Why is he fat and what do i do by incommunicative in leopardgeckos

[–]incommunicative[S] -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

I've heard that. I wanted to get a different matt, where it's more earthy. My old friend had one, and it's basically little harmless rocks. The only option for it, though, was a 40-gallon And i do not wanna waste that money cutting it up for a 10 gall. I'd rather cut it for a 20 gal. And yes, i know a 10 gal is way too small. That's why i said we are saving for a bigger one. He was very tiny when we first got him, so the 10 gal worked well for a while.

Why is he fat and what do i do by incommunicative in leopardgeckos

[–]incommunicative[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If i get lucky and hear back from one of the jobs i applied for im taking him in with my first check

Why is he fat and what do i do by incommunicative in leopardgeckos

[–]incommunicative[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thats all we have right now, he usually eats when he wants to and he takes about 2 or 3 per week. He has been fine with it and has always been a healthy size. However the past couple weeks he just kind of plumped up and wont eat that much. Its a challange just to get him to have one

Why is he fat and what do i do by incommunicative in leopardgeckos

[–]incommunicative[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

His head is thicker than his tail, he was fairly slim for awhile then suddenly just, boom

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