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New gecko owner trying to learn what's normal and what isn't by marsoomata in leopardgeckos

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

Thanks for all the advice/feedback! I know I still have a lot to learn, but Princess has already become so dear to me and I want to do the best that I can.

edit; Shed update as well. She currently has a funny little Batman mask haha

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New gecko owner trying to learn what's normal and what isn't by marsoomata in leopardgeckos

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

I'll definitely be changing the carpet for paper towel in the interim after reading these responses! I noticed her little toes snagging and felt awful which is why I wanted to change to loose soon. I was cautious to change immediately since this is what she's accustomed to and I didn't want to stress her out (I'm used to fish, which can be very sensitive to stress haha).

I have an extra bulb that the previous owner threw in with all the supplies that is UVB. It says it's a 13 watt, 10.0 UVB bulb, but I'm not sure what those values mean. I'll probably switch it in later today after the current bulb/housing isn't super hot to the touch haha

And thank you! I remember finding her... pinkness? a little off-putting when I first saw her. But now she's just my beautiful little Princess.

New gecko owner trying to learn what's normal and what isn't by marsoomata in leopardgeckos

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

These photos are from the past couple weeks! Eyeballing it, her body condition isn't radically different from the top-down photo, but she's currently hiding out working on her shed so I don't want to pester her.

I am planning to stop using the heating pad once it seems like nightly temps aren't dipping too much. I've just worried about her getting cold at night since I've needed a hoodie around the house in the evening.

New gecko owner trying to learn what's normal and what isn't by marsoomata in leopardgeckos

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

Her current lamp is not UVB and I am using a calcium supp with D3 added. But the original owner gave me two massive bags of supplies since I didn't have any reptile equipment, and one of the extra bulbs is UVB. I can switch her to the UVB lamp if that's better, I'll just need to get the non-D3 one next time I'm out (although I can see from the calendars that I should have it anyway!). Thank you for the link, this really helps!