Last Thursday I switched my girl from a mat to 60% Sand 40%EcoEarth (both ZooMed) and I'm worried she may not like it. She still comes out to visit me and has been drinking water, but she has refused to eat this whole week and I'm not quite sure what I can do. She has refused food once before, but it wasn't for this long.

Is there anything I can do to help her feel more comfortable or should I just wait it out?

It’s getting colder here and im worried about my guy and his night time temps. He’s going into brumation right now and he always does every year but im wondering if maybe I should get some type of overhead heat for night time? Looking at his temp records the coldest it gets is usually 58° F.

Hello this is Ali she was sold to me with a male (littlefoot) that she had breeded with in the past and cohabed with. When I bought them I let them live together for a week before moving him over to his own enclosure. I took her to the vet on Oct 12 and he said he believed she was gravid but couldn't tell me with certainty. The vet specialized in reptiles and was highly favored so I valued his opinion. I bought an incubator and prepared it. I have noticed that although she still eats it's not as big of a portion as she used to eat. She has become more jittery and irratible. I've been checking her enclosure every so often looking for eggs, but still no eggs. Should I give up looking for any eggs atp and sell the incubator on ebay. She won't let me turn her over to get a good look at her underside, and I don't want to stress her out too much.

My AFT hasn’t 💩 in a week so worrying that he might be constipated i gave him a short warm soak with belly rub yesterday. This morning i woke up to find a 1 inch size 💩 with yellow color. Just wondering if the yellow color on the stool is healthy or worrying? Also how often do you check up on your AFTs with the vet, any recommendation? Thank you for the insights in advance 🙏

I have a fire skink, and they are notorious for being shy and burrowing. I wanted a second reptile that would be more “outgoing” and considered an AFT. Im not expecting a scaly dog or anything ofc, but I was hoping they’d be more active than what people say they are. Would I be disappointed in how lazy they are and how often they are in their hides? They are just so cute and friendly. Its just hard to gauge when I don’t have one, and I can only see discussions that graze the topic. Thank you!

Tomorrow will be two weeks since she hasn’t eaten. Is this normal ? Also she hasn’t peed either but I’m not sure if that’s cause she hasn’t eaten. I’ve offered her wax worms and Dubias and she always eats them up right away but not anymore. She doesn’t look like she’s lost weight either. When should I start being concerned ?

Hello, I hope everyone is doing well.

I have a question about heating.

I live in France near Germany, and here the temperatures began dropping since a month now.

I wanted to know if it's a good idea to drop as well the heating temperature of my gecko terrarium to simulate the cooler seasons. Or should I keep it hot all year the same temperature ?

• My place is minimum 21°C (69F~)
• Usually the hot spot of the terra is around 31/32°C (88F~), I was thinking to go to 28°C (82F~) during fall and winter, no less.
• The cool spot is around 23/24°C (75F~) all day long
• the heating is turned off during night, so it doesnt go under 21°C (69F~).

My heating system is 1 halogen lamp and 1 ceramic lamp for extra heat if needed.

thank you all for your advices ! :D

hi there, I've had my fat tail for a little bit, he came from a very neglectful owner before (no heat source, no humidity no hides literally nothing except for rocks and sticks from outside :/) his poops have looked pretty fine to me from what I can find online and I just wanted to get everyone's opinions ! ive been feeding him super worms from petco cause thats what his owner was feeding him and he eats super well. im going to try and get him on crickets though. thanks so much !!

I’m thinking about getting an African fat tail, we used to have Leo’s growing up but it’s been a while since I’ve had one, and I know AFT’s require a few different living situations. My main question however is the constant contradictions on heating. I see so many recommend a heating mat only, under the warm side of their tank, and that be that. While others say to do a heat lamp or Deep heat projector and no mat. I’ve even seen some say to do both? A heating mat under a moist hide, a basking area, and a cool side. But I really need a clearer answer so I could give my new baby the best living situation. Thanks in advance, any help is appreciated!

I’ve recently been trying to keep his enclosure more humid after lots of research, I bought the sphagnum moss for his cool humid hide & put some on the hot side just to promote over all humidity. I watered the moss twice a day but after about a week the moss started to smell like a mix of pneumonia & wet dog. (I realize now after a little more research that may have been too much.) Does anyone have any tips for moss? I read that the smell could be normal because it’s usually bleached before being imported and I also read that it’s safe for reptiles but I’m still not sure.

I have had my guy for over a week and has not eaten yet. Any advice would be much appreciated

The last time I tried to get my gecko out of the terrarium and into a box so I could clean out the substrate, I picked him up and he ended up biting me. Any tips on lessening the stress for him? I was thinking about removing all the hides and placing a box for him to crawl into but wasn't sure if there was a better way.

I recently today got my first Fat Tailed geckos. The local store I got it from were the only ones in the area selling Fat tailed geckos. They were selling 2 as a pair and refused to sell them seperatley.In everything I've seen Fat tails do not get along together. I watched these 2 for awhile over multiple days and I never once saw them fight only cuddle together. I got a 30 gallon tank and the other necessities that they need. They seem to still enjoy being in the same hide and the owner told me they have lived together for years. I noticed although both of their tales seem to be regrown since they are older I do not know how to tell the age of the new tales. Should I separate them immediately or should I allow them to stay together a little longer to ease them into settling in. They are male and female so I know I'm going to separate them eventually, but do I need to urgently separate them in either case I don't mind. Also I have a heat mat but that does not seem to be getting their humid substrate warm enough, I also bought a ceramic heater but I'm scared that using both will harm the animal?

Hi yall, I have a 2 year old guy and I've noticed he has some stuck shed on his front toes, this is the first time he's had it and I want to do him good and remove it. I found him shedding about 3 nights ago and I cleaned his enclosure today and that's when I noticed his little toes. I took some time to moisten up a couple of his hides with some wet moss but I don't know if that'll be enough moisture for him to remove it on his own so I'm considering just taking him out and doing it myself! I do have some a small bottle of shedding remover spray and it says to spray it on and rub it into his skin directly with my fingers, I guess I just want to be sure that's the best way to go about this, or if it'd be better to use a q-tip. I also have a smallish container he's rather comfortable in that I use to hold him when I'm cleaning, would it be a good idea to fill in a tiny bit of warm water? Or would that be unnecessarily stressful?

Can someone reassure me I should not be digging up my fat tail?

I sort of spontaneously got a 6-7 month old fat tail last weekend, we got a 20 gallon tank (low and wide), a heating lamp, and lots of obstacles/decorations. Put him on a 70/30 dirt/sand substrate. We have been experimenting with heights/wattages for the heat lamp, the first night I think it was not warm enough (80 at the warmest end) but currently the basking spot is reading just under 100, with the far end reading about 75, humidity is between 45-60, we’ve also been experimenting with how much of the mesh top is covered to stabilize that a bit.

The first night he ate a silkworm and a cricket, but didn’t seem to want more. He found the burrow/hide I had put at the warm end and dug himself way down in there. The second night he came out for a wander but didn’t seem interested in food. And for the last 3-4 nights he hasn’t emerged as far as I know, and did not eat the cricket I left for him in the calcium powder dish.

I know they have a bit of an adjustment period but I’m just worried that he hasn’t come out. What should I do? Anything? My gut is telling me to dig him up and make sure he eats but my brain is telling me he’ll come out when he’s ready. Thoughts?

**UPDATE: I finally broke and unearthed him, which didn’t seem to bother him much at all haha I was worried he’d be stressed. But instead he ate about a dozen crickets that I fed to him with rounded wooden chopsticks and then went right back to bed. 👌✨

I did buy a albino but got a ghost so.. I really don't know what going on lol

I had an epiphany and realized the dollar store spray bottle I have been using to mist my terrerium is cheap plastic and probably leaches chemicals into the water.

I can work around it by filling it with fresh water everytime, but any small amount of leeched chemicals would affect a small pet much more than it would myself.

Does anyone have any recommendations?

Should I be looking into BPA free bottles? Or like non-reactive chemical resistant bottles that are used for harsh cleaning chemicals?

Need some guidance, and my lil guy appreciates it. Thanks.

Past 4 times he's eaten or been in my hand his tale will vibrate..not the normal tail shaking strike at pray it's more like a rattle snake?? His tail is not up in the air at all when he does this

got a baby a few days ago. they came with enclosure and what the previous owner said was all they needed. I’ve already spent over $100 getting the rest of what they’d need which was more than one hide, food and water bowl and calcium plus more. I am new to this so I have no idea how to heat other than heating pads aren’t good. He came with a heating pad and a ceramic heating lamp. The heating pad is reading 78 with the probe barely buried under the surface which I know isn’t nearly warm enough but the heating lamp was making the probe read 114 when it was on for half a day so I turned it off as it seemed entirely too high. this is a very low but very long tank and I think the issue is it sitting right on top of the mesh screen close to the surface and over heating it but I’m not sure what to do here and how to get this temperature under control.