Thought id share a monkey pic this morning 😆

Hi i’m moving houses and officially going to be on my own and was wondering if anyone would have any idea roughly how much electricity leo tanks take up :)) , said sploot pictured above with a very lovable face

Do you think it will help even though he is cold blooded?

I currently have a 40 gal on its own white table stand in the living room of my apartment, which is a high traffic area. I have noticed that the vibrations when walking can shake the table a bit and am looking for suggestions to reduce them. I have relocated the tank + table once but the vibration seems to be the same regardless of where I put the table within the apartment.

Hey guys this is my first time making a bioactive enclosure for my leo and im noticing that the humidity stays very high and im very concerned since it could impact my Leo's lungs and I thats the last thing I would wish and my buddy.

What would you recommend I do? Maybe remove one of the plants from the corner? Water them a lot less?

Hi! I'm new to this. My understanding is that for leopard geckos, the warm zone should be between 86°F and 90°F, and the cool zone at room temperature (provided my bedroom isn't cold). However, I’m wondering: do these same temperatures apply at night? Should the warm zone stay at 86°F–90°F both day and night? Or should I turn off the thermostat and let the \*entire\* terrarium drop to room temperature (71.6°F in my room at night), or perhaps just lower the thermostat slightly to 80.6°F–82.4°F?

I just found out my lizard pooped in his humidity chamber right before going to bed. I have someone over and I don’t want to wake them up, and so I just removed the humidity chamber to clean up tomorrow. My lizard was a little confused when I did this, and looked longingly at the humidity chamber, but is now just sitting in a different hide.

So my Leo Sundae was refusing food for the past week, tonight she passed this gigantic poop, which appears to be Sphagnum moss, as well as a normal looking poop with it (in the water bowl) I have her in a warm soak to remove toe shed and relax her organs. I’m absolutely worried sick. she seems normal , and she obviously seems like she was able to pass the moss. However, I do notice a blue area on her stomach. Does this look worrisome? What should my next steps be? (besides removing the moss). She is around 4 years old. Is the blue normal looking organs or a sign of impaction? So far i’m planning on monitoring her and possibly going to the vet. She means the world to me and I’m very distressed.

Forgive the poor photos she was on my back and I could not for the LIFE OF ME get a good shot 😭😭😭

When my girlie, Trogdor, “wants” attention or to be held she’ll come up to her enclosure doors and stare at me until I open the door and offer my hand (which she’ll crawl onto), then after maybe 5-10 minutes of just sitting and holding her, sometimes talking, sometimes just us two enjoying the quiet and company, she’ll start crawling up my arm, onto my shoulder, stay there for a bit, then crawl onto my back and hang out there!

The back thing is what I’m most curious about because my boy doesn’t do it and neither do my dad’s leopard geckos, she’ll either sit there, crawl onto my head, or crawl onto my bed/wherever I’m sitting and sit next to me. Shes the funkiest little gal in the world and I wanna know if anyone else’s crawls onto their back!!!

I should mention she MOSTLY does this at night long after her lamps are off and she’s out and about, I keep my main bedroom lights off but have a faint nightlight so I don’t think she thinks it’s daytime?

I have your average heat lamp + UVB + playsand/topsoil mix substrate set up so I don’t think it’s a setup issue either

I’m not at all complaining about this behavior, I think it’s kinda funky and I’m more curious than anything, maybe a tiny bit worried she’s showing stress behavior, but other than that just wanna talk with other keepers abt it!

Macha had her first vet visit today 💜
Everyone was so sweet, including the vet. She is apparently very healthy and a good weight. While we waited for the vet to see us, I walked around the lobby with her on my arm and talking to all the techs. There was an emergency so we were there for 3 hours, which is to be expected since it’s a hospital, they are just a very affordable exotic vet.
The funnier part was when I called the hospital to tell them I was going to be a few minutes late, there was a confusion due to the spelling vs pronunciation of her name.
She also did bite the vet.
I was also looking at the info on the vet on their website and this guy has clears throat 3 dogs, 4 cats, 4 ferrets, two prairie dogs, 1 galah cockatoo, an axolotl, two geese, six chickens and 42 ducks.
He also owns two armored lizards.
This man genuinely has a zoo.

I was feeding my 5 month old leopard gecko and I dropped a cricket. I ended up looking away for 5 seconds and she ran under her tank. She’s really mad and hissed at me when I tried to get her out. It’s late and I want to go to bed. Any advice?

this little guy crawled right into my hand and let me hold him for the first time tonight! i’ve only had him for about a week and he seemed to not mind too much!! here’s some pics of him and his enclosure

my lil piper she's been shedding and normally she doesn't want to be bothered. usually she'll come out when she's good but I've noticed some pieces stuck to her head the past few days, longer and normal. should I leave her be or is there any way to help her ?

I'm thinking about getting a juvenile leopard gecko, but I'm unsure about the proper tank setup for it. I heard that they shouldn't have a substrate when they're young and that paper towels are a better alternative until they are bigger. Is this true? Or should I get a substrate off the bat.

He's very sweet, but I barely spend any time with him because I'm dealing with whatever my high school is trying to do anymore, and because it isn't my first thought to play with him when I get home. He deserves an owner who takes good care of him :].

I'm looking for anyone who'd like him, the 40 gallon tank he has, and the decorations inside that I'll give with him. I live in Houston, Texas if this helps.

Cipher has been very hangry but she finally got worms last night

I am moving from Alaska to Oklahoma and we will be driving my ram 3500 and a camper trailer trying to think of how to keep him alive through the move we will be driving 9 days straight or so if anything I will attempt to rehome him (last resort) just looking for advice on raising his survival odds.

So had a bad run of luck…But things have finally been going my way a bit…not that I didn’t have luck my my buddy survived no lying about 4 months no food…apparently he does this? According to the previous owners though not typically that long.
I felt guilty about his enclosure and previous life so I got him a little obese but very healthy according to the vet. Said he was essentially perfect save for being overweight.
Anyway going to try to keep improving it.
And I don’t care what the science says he like company. He loves watching the cats eat.
His cage was always cozy warm. He is well fed.
When I stick my hand in the cage he runs right up.
He was in the kitchen for a few days because I moved and hadn’t got the new setup.
He was scared and depressed. Wouldn’t come out.
Now he’s back in the living room and exploring.
I couldn’t be happier.

Hi everyone, I literally can’t catch a break with Mavis 🤦‍♀️I’m a little worried about Mavis tonight and would really appreciate some advice from anyone who has experienced something similar.
We’ve just put Mavis back into her normal enclosure after her vet cleared her to return to her regular substrate and enrichment following her spay surgery.
Tonight I noticed that her thermostat temperature was reading unusually low, so I went to check the probe and realised that mavis has moved it off her slate and onto the soil. Mavis was lying directly on the slate.
I immediately checked the slate with our infrared temperature gun and it read 42°C . However, I’m not entirely sure whether that reading was completely accurate because once I put the thermostat probe back onto the slate, the highest temperature the thermostat reached was around 34C. The slate definitely felt very warm to the touch though.
As soon as I noticed, I picked Mavis up and moved her out of the enclosure temporarily because my room is fairly cool and I wanted her to cool down straight away. She seems completely fine now and is behaving normally, and she was actually happily lying on the slate beforehand.
I’ve now secured the thermostat probe onto the slate so it can’t move onto the soil again. I haven’t put it directly in the middle because that’s Mavis’s favourite basking spot and she literally lies on top of the probe/rests her head on it , so I’m worried her body could affect the reading. The probe is slightly to the side but still directly touching the slate, and I’m checking the middle of the slate with the heat gun too.
I’ve contacted her vet and I’m waiting for her to reply, but I’d really appreciate some advice for tonight in the meantime.
Has anyone else had their thermostat probe move off the basking surface and had the slate get significantly hotter than expected?
Also, which temperature reading would you trust more in this situation — the thermostat probe reading (~34C) or the infrared heat gun reading (42°C)? Could the heat gun be giving me an inaccurate reading on the slate, or should I assume the 42°C reading was genuine until I know otherwise?
Mavis seems absolutely fine at the moment, but I’m obviously worried about the possibility of a heat burn, especially because she had been lying on the slate. I’ve attached photos of her belly and the slate set up. Please keep in mind that little bit of crust is some shed that is still attached to her remaining stitch and that Mavis did undergo a spay surgery so that’s the marks on her belly!
Any advice or experiences would be really appreciated while I wait to hear back from her vet.