u/shrimpexpert

Hi everyone, wanted to post this here for some input on my setup for my juvenile leo! He has passed quarantine so was moved over to loose substrate this past weekend. Will post details here:

1. This is a front opening 25gallon. I have a 40+ gallon home for him already secured—I’ll be keeping him in this temporary home for the next few months but have full intention of giving him more than minimum space. Because this is not the full size home he’ll be in, I did my best to make it as enriching as possible, by giving him lots of hides and vertical climbing space.
2. Substrate is 70/30 reptisoil and washed sand. He has a large slate tile on the left side of his enclosure. This tile is supported by a wide upside down terracotta pot so he can’t dig under it.
3. He has a warm hide above the slate. The stick in the center is hollow and wide enough for him to hide and sleep in it. The ceramic lemon is food safe and has moist paper towels inside for a humid hide. Then he has multiple cork tubes and barks acting as cool hides on the right cool side.
4. He has a little burrow in the middle of the tank which he has turned into his toilet.
5. For lighting, he has a 60W halogen bulb on a dimming thermostat. No UVB yet—he is an albino morph so wanted to dial in his heating before I begin experimenting with UVB. Any advice for UVB is appreciated! His food is supplemented appropriately due to no UVB.
6. He has a water bowl and small glass calcium dish with calcium w/out d3 available at all times.
7. Temps on the warm side are around 95-97 F. Temps on cool side are 77-80 F. I’d love to get the cool side cooler, but he’s in a room that stays on the warmer side as I live in TX and it’s August. The temps do drop 3-5 degrees F overnight.
8. The sides of his tank are covered in frosted window tint to block out the back and side walls.
9. Third image is my son for leo tax :)

Please let me know if there is anything I can improve! Thanks for reading!

she loves her faux bromeliad

Hi everyone! This is Zest my new leo :) I picked him up this week from a dubious setup and have him in a temporary 10gal front opening enclosure for a quarantine setup. I have a 20gal long that I’m moving him to next weekend to give him more space and to establish a better heat gradient. A few questions:

1. I setup his basking light (25W incandescent) and noticed him splooting out and cooking himself—is that normal? The temp at that spot is 89 degrees F, measured with an IR gun.
2. Since he appears to be an albino morph i have looots of cover and shade in his tank, on both the cool and warm side. The cool side temp is ~75-78 depending on time of day. I’d love for it to be cooler but my house is getting warmer with the summer heat, so I’m hoping once i get him in a 20g long the gradient will be able to establish better. Does anyone have any advice for an albino leo?
3. The light is bright in the first picture—i swapped the bulb for a lower wattage one and that helped his little eye balls.

I love my Zest and want to do right by him :) i am an experienced gecko owner but haven’t had a Leo in a few years, and the husbandry has come a long way since my last leo in 2019. Thanks everyone!

Apologies for the weird scrunched up pose she’s in! I can get more pictures tonight if needed. I’ve noticed a few things about my lady Ghidorah that are a wee bit concerning:

1. She is from a poor living situation and I know for a fact she was housed with one or two other cresties. Gender is unconfirmed on those other guys, so I’m unsure if she’s been fertilized. I secured her as a full-grown adult. Age unknown. She does have FTS which I’ve been managing and it has improved with a more enriching tank layout.
2. She has been in my care for 6 months now and has stabilized well. She did come to me overweight, and lost a bit of weight after being on a better feeding schedule. But she remains flighty and panicky when handling, which we’ve been working on veeeeery slowly.
3. She has not eaten all week, and she’s usually a fantastic eater! I offered two of her favorite flavors of repashy and Pangea and zilch!

I know female cresties can retain sperm AND lay unfertilized eggs, but she’s my first lady crestie so want to check with the community here if her tummy looks a little lower/thicker than a hefty girl. Any advice is much appreciated! Thank you :)

excuse the water spots!!! This is Kaiju my eury :)

have had so much fun drawing isopods over the past few days :))) these are my prototypes !

is it the username in the top??? Or the sparkles? it’s my first MP so I’m confused! TY!

the ward mask reminded me of a calico kitty so I splurged on her!