r/AfricanFatTailedGecko

Hi everyone! To start this is a baby African fat tail, I wouldn’t even consider it to be a juvenile yet which is why I have him in a 10gal enclosure for now. I have a 40gal off to the side that I’m making for when he’s finally big enough.

I’ve had him for around 4 days and I’ve only noticed 1 poop. The first day he actually ate well and ate 8 small crickets, the next day he only ate a few of them and last night I don’t know that he ate any of them and he hasn’t pooped in two days I think. Looks otherwise healthy.

I have a UTH heater attached to a thermostat keeping the floor temp at 90 degrees in his warm hide with a humid hide in the middle and an Arcadia shade dweller on top. He basically never leaves his humid hide all day with a floor temp of 78 or so most of the time.

I had to move/mess with his enclosure many times since getting him because I had his lighting and stuff too hot and I had him in the 40gal enclosure.

Could he just be really stressed since I messed with his enclosure a bunch? I’m just worried he’s not eating right. It’s my first reptile and I did a ton of research before getting him on reptifiles care sheet and what not.

This is my boy OVO and lately when he walks up onto my hand at times his tail vibrates really fast. Has anyone else experienced this before? Does this mean something’s wrong? He’s really calm and eager to come out but the tail thing is new.