r/FatTails

So I got my first aft gecko last Wednesday and she is 7 months old. She hasn't eaten in about 10 days (but her tail still looks plump at least) which I think might be due to my heating situation or just stress. I recently switched from the Thrive 100w basking bulb to the Arcadia 75W halogen flood bulb. Despite everywhere saying this is the recommended bulb for a 40gal tank I think it's struggling to supply enough heat. My basking spot/warm hide gets to 88-95F, but the ambient air temp on the warm side is only 80-81. I'm scared to up it to 100W cuz my bottom basking slate already nears exceeding 96F. She's also doing a ton of glass surfing at night. I'm unsure if a lot of her behavior is due to still being new and stressed, or if there's a serious problem with my set up. I'd be less concerned if she wasn't still a subadult that's growing and needs feeding every 2 days. Any advice is welcome, just be kind. I'm really trying :\

feel free to share your AFTs grown up esp if you have the same morph i’d like to see how Pip would grow up to look

my AFT pebble, 18 months AFT female, used to come out and explore her hide. then recently she just stays in and sleeps all day and all night. is that normal? how often do you guys see your AFTs explore their enclosure?

i recently bought another AFT female 6months old because i think it might be a personality thing, one AFT might be more active than another. now im starting to think i should’ve gotten leopard gecko if i want to see them out of their hides more.

but i handled a leopard gecko at the expo but it really overstimulated me cos she was more flighty and restless not so slow moving. do you guys prefer leopard geckos or AFT ? anyone owning both that can give some insights?