r/GargoyleGeckos

My bioactive palace for my gargoyle gecko. I started this set up using an ikea cabinet with the goal of creating a kingdom for my little guy to rule over. He's proven a terror of a king, hunting down and eating his subjects (isopods) live. I try to appease him with offerings of cherry repashy diet, dusted cricket sacrifices, and even the coveted fresh mango and banana treats... but their population continues to decline under his rule. All who look into the face of evil shall perish

Fyi lights were on at night only to get a few pics without glare.

prettty positive its a boy.... ive been playing with something steak related like sirloin/sir. loin lol

Just finished setting up this 36x18x36 bioactive planned for a female pair of skinks. While I give it time to grow in, what are good places to look for captive bred skinks ideally sexed. Seems pretty limited out there and I worry about getting potentially two males, or a breeding pair and hear everywhere that keeping them in a group is better than a single one.

Posted a few days ago on here asking about what people thought she had on her gums being potentially mouth rot. The good news is she shedded, and it wasnt. Just some dirt she had stuck in her gums.

But the wounds that she had from scraping against her enclosure when trying to dig to lay eggs got worse after she shed. The shed stuck to her wounds and wouldnt come off, so ive been doing a gecko sauna for the past few days. Ive also been using vetericyn plus to clean the area and make sure no bacteria gets in.

Now the shed on her bumps came off, but this looks very off. Is this bone?

Hey all, my boyfriend and I just built this 18x18x36 enclosure for our garg. It’s our first time building one of these, just wondering if we should add anything or tips to improve?
Yes we will be adding hides, and also putting vinyl on the sides (it’s ugly lol) for more cover. The lighting situation is also temporary, it’s just to keep the plants alive, we haven’t figured out what light we want yet.
Thanks!!

Edit: we will also be waiting a while to put her in to give time for the plants to grow in!

She is 5 years old today! I plan on giving her lots of bugs and watching with her, her favorite movies (Jurassic Park and Godzilla). Happy birthday my sweet clever girl: Rexy!!

Crazy guy I'll say...for some reason only bites the bf 😜. I love him 😁

Recently, my 9 year old garg has a lot of black material around her mouth and a dark spot on her gums. I'm concerned about the possibility of mouth rot. However, she's been digging a lot recently due to shedding and laying. She hasn't eaten in a couple weeks - again, likely due to the shedding, but also because I've had to switch her CGD flavour (the horror!) due to supply chain issues with her favourite.

I can't investigate with a Q-tip - she absolutely hates handling and gets very flighty and bitey. She is alert, super active, definitely not lethargic. I can't see any pus or inflammation around her mouth, but it's hard to tell. I will struggle to afford the vet right now but will take her if people think it's genuinely necessary.

Thanks!

We got our sweet Caraxes from an expo and have never known his pattern/morph.

I’m labeling my gecko enclosures at the moment and would like to add a morph/pattern label. Any ideas what our boy is? (:

Pictures are of today, and the last photo was of him at the expo.

Thank you!

so i was told he was an orange red stripe. is that accurate? he’s fired up in the pics ofc

So normally I feed my guy with plastic feeding tongs because I worry about him not being able to eat. So far it’s worked for us, but I noticed now he is starting to bite the tongs instead of the crickets and then he won’t let go. I worry for his little chompers dearly. Is there any sort of tong that I could use to where I don’t have to worry as much if he gets ahold of them? Like maybe a softer material? Bonus picture of Mamzani

His tank is too small. I have a 24x18x36 I’m currently getting ready for him. He’s very polite. They used Gatorade bottle caps on the bottom of the enclosure for his food and water. I threw those out and replaced with a feeder that sticks to the glass. These pictures were taken after a good misting and he perked up instantly. Up till this point I’ve only ever had snakes so any tips/advice is appreciated!

I haven't gotten a gecko yet, but here's my enclosure setup so far, since taking this picture I've added a moss hide at the top and a food ledge. I'm working on getting the humidity to stay up, and the measurements are 18x18x24? I think