My boyfriend's deadbeat dad bought his much younger brother a pair of leopard geckos (I think that's what they are, just a morph. Correct me if I'm wrong though). Enclosure is the stereotypical bad pet store setup. I'm expecting early feeding trouble from no heat source and no proper hide, one of them to die kind of quickly from cohabitation stress in small enclosure, failed shed from other since no humid hide, and finally death of the other gecko. I'd like to intervene a bit to give one of them a chance.
I'm planning to:
- Provide two to four hides (four would be better maybe with two geckos, but there's not really enough space in enclosure)
- Set up a CHE with a plant thermostat (I don't want to invest in a real reptile thermostat with a good failsafe since the geckos are probably dying anyways)
- Black out back and at least one side of enclosure with paper and tape on the outside
- Add a larger water bowl in case it's not refilled frequently
- Write out a straightforward feeding plan and try to explain it
- Add a thermometer since I have an extra anyways
- Provide some moss and instruct to keep it in a hide and pour some water on it when refilling dish
I don't have prior experience with Geckos so maybe my expectations are too pessimistic here. Any changes I should make to this plan? I don't have a good way to address the space being too small for two geckos, but I'm hoping for a cost effective one-off way at giving this kid a chance to save one. I don't think anyone else in that household is really going to do anything, but I also don't want to make this my problem in the long run. Bf is staying there for the next couple of months, so I at least have access to help fix things rn.
Thanks for any advice, sorry if the post is upsetting.
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