The Leo Home is ready

she is very pretty. she looks to be about adult size in the pics but not filled out yet--not a lot of fat in her tail. i'm sure that will change quickly. :)

Oh yes. She gobbled up 3 dusted crickets last night. I didn't want to feed her too much last night with all the stress of the show and coming home. So, how many mealworms should I give her per day? With feeding mealworms, she should only get crickets 2-3 times a week, correct?

i just leave a dish of mealworms in with my leo all the time. an adult can eat a fairly good number of regularly sized mealworms in one sitting. and yes, along with feeding mealworms you can feed crickets 2-3 times per week.

She just discovered her humid hide. Since bringing her home, she's been sleeping out in the open, and only going into the cool-side hide to get away from my hand when I reach in to change the water. Well I re-misted the moss inside the humid hide and I close the cage, go back to the computer, turn around and I can't find my leo! So I take a closer look and I see this little black and white tail tip sticking out of the humid hide. She hasn't left it now that she's found it.

how cute. sounds like she is settling in. :)

I was wondering. I want to put another female in the tank (29g) this summer, but I've heard that females can be aggressive toward each other. Is this true?

I don't want to endanger Chibi by putting another leo in the tank. Chibi is really laid back and I don't think she'd be very aggressive.

most females aren't aggressive. they will generally lick and nip at eachother a little bit at first while they figure out if the other gecko is male or female and establish who's who but that usually only lasts a few minutes.

when you add a second gecko just make sure that she is the same size or very close to it and keep an eye on them for the first 24 hours. let them pick at eachother at first as long as they aren't biting hard enough to draw blood (it shouldn't come to this but if it does you should intervene). once they get through the initial getting to know eachother that first 24 hours they should be fine.

Ok. I just hate seeing animals fight so I'll be watching them like a hawk.

Chibi is settling in nicely. Tonight she ate 4 decent sized crickets and 1 mealworm. I weighed her and she weighs 27 grams. Seems a bit light. That will change now that she's here.

I had a question about calcium powder. Sorry for all the questions, but I've never had a leo and am full of questions that probably seem stupid to all of you leo owners. My question is....do they lick the calcium powder or do what? Chibi has just been stepping in hers. I see little gecko footprints in it.

no worries on the questions. that's what we're here for. :)

yes, when they want or need it they will lick the calcium from the dish. during the rest of the time they will walk through, dig in, wallow in, tip over and spread the calcium throughout their entire cage if at all possible. :P

Mmk. And I'm having a problem. The mealworms are getting out of thier dish and roaming the cage. I had to put 2 back into the dish this morning.