So a friend of mine joined the military and asked me to watch his Gargoyle while he went to boot camp. That's fine. He gave me some pangaea powder and directions. Mix it until like baby food and change the paper towel (he used as substrate) once a week, misting the tank once a day. Easy enough.
That was seven months ago and he is dodging my calls and texts. He's out of boot camp and posting pics on facebook, so I know he isn't deployed or anything.
At this point I'm under the assumption that I now have a Gargoyle Gecko. Lexington is in an Exo Terra (I think?) tank 12Lx12Wx18H with front opening doors. I think it was a starter kit of some sort. It has a foam background and a mayan-esque statue thing with fake plants on it. Is this right? He's about six inches from nose to the tip of his tail. I don't know if that's the right setup? Now that I'm pretty sure he's mine, though I hadn't planned on another gecko, I want to give him the best home I can. His terrarium is next to the warm side of my ball python's tank, so Lex's home stays in the high 70s to low 80s, which I read is okay.
Is this good? Is there some way to improve? Please be nice if this is all wrong, I did not set up or buy any of this and just followed what he told me to do to take care of him.![]()