Cold side hide/toilet. Should I remove it? *Leopard Gecko*

[adamsky27]

Two of my geckos have chosen their cold side hides to be the place where they poop. Should I just remove these hides? They are never in them and I'm not sure they would go in them if they just poop in there anyway.

[heathers*bps]

Leos tend to deficate in the same spot, so if they actually aren't "using" the hide, no reason to have it there other than something else to clean

[DooLittle]

Funny, we are fairly new to leos, and I have noticed that they have a specific "toilet" area. Kinda funny, but makes cleaning easier, lol.

[Tfpets]

Even with a breeding colony(1.5), mine all tend to use the same spot. Alot of the time it is the farthest spot from the main hide(makes sense)!

[meeistom]

leave the hide in the cage just move it away from where they have opted to make the toilet. They need a cool hide you might not see them in there a lot but they most likely do go in from time to time.

[Kodieh]

Just move the hide away from that spot, generally you can create a "litter box" and place extra/more/put paper towels there and spot clean as you please.

Mine tend to poop on "that side" of the enclosure, so I just replace that set of paper towels.