#this is my baby my gecko my leopard gecko

[barksbog]

schemes for to build terrariums and a new shelf for the studio!

[classicjdiesandgoestohell]

welcome to my diner ☺️ we have burger, tuna, omelette and fishstick! order when you're ready :)

[snejkha]

A reminder from Marceline to hydrate/

[jtranageder1]

POV: you are a dubia roach or perhaps a mealworm

[savage-rhi]

Fu ch sia

[sagesilentfire]

Bobert

[indoraptorgirlwind]

Please tell me i'm not the only one i'm-

HE SMILES LIKE A FRICKIN' GECKO

[pastrygeckos]

Felt soooo bad for Flan last night, she had managed to get the shed off of the most of her body after we helped with her face, but after an additional 24 hours and two saunas, we had to help out with her toes and such, plus we needed to have a look at her eye and flush it a bit. And on top of it all, she'd apparently bit herself in the tail during shedding, so when we came to get the skin off she started bleeding a little and I absolutely panicked thinking it was our fault (but upon flushing and disinfecting with reptile-safe wound cleaner, we could clearly see the little dotted marks from her tiny teeth) 😩 We're still not sure if we're getting anywhere with her eye, she definitely did get the new shed/cap off herself, but it's almost like it's actually her eyelid that's more affected than the eye now hhhh.

She's really splooting down onto the heat for naps recently (she likes her heat mat a little bit hotter than the others, 32-33°c instead of 31-32°, but the ambient temperature has been going down recently as the weather cools).

I'm adding a cut here, for long post reasons. More in-depth info about the current situation.

Basically, the next step if we're not able to work it out ourselves, would be to take her in to the vet to put her under to really get in there, but we're not very confident that she would actually survive that. So between digging into info, getting help and advice from an admin from Geckos Unlimited, observing her at home and attempting various treatments (we now know it's not an infection, or the antibiotic drops would've helped, and after seeing the vet apply dye, we know it's not a cut or an ulcer), we are also really desperate to leave her alone as much as possible. It's gotten more difficult for us to get a good look at her eye, because she's caught on, and now closes them whenever she sees us. Obviously yesterday we had to help her out, and flush her eye, so now we wait ~again~ and cross our fingers once more.

All in all, the things we've been doing, include:

Keeping her humid hide moist

Keeping a paper towel sauna with an opening in the tank that she can go in and out voluntarily

Keeping a small dish with moist cotton on the warm side to increase humidity (conveniently, she likes laying her face right on top of it)

Adding vitamin drops with Vitamin A and retinol in her water dish

Gut loading feeders with lots of vegetables and insect food formula

Giving her a full-on sauna every 3-4 days in an (aerated) feeder tub by putting wet paper towel into the tub, closing the lid, and placing it over the heat mat so it steams up with condensation (she goes in for 10-15 minutes)

Keeping a close look on her eye

Note any changes in her condition

Flushing her eye with saline as needed (in attempts to flush away foreign objects and/or eye goop)

If you have any other additional advice or anything (would something like a video of the eye help?), please let us know.

Took her to the vet, they saw the swelling but she wouldn't open her eye after having dye put into it, and it looked a bit 'sticky' so we did a course of antibiotic eye drops. When we came back home, we were able to see her eye properly while the dye was still there, and confirm there were no cuts or marks on it

Adding a rough rock to rub on, in addition to various cork bark

She's mad grumpy lately but I can't blame her!

[wellthatsclever]

⚠️ Warning to Leopard gecko parents: watch out for coil UVB bulbs. I was using one for my gecks and noticed my tangerine morph started shedding excessively. I just put 2and2 together and realized she's probably doing it because the concentration of light is too intense. I feel horrible. I've removed the bulb and will go back to square one by supplementing with D³Calc instead until I research more about the hood striplight UVB.

[valerei]

This year has been the year where I figured out that lizards are awesome!

-In January I got my first leopard gecko Paprika, she's just become an adult and she's super social and demands that I let her out of the terrarium every evening!

-In August I got Peppar, who's a japanese cave gecko. I was looking at this type of lizard before I got Paprika and I think they're just beautiful, so after getting some experience I decided to get her! She's just over a year old and is suuuper shy (therefor the bad photo), but she's the best hunter of all my lizards!

-In November I got my second leopard gecko Luna, she is the oldest of the bunch at 11 years old. Her former owner couldn't keep her and I was like "I already have two lizards, so might as well add a third one". Turns out I got a lizard with a lot of disabilities due to bad handling from her very first owner (I'm the third owner).

Luna has some special needs and can't hunt on her own but she's super sweet and curious, she'll always peek out her head if I talk to her!

-and lastly, yesterday I got my dream lizard! A Chinese cave gecko, this one is just the tiniest little baby and I think it might just be over a month old. It doesn't have a name yet and the only thing I know about it is that it's extremely bad at hiding and that it has a big appetite. For being a tiny baby it's actually quite brave and showing itself a lot! EDIT: baby lizard got a name! I named it Pepsi xD

[snejkha]

Ohhh I see you have a leopard gecko!! So cute!! Do you have any other reptiles? I have a cornsnake 🐍 it's so cool to know one of my favorite artists also loves reptiles!

I love reptiles!!! I have three lizards as of now a Beardie called Alphys (pictured bellow)!

A leopard called Ruby/ (also pictured bellow/)

And now they have a baby sister In Marcy/

[jtranageder1]

Halloumi is a wonderful baby

[savage-rhi]

Just a lil geck 💙

[sagesilentfire]

Bobert

[gaygremilin]

Gecko on da squishmallow

[posts-for-when-im-high]

Just bought another wet specimen from Etsy oh noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo