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Leo erectus
Hello Tracie,
The past two nights I've seen my male leo standing upright against the side of the tank. My swift often does this after he eats, but he's only a few weeks old. I also saw someone else that came to you with a similar concern about their bearded dragon, but the dragon was also quite young. I figure my leo is also doing this to aid digestion, but is it normal for adult lizards to do this? He does do this in his "bathroom" area. I just hope it doesn't have anything to do with the sand, or the fact that he has been eating more worms than crickets, which I've heard are harder for them to digest. I haven't seen them eating any sand at all, and have been inspecting their bowels to make sure that there isn't any visible sand in them.
I also managed to lure the female out of her cave last night. She hissed at me a little at first, then let me feed her four worms with some tweezers (she wouldn't eat the crickets either). I felt horrible about bothering her, but relieved that I got to see her eat something, and that the skin on her toes stuck on her toes is coming off. I also tried squirting some baby food onto her nose, but she made it very clear that she didn't like that, lol.
I took your advice and ordered a UVB tube for them. I actually ordered a reptisun 10.0 to give to my swift now that he's in a bigger tank, and will give his repitisun 5.0 to the leos. Do you think turning on a UVA basking lamp for them during the day will benefit them? I currently exclusively use IR bulbs for them 24 hours a day, but the "lizard room" does get light during the day.
Thanks again for all your help!
Marisa
AnswerHello Marisa,
That is a great shot of your gecko! LOL
Hm, be very careful with the sand ok? That will impact them if they do ingest it. Which worms are you feeding him? That is most likely what is going on, he might be trying to help his digestion along a little bit.
It is normal for them to sit or stand in that position if they are full or trying to digest.
That is great you were able to get the female out of her cave to feed her! So the skin on her toes is finally coming off, that is great. So she did not want any babyfood then? Stubbonr girl!
That is good that you decided to put the Reptisun 5 tube UVB for them. Yes, the daytime basking lamp will help them. Just make sure it doesn't get too hot in there for them if sunlight does come into the room.
If you use a UVB light, it is best to use a bright light with it to help protect their eyes during the day. If you want to use the IR for evening & overnight that is perfect.
Do you have an undertank heater? The like belly heat. So just a low wattage basking light with the UVB is fine.
Tracie
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