Reddit reviews Exo Terra Gecko Cave for Reptiles, Medium

Seconding the sentiment that humidity needs to be higher. If you haven't already, I would also suggest a humid hide. I use this sphagnum moss inside of this cave, but you can also create one yourself using tupperware, here is a good video on making one yourself.

Are you going to upgrade once she gets bigger? That size is a bit small for a full size adult. My adult male loves the next bigger size up of that one (He's over 120g and fits fine)!

I use this hide for all my geckos young and old. They really love it, even though it's snug for the adults.

And do you have a moist hide too?

My only suggestions are to get digital thermometers with probes, one for cold side and one for the warm, because they're more accurate. We use these because they're cheap but still accurate. Also the log hide isn't very enclosed so I'd suggest modifying it to close off one end or getting something more enclosed like these. As for the humid hide, or really any hide you want to use them for, the ones you asked me about on my post are awesome for keeping in heat/humidity. The tops are removable too so they're easy to manage. Here's the link again for those.

Besides that, you're set up looks great! You're washing the repti carpet as often as you're supposed to, so you're good there too!

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We have an under tank heater with thermostat on the way from amazon and this for moist hide will be on the left maybe might move stuff around a bit and want to get more of the brown for that desert look

First of all... thats a cute little gecko. I hope you get many years of pleasure out of caring for it.

But lets get down to business.

Don't take this the wrong way, but I think you haven't learned some of the basics... and I'd really really hate for you to get into a situation where your gecko didn't get to live a long happy life. For example, this is Ranger. I rescued him from one of my students who didn't know how to care for him properly. When I got him, he was in a poor state.


I want to make sure that your little buddy doesn't end up that way.


So, try something a little more like this.


1) 10 gallon tank.


Your plastic critter carrier is okay while its a baby, but it's going to outgrow that thing in about a month. Seriously, these guys grow up fast! A 10 gallon tank is perfectly fine for an individual leopard gecko. However, I prefer a 20 gallon long tank if you have the space for it. I'm sure the geckos appreciate the extra space to stretch their legs too. Believe it or not, they are actually very active at night! Don't let their daytime sleeping fool you.


2) Get a safe substrate.

Those wood chips look nice, but they're probably kind of difficult to walk on and some of the smaller pieces could cause impaction if he eats them. For babies I recommend paper towels. They're easy to clean up, and there is ZERO risk of impaction. If the white looks too bad, try the brown paper towels instead. That's what I used for Ranger when I was nursing him back to health. Alternately, you can use slate tiles, which look great and the geckos seem to really like. Just remember: NEVER USE SAND. It will kill your gecko.


3) Notice that there are three hiding spots.

On the left is a moist hide. It's just a disposable food container with damp paper towels inside. This will help with shedding, but they often like to go in it when they aren't shedding, so make sure to moisten the towels every couple of days. It's ugly so I put a fake plant in front of it. If this is too ugly for you, I'd suggest getting an Exo Terra Gecko Cave... obviously it costs a bit more. Likewise, you can get creative. I built Ranger's moist hide myself.


In the middle is the cool hide. It's just a flat piece of cork bark. It's simple, it looks really good, and they love it! They just crawl under it and chill. Once again, you can spurge on something fancy, but you don't have to!


On the right is the warm hide. It's one of those log hides, so it gets good air flow. You don't want something that will build up too much heat. It's sitting on top of a pice of slate tile, which is over the UTH.


4) Speaking of a UTH...

You need one. Leopard geckos can't digest food if they can't get their belly warm. A heat lamp does very little to help this. However, make sure that the hot spot doesn't get too warm. I'd recommend a thermostat, but I've also done perfectly fine with a mechanical timer. Mine shuts of for 30 minutes every two hours and that seems to keep it between 88 and 92 degrees.


5) Vitamins.

He needs a multivitamin powder, or you need to be feeding him "gut loaded" prey. For my geckos I just place some of the vitamin powder in the mealworm bowl. I also keep pieces of sandstone in my cages, and I dust the stones with calcium powder. They lick it right off!

https://www.amazon.com/Exo-Terra-Gecko-Reptiles-Medium/dp/B008YDHDD2/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1523557527&sr=8-4&keywords=reptile+hide

I bought one of these and I put a damp paper towel on the inner roof it and eco earth (coco fiber) and sphagnum moss and mine love it

https://www.amazon.com/Exo-Terra-Gecko-Reptiles-Medium/dp/B008YDHDD2

My gecko seems to like this one a lot .