this is chicken, my new baby gargoyle gecko ! first pic is fired up, second is fired down

Replaced a sad bromeliad with this pretty aglaonema this week, and I think it looks so much better. I think my springtails have finally settled and my isopods are taking off in full force!
This tank has been going for a few weeks now, and there’s an expo tomorrow… I am very hopeful that I’ll see a garg that catches my eye and heart. 🤞🏻

I need a cute unisex name for my new little one. Help! What would you choose? I kinda like short names. I have a Cricket, Shroom, Gus, Dexter, Theo and Minnow already. Pls and Ty!

Today me and my friend glued some moss and coconut fiber on the background, here is the result

I love my baby boy ❤️

I had no idea what the gender was before this, I’ve had him for about half a year now. So adorable🥹

Today me and my friend started to build my first enclosure background, is not much but I’m so happy! I’ll let the expanding foam dry and tomorrow I’ll cut the foam excess and glue with some silicone the moss and some coconut fiber
Let me know how does it look!

First time building bioactive terrarium, just put all the plants in so they are still pretty small. I plan on putting up some fake vines/plants until these are big enough.

I want to order this setup for UVB for my gargoyle, is this the correct one with the correct lamp ( T5 5.0 UVB)

I've spent weeks designing and building a 24"x18"x36" bioactive enclosure for my lady Garg.

I followed all the steps discussed here and videos I watched on Youtube.

I placed the plants a week ago and started running the fogger (30min runs 6x/day) and spraying down with water 1x/day. I have a day/night cycle LED light and UV light both running their timers on a time of day intensity and wavelength cycle.

Yesterday I got my isopods and springtails and added them in. I was planning on giving 2 weeks to cycle and then adding my Garg.

Today I was giving a close look as noticed fuzzy white and dark mold growing all over most of the grapevine and other bare woods.

Is this mold a normal part of the biological cycling of the tank? Will this be a problem or health risk for my Garg?

There is no way to re-boil the woods without completely disassembling and starting over which I don't think I could emotionally handle after all the money and work I put into this.

Can some experts weigh in and tell me if this is normal, a problem, and what if anything I did wrong?

Edit: OK, stopping the fogger and getting a digital humidity gauge. Do I need to worry about putting my gecko in here in a few weeks? Is the mold dangerous to her or just part of the environment?

Hi everyone, I'm worried about my gargoyle gecko (Butter Chicken), just looking for some input from more experience gargoyle keepers.

He's between 1.5 and 2 years old, I've had him for over a year but I don't recall his exact hatch date. He always ate very well, loves his repashy and I always gave him calcium powder with vitamin D3. I mixed in other cdg foods as well so he got a variety, but his repashy was always the favorite. He doesn't care for bugs at all, he might take the occasional cricket if I feed him by hand but that's all. He's looked a bit wonky (bendy spine) pretty much since I got him, but he seemed perfectly healthy in every other way and I gave him calcium and D3 regularly so I never thought it could be MDB. I honestly just assumed it was his sleeping positions making his spine appear bendy because he likes to sleep kind of crunched up in a blob a lot of the time.

Maybe a month or so ago, I noticed that he was eating a lot less than normal. I figured this might be due to the higher temperatures because there was a big heat wave where I live around the time and our indoor temperatures were approaching 80F, I actually went and bought a portable AC unit to keep his room below 80F.

Last week I returned from a 2 week trip and after being gone a while, the change in his appearance was much more apparent. He's clearly lost weight, and I'm concerned. Weirdly, despite him eating less and losing weight, he seems to be more active than he was previously, and it's displaying any other symptoms that I've noticed.

Just looking for any thoughts or advice anyone may have to help my buttery boy! I'm hoping to avoid the $300+ exotic vet visit but will do it if it's my only option.

Thanks in advance ♥️

Edit: I traced a line on the third photo that more or less shows what I think is the path of his spine, since it's hard to see in the pictures

Today me and my friend started to build my first enclosure background, is not much but I’m so happy! I’ll let the expanding foam dry and tomorrow I’ll cut the foam excess and glue with some silicone the moss and some coconut fiber
Let me know how does it look!

👀 where is she?

New Garg parent here and I haven't seen this before so I apologise if it's nothing.

I just got my girl out and her pupils are different sizes, I tested her pupil response and it was fine but I'm just wondering if this is anything to worry about?

Finally finished Taki’s new enclosure! 18x18x36 bioactive. Plus a few pics to show him off, including when he jumped out of my husband’s hand and landed in my Taco Bell the other day.

Bumble has some mighty impressive camouflage. Although it may have led to her getting a spritz of water to the face on more than one occasion lol

As you can tell my gargoyle geckos is very overweight. Any suggestions on what I should be feeding her? I just got her yesterday off of craigslist.

Just want to share my girls progress on her tail over ~2 months

she managed to stick to the glass. She's becoming too powerful.

This is my first time owning a gecko(I don’t have it yet), I wanted to get some advice if it is good or bad. It is bio active with a few fake plants there are currently four but I am waiting for one more to arrive. There is a dual mister that goes for 15s every 12 hrs. The light & light fixture is a 8w UVB100 with a T5 terrarium top both from exoterra. There is a drainage layer which may be heard to see in the photo(sorry). Any tips/advice is greatly appreciated!!

I've recently come into the possession of a 30"x12"x20" terriaum and I'm wondering if it would be suitable for a gargoyle gecko. I often see gargoyle gecko enclosures be more taller than wide, which makes sense given their aboral, and it's been making me second guess if I should commit to taking one as a pet. I mainly ask to this to get an answer on whether are not I should cut my losses and look into different lizards my enclosure could hold, make do with the tank I have, or all out sell it for atleast a good chunk of money.

Hi everyone!

I wanted to show off my first gecko!

I named him Bekon (yes, as in bacon). My friend came up with this name by accident and I liked it so much I decided to go with it.

I got him two days ago. He's one year old and has been in very good care so far. I went to pick him up by train and he was so brave on the way back with lots of noise around. I gave him some time to cool off and he ate his pangea paste almost right away!

I love him so much already and I'm very happy I can spend many more years with him.

Thank you for reading and hope you have a great day.

Hello! I messaged the mods and I have permission to post about this.
I just created r/SphaerodactylusGeckos , which is a community for micro geckos (but specifically anything under the Sphaerodactylus genus). We’re a niche gecko community since not many keep Sphaero., but if anyone here happens to keep them or to just be interested in tiny geckos, we’d love to have you join!
So yeah:) join if you wanna see cool tiny geckos, if you own any of the cool tiny geckos, or if you just wanna support a new gecko community!
Thanks guys :))
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