Leighanne
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Hello! Well I went to the pet store today and got all kinds of stuff! I got a way bigger cricket keeper with more floor space for my Scorpion, which definatley works because the one hes in now will be the baby cricket tank. We had success breeding them before and got pinheads but had nowhere to put them and HAD to clean out the tank so they were sacrificed. 
Oh well we can keep them now which is considerabley good because Gexie just went the last two days without eating. Thats the first time thats happened and enough for me!
Not having a car sucks and then my friends not being a Reptile person like me said feed him wild crickets which I do NOT do. Just because thats free food for my Tarantula doesn't mean the same rules apply for Gexie. We also found out that Tophatcrickets sells 500 for 15 shipping included and that will be next week. For now while at the pet store today I bought 100. I also got some T-Rex gutloader.
I got Ermac the Tarantula a big log and bigger water bowl. I got some more "proper" heating for Gexie to but after I tell you can you tell me if I did this right?? Three reasons they didn't have "heat" when I first bought them. 1.It was summer, apartment kept at 80's. 2.Low on money,but had some today! 3.I am electrically challenged and I had nobody to show me but the pet store chick. So I got Gexie a 5.5" Flukers daytime basking light with a 50watt bulb. Some way better thermometers and humidity gauges to! So is the heating right??? I know I don't have anything for night, but will be getting that next. I figured maybe I could buy the night bulb and switch them at night? Is that possible? Are the bulbs in the same heating piece? For now Gexie isn't getting both the light and the heating pad, but IS it ok to have both or one or the other??
I am going to run experiments within the next few days to see what temp the light is kept at and where his heating pad temps get to. Also going to put the light on different sides of the tank. One side its under his ceramic rock and I am wondering if it will get to hot?? The other side under his log. Is that a fire hazard or anything?? Do I need a Rheostat for his stuff. I didn't see any at the pet store but this was my first day pet store researching the heat. My friend kept trying to rush me to.
Otherwise I've researched online.
This lady at the pet store said she had two Geckos for over a year now. Two Ball Pythons, seven Rats, and a Betta(we laughed about that) to. She set me up how she was set up except for the night stuff. Anyhow, she said her Snakes got an upper respiratory when I asked her if shes been through it before and she said she put human Vicks you rub on your chest on the top of their tank where they couldn't lick it but could smell it and said it was gone after three days. Can I try this for Gexie?? Can I try the gatorade to?? I can either use the dropper I bought at the flea market today or put a teaspoon in his water dish? Can I also use the ingredients from Marcia's slurry like the herbal supplement seperatley?? Whoa! Its been a LONG day I think I'm going to give the crickets a couple orange pieces with dust rubbed on and then hit the sack! Sorry for all of the questions but I am trying to learn. Thank you for your patience!
Oh well we can keep them now which is considerabley good because Gexie just went the last two days without eating. Thats the first time thats happened and enough for me!Not having a car sucks and then my friends not being a Reptile person like me said feed him wild crickets which I do NOT do. Just because thats free food for my Tarantula doesn't mean the same rules apply for Gexie. We also found out that Tophatcrickets sells 500 for 15 shipping included and that will be next week. For now while at the pet store today I bought 100. I also got some T-Rex gutloader.
I got Ermac the Tarantula a big log and bigger water bowl. I got some more "proper" heating for Gexie to but after I tell you can you tell me if I did this right?? Three reasons they didn't have "heat" when I first bought them. 1.It was summer, apartment kept at 80's. 2.Low on money,but had some today! 3.I am electrically challenged and I had nobody to show me but the pet store chick. So I got Gexie a 5.5" Flukers daytime basking light with a 50watt bulb. Some way better thermometers and humidity gauges to! So is the heating right??? I know I don't have anything for night, but will be getting that next. I figured maybe I could buy the night bulb and switch them at night? Is that possible? Are the bulbs in the same heating piece? For now Gexie isn't getting both the light and the heating pad, but IS it ok to have both or one or the other??
I am going to run experiments within the next few days to see what temp the light is kept at and where his heating pad temps get to. Also going to put the light on different sides of the tank. One side its under his ceramic rock and I am wondering if it will get to hot?? The other side under his log. Is that a fire hazard or anything?? Do I need a Rheostat for his stuff. I didn't see any at the pet store but this was my first day pet store researching the heat. My friend kept trying to rush me to.
Otherwise I've researched online. This lady at the pet store said she had two Geckos for over a year now. Two Ball Pythons, seven Rats, and a Betta(we laughed about that) to. She set me up how she was set up except for the night stuff. Anyhow, she said her Snakes got an upper respiratory when I asked her if shes been through it before and she said she put human Vicks you rub on your chest on the top of their tank where they couldn't lick it but could smell it and said it was gone after three days. Can I try this for Gexie?? Can I try the gatorade to?? I can either use the dropper I bought at the flea market today or put a teaspoon in his water dish? Can I also use the ingredients from Marcia's slurry like the herbal supplement seperatley?? Whoa! Its been a LONG day I think I'm going to give the crickets a couple orange pieces with dust rubbed on and then hit the sack! Sorry for all of the questions but I am trying to learn.
Thank you for your patience! 