#Cleaning the tank with new gecko's

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oak ore
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Hello everyone! I am new here and just got my little leo's. They have been a bit skittish after the drive home so I have been leaving them be to aclimate in their new home. I wanted to ask if y'all had any advice on how to clean the tank and the poop while they are still in this place of adjusting. I don't want to scare them any more but I also need to desperately clean the tank. I purchased them from the previous owner as a full set up. I just got the tank alongside the gecko's

alpine matrix
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do you have multiple in one tank? / did the previous owner cohab

oak ore
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Yes, the previous owner said they were a bonded pair.

alpine matrix
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so leopard geckos do not form bonded pairs.

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they are not a species that currently can be cohabbed with the knowledge we have on them. !cohab

mental bobcatBOT
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Cohabiting

In general, it is likely not a good idea to cohabitate leopard geckos, even just females. While some keepers are currently exploring possible benefits of social interaction between leopard geckos, there is no proven benefit to cohabiting, and they are not generally known as social creatures in the wild, despite there being some accounts of them living in groups.

While there are no benefits, there are definitely hazards. Hazards of cohabiting in general are domination behaviors, food stealing, spatial and thermoregulatory competition, fighting, tail dropping, stress, etc. Cohabiting different sexes comes with even more hazards, such as overbreeding, surprise eggs, and more.

In addition to outright hazards, many people who support cohabiting do so due to misconceptions. Leopard geckos do not have the ability to form strong emotional bonds (make friends), cuddle, or be lonely. People also sometimes separate their geckos and then assume that the adjustment period of each gecko now living in a new situation as the geckos missing each other, which is not the case. 99.9% of people are also cohabiting in much too small of a space. A single leopard gecko should ideally be in a 3x1.5 ft enclosure on it's own, let alone two in a similar or smaller size.

Due to these reasons, it is considered unwise to support cohabiting leopard geckos at this time. Our recommendation to people currently cohabiting is to separate them as soon as possible, whether that be by buying a new enclosure or by rehoming one or more. Please keep responsibly and keep in mind that geckos are incredibly adept at hiding their stress, so you likely wouldn't even know if your gecko was severely stressed.

alpine matrix
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the first thing you're going want to do is seperate them.

alpine matrix
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To expand on the command a little bit more as well.

They can seem just fine for years but something can set one off for seemingly no reason at all and one or both end up hurt or dead. You cannot watch them 24/7 and don’t truly know what’s going on. A few members of staff have geckos who were cohabbed and either have scars from fights or were the ones who ended up killing their roommates. Being raised together doesn’t mean anything as with our current knowledge of the animal they do not have the ability to form social / familial bonds.

oak ore
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Will do! thank you! Ill seperate them asap

alpine matrix
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np! i will also link you the server careguide! !guide

mental bobcatBOT
alpine matrix
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it's got up to date care information backed by scientific data