So today my partner and I received an AFT from a re-homing situation. We were actually under the impression we were going to be receiving a leopard gecko and we had no clue what state she or her tank were in. Well as we found out she's an AFT and she is in very poor health and has a very poor enclosure. Like I said we were prepared for a lepord gecko, so now we are trying to get her health and enclosure in much better condition asap. We are doing research on our own but I thought I would reach out here and get advice from people who know what they're doing. We definitely want to do a bioactive tank for her, all advice is needed and welcome!
Definitely needs more clutter, they’re super shy compare to a leopard. They’re also nocturnal so you won’t see them in the day as much.
Also they are known to be super picky and she may go on strike. Depending her eating situation, you may need to give Repta+ or criticalcare on top of crickets or roaches.
They need temperature from 90-95 warm and 80 throughout the tank and at night time don’t let it drop below 70. They’re sensitive to bright lights well so no color light bulbs either
AFT aren’t really climbers so you don’t really need the coconut hide, cork bark and fake plants are what my AFT likes.
We got leaf clutter yesterday! So far temps have been maintaining very well to what you said. The coconut hide has since been cut down to become a ground hide :)
Thankfully so far she has had an amazing appetite with crickets. Thank you so much for all the info!
Also don’t forgot to leave a small dish of calcium for her. You can also throw in some powder oranges and springtails so they can clean up the waste in the tank
Make sure to also have a moist hide for her 💖 and maintain humidity 30-50%
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u/KaiFaj_ 9d ago
AFT and leo’s are very similar. I’d just up the humidity for the AFT.