Movin on Up

Now at about 6 weeks old, Alpha and Beta have been promoted to sand substrate from their previous paper-towel.  I think they're still a little too small to live with their mother, so the adult geckos' tank has been divided with babies on one side and Buddy on the other.  Poor Rexie has been demoted to the nursery tank with Charlie on the other side.  We just don't want Buddy to keep getting preggers because she's seemed somewhat stressed lately and has had difficulty with her last couple sheds, and Rex's constant humping can't be helping.

Sometime soon we're also going to switch the top and bottom tanks so the geckos are on the bottom and Darwin is on the top.  The reason for this is that Darwin's lamps create a lot of warmth in the geckos tank right now and with the tank divided it's hard to give Buddy a cool side to escape to (the geckos' heat lamp is right in the middle of the tank so the babies can have some heat and still have a cool side).  With Darwin on top I'll also be able to keep the screen on his tank, which is good because I worry about having no top on his tank.  Although he's too small to be able to escape right now, there is a ladybug explosion in our area lately and I worry about how they would affect him if they got into his tank.  I know beetles are not good for little lizards because their shells can damage the sensitive digestive organs, and I'm not sure if ladybugs carry any other hazards, like parasites.

Moving the tanks will also give me an opportunity to clean the vent behind them and change the air filter.  It's looking pretty filthy, as is visible anytime I try to take pics of Darwin.