Sick Leopard Gecko?

Brendan

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I want to be cautious.

I was just wondering, is my leopard gecko sick? Ever since I put a humidity shelter inside of the enclosure (just some plastic container with moist paper towels in it), it's been going inside of it for most of the time. It's also been a bit sluggish. It's a female, only about 6-7 months old, and she eats 5 crickets (dusted with calcium powder) every other day. Maybe it could have shed its skin overnight...I don't know.

The temperature in the enclosure is around 80F-90F at daytime. At night-time it drops to about 68F-72F.

Here are some pics that I just took about 5 minutes ago.

You could see in some of the pics shes lying down with her arms pointing straight downwards.















 
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OldHag

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Sounds pretty normal. The geckos I had would hang out in the moist hide most of the time. Laying with their arms back like that is normal too.
Im not sure about the sluggish part. Maybe she is just comfortable...if not maybe not let it get so cold at night.
 

lil-blu

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my girls do the same thing. they like to bask on the slate then cool off in the humid house. it looks pretty bright so it may have shed over night, my girls hang out in the humid house a bit more after a shed. was it dull one day and bright the next?
 
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