Hi all! So happy I found this forum; I was having a lot of trouble finding information elsewhere. After reading a few different care sheets and going through the "Search" button, I still have a few questions:


  1. Quarantine: having only kept a snake and a ton of geckos, how does one go about quarantining a pacman? Normally we put the geckos on paper towels to monitor for poop and normal activity, but the pacmans (pacmen?) can like burrowing, which would be a bit difficult in paper towel. Additionally, their poop is not nearly as small as gecko poop, so I suppose I wouldn't need to have such a high contrast background to see it. Are there any diseases I should try to observe while (s)he is settling in?
  2. Water: I use distilled water for the geckos and snakes, but I read somewhere on here that distilled is not recommended. Would RO water work? We are on well water, so if RO water doesn't work, can someone recommend a water cleaner for the little guy?
  3. Planted vivaria: (or something close to it) I saw a couple planted vivaria on here, but not as many as I thought I would see. Is there a general trend to just go simplistic with these guys? If I did want to go with a planted tank, are there any plants I should be concerned with? I was thinking fake croton (the thing people always think is croton, but not poisonous like real croton), pothos, snake plant, and moss (the fluffy green stuff). How would I go about heating this? I read that UTHs on the side walls aren't very effective in heating to 80 but I don't think I'd be worried about an overhead drying it out since it's planted. Normally I would go with a straight up "daylight" fluorescent, but is there a mild heat bulb good for plants?
  4. Expos/breeders: Do any of you know of breeders showing up to Northern California expos this summer, or any breeders in N. California? Shipping is sort of out of the question because it gets so damn hot here >.<


Thanks!