He‘s a baby and I want to know what kind of substrate I should use for him. Sand is bad because he tried eating it and it‘s bad for him, also, I know about reptile carpet but it looks stupid in the cage. Same as paper towels and that kind of stuff. Is there anything else I can use? Thanks.
Well if you ran it out of oil chances are you spun a bearing , which means serious problems internally,and no the engine lite may not come on
If your gecko is not eating the sand (but you said he is) then you should keep it. Make sure he has calcium in his tank and that may stop him from eating it. Reptile sand he should pass just fine. But, you could look into tiles.
Look into slate tiles over play sand. They look great and the tiles never have to be replaced. The tiles will conduct heat well and will prevent the gecko from eating sand. Its also far more natural for a leopard gecko than sand.
At a petstore will be various types of substrates. Bits of walnut shell or vermiculite are good options, depending on how old the gecko is. Ask an employee about it. And reptile carpet is one of the better things, easy to clean and doesn't have to be so often replaced. Old newspapers are good as well, and why do you care what the cage looks like? As long as the enclosure provides the necessities for your gecko, then it doesn't matter how stupid it looks.
not necessarily engine light only responds to failures in O2 sensors, throttle position sensor, cam position sensor, ECU etc. So if you have a blown crank bearing the engine would have no way of knowing. Doubt it's a rod though, that would cause a serious clatter. I suggest draining the engine oil then inspecting it for any pieces of metal. This will let you know if anything if broken or cracked in the housing.
