Temperatures and Water Each Evening
Leopard geckos are evening animals, so the log is built around a dusk visit. The sitter records the warm-side floor temperature over the heat source, the cool-side temperature, and confirms the thermostat is running as usual — a heat mat fault shows up first in these numbers, days before the gecko's behaviour changes. Fresh water goes in the log as done or not done, with the bowl rinsed, and any fouling noted.
Add where he was found: in the warm hide, the humid hide, or out waiting near the feeding spot. A gecko who appears at dusk expecting food is showing you his routine is intact; one who stays buried in a hide for several evenings running is worth a note in the log even if nothing else looks wrong.
Feeding Entries That Count Insects
Counting matters more for this species than general impressions. The sitter logs which insects were offered, how many, and how many were eaten or left wandering, plus whether the supplement dusting scheduled for that day was done. Leopard geckos strike at moving prey, so note how he hunted: immediate strikes, slow interest, or turning away from food placed in front of him. A single refused evening is ordinary; the log's value is in showing a pattern, because several refusals in a row, especially in a gecko whose tail is also slimming, is the combination you want to know about promptly rather than at the end of a trip.
Uneaten insects should be removed and counted out in the entry, not left to roam the enclosure and bother a sleeping gecko.
The Humid Hide and Shed Watch
Shedding support is a specific leopard gecko duty, so it gets its own log section. The sitter checks the humid hide at each visit, re-dampens its contents if they have dried, and notes whether shed is in progress — pale, greyish skin is the early sign. After a shed, the entry should say whether toes look clear, since retained skin on toes is this species' recurring problem, and whether shed remains around the eyes. If skin is stuck, the sitter follows only the steps you have written, such as offering the humid hide and letting you know, rather than pulling at it.
Stool goes in the same section: leopard geckos usually use one corner, so the sitter notes stool found and removed, and any visit where the corner stays empty for longer than his usual rhythm.
Tail, Alertness, and When to Message You
A short condition line closes each entry: tail looking its usual plump self or thinner, eyes bright and clear at handling-free distance, and a word on alertness when food appeared. That tail note, repeated over a stay, is a surprisingly good health diary for a species that stores its reserves so visibly.
The message-you list should be equally specific: three refused feeds in a row, a visibly thinning tail, shed stuck around the eyes, no stool across his normal interval alongside not eating, or the warm side found cold. Your number, the vet's, and a backup contact sit above that list.
Assigned through KinsLe Care Teams, each of these leopard gecko checks — temperatures, feeding count, humid hide — can be handed to the sitter as a duty for this pet and marked complete with a timestamp.