My “lil guy” Spore absolutely loves being out of his enclosure. He’s never bitten or tried to strike at me. I can easily go into his enclosure and scoop him out whenever I need too, or for handling. I’m truly grateful for his trust and calm demeanour.
How does your Leachie react? I kinda wish I had another one that was aggressive just to experience it.
Share your funny stories below 👇🏼
Just looking for some people with more experience to give advice.
My juvenile Nu Anax Ami mix is in an 8x8x12 enclosure she currently is 5.5in and I haven’t had a chance to weigh her yet. She seemed to be getting comfortable but then loud construction started in the walkways outside the room.
She has definitely heard the loud vibrations. Now she has missed a day of feeding and has been hiding most of the night and day.
I’ve usually been able to hand feed and handle her for about 10 min every other night without her running away. But last night she did which saddens me deeply. Just want her to feel safe. I’ve had her for about 2 weeks now.
Does anyone have stories of their leachie being stressed for a while then becoming completely comfortable?
If I get one as a hatchling/juvenile and work with it on handling and cage aggression would they be docile adults? Any experience with this? I have a few snakes and a gargoyle so I have some experience.
Is this gonna be harmful to my CUC and gecko? I assume it's some sort of fungus/mold, but I have no idea what to do about it or how it got there. I did have a couple isopods get into the drainage layer a few months ago that died, but that's the only thing I can think of. I have a very healthy colony of Dairy Cows and Springtails.
Hey, I’m a new owner and I just wanted to ask if there is anything visibly wrong with my gecko’s tail. It seems a bit short and stubby for the species. Breeder never said anything about a dropped tail.
Starting off I’m new to Leachi’s and reptiles with humidity reqs.
I mist nightly but sometimes I have to mist again in the morning finding that the humidity has dropped below 60 to around 57 (I know so drastic🙄). That being said when I mist sometimes it goes up to 96. I know their humidity reqs are 60-80 but is it alright to have it jump up to 96 during the nightly mist. When I try to avoid it I’m having to mist again in the morning. How strict is that humidity range? My thought process is they have those fluctuations in the wild and should be fine
Don’t rip on me too hard. Leachie is still a baby in a 6qt shoe box enclosure
Hey,I'd really like to get myself a leachie but I don't know if I should take a baby or an adult,it's my first gecko.I was also wondering if I could put a baby in a tank made for adults.Thirdly,I'm not sure what size the tank should be,I can get a 100cm (40in) by 60cm(24in) and maximum 150 cm(60in) tall tank because of my furnitures
Anyone have any good tips on feeding baby leachies? Both of these guys were born last month. I’ve feed some pretty picky crested geckos in the past but these guys are really shy.
He’s a 185g, 2-year-old boy (Island Local).
I’ve been bitten by him quite a lot before, but usually it’s just a warning to leave him alone.
He’ll bite and let go right away.
But this time, he wanted to get out of his enclosure and when I opened the door, he bit my finger and just held on like a Tokay gecko.
Then he started bobbing from side to side, which kind of reminded me of mating behavior in crested geckos.
I’m thinking it might have been some kind of mating behavior, but he didn’t make any sounds or anything.
So I’m wondering if I somehow pissed him off without realizing it, and this was actually an aggressive bite rather than mating behavior?
My new leachie Jade! Got this night vision camera from Amazon and the quality was surprisingly good. Definitely helped me see how she explores at night.
what’s she doing 😭
(tl:dr at bottom) I recently ended up with two leachie geckos 1 male 1 female that are approx. 2 years old. Long story short they were being neglected by crack heads, kept in a 40gal fish aquarium, and when police raided the home for drugs and other evidence they found the lizards now they’ve ended up with me after a month long hold by the police. They’ve been kept together their entire lives and the girl has definitely laid eggs before. I worry about keeping them together for the safety of them both seeing as their still slightly underweight but would it be inhumane is separate them now? how strong are pair bonds with leachies? I know this sounds silly but they seem to cuddle and enjoy eachother😂 in the 3 weeks i’ve had them i’ve noticed no fighting or attempts from the male to over breed. What would you all do?
tl:dr- should i separate a bonded pair of leachies that have never been apart?
I am considering buying a leachie, so I started doing my research. So far, diet seems to be the greatest challenge. There is no CGD where I live, so I would have to import from the US, which considerably raises the costs. What size of package would you buy for a single leachie, and how long would it take to eat it? The ideal scenario for me is buying a large package and keeping it in the fridge (I checked they last up to 1 year), but I need a good estimate of how much I would be spending on CGD.
I built this 24x18x36 for a gargoyle but it’s a bit… big. Would a leachie be happy here? maybe a baby, and then I could switch out some of the finer vines/spiderwood as they get big?
I still need to plant it with live plants, just waiting for grow lights to come in! I plan to plant snake plant, pothos, maybe some ferns, and other gecko safe plants but maybe it’ll depend on who I want to put in here.
seeking any advice, thanks in advance xx
Does anyone recommend any online suppliers (US) that sell cork rounds for a tall enclosure? Looking not to break the bank!
i’m planning on getting a baby leachie next month, i was just wondering if there’s any morphs I need to stay away from due to any neurological issues like ball pythons can have and what morphs you guys would recommend or if it’s just overall better to go wild type?
got this 7 year old yate girl 2 weeks ago and tried handling her for the first time today! (that is banana on her face btw) made my boyfriend do it since i’m nervous and didn’t want her to feel my weird energy and get more spooked.
took her out on the cork she was on in her tank, she huffed a little but nothing crazy. we didn’t know what to do so we just sat there hovering the cork. i got her some banana and she immediately started devouring it which felt like a good sign! a few min later she decided to jump off and run across the floor, so my boyfriend yoinked her and put her back in her enclosure quickly (i didn’t have time to tell him he should have just tried handling her a bit until she calmed down) but oh well! i think it went decently well regardless :D
hope i can grow some balls and handle her myself in a few days