Yes, she! She’s over a year old now and mom has made a big realization about her anatomy. Much love from darling Wink! 🥰
To anyone who hasn’t seen her before: she’s fine. She was born with a facial deformity and she’s very healthy and happy.
The ground in this photo isn’t reptile carpet or anything of the like. She’s sitting on an ottoman.
Pictures are all from different days. I was just wondering if this is normal or if she just special? Whenever i leave the room she goes back into her hides but the minute i come back she pokes her head out and starts roaming her enclosure and staring at me. This happens even during the day but whenever i put my hand in her enclosure to see if she wants to come out she looks at it like its the most disgusting thing she has ever seen and even shakes her reptile paws as if i were infected 😭.
She does like being handled she just doesnt like my hands, only arms and shoulders for her and she chooses when its time for handling. I just wanna know why she keeps staring at me and is only active when im in the room (as far as im aware)
DETAILS ( I hope I’m not forgetting anything. Feel free to ask questions.)
I went looking for a crested gecko 😅 I just got done cycling a vertical 40 gallon bio active…. Walked past this booth and seen this poor baby girl. And I was staring at her for like a solid 10-15 mins ish. And the guy basically goes “ do you want her for free?” Annnnnd next thing I know I’m scheduling a vet visit and totally not trying to be overly dramatic and yell at this obviously very bad “breeder”/reptile seller at the show I took a card all of his reptiles semi looked ill but I couldn’t get any photos because he kept looking at my phone screen. I think on some level he knew he was in the wrong or doesn’t care idk.
Anyway- I wasn’t supposed to go home with a Leo… so obviously I took the Leo knowing if he was giving it away for free then something else was going to happen after the show if they didn’t sell.
My theory anyway.
So I have semi supplies at home so I made a 20 gallon long tank added climbing stuff, fit over 7 hides/ tunnels and clutter all over. Vines and branches.
Some slate on the basking side and a middle humid hide.
Water bowls and food bowl I decided to see if they would try to eat wax worms since they’re soft and they would help with weight gain. I’ll get some small dubias tomorrow. And she ate all ten then went to her humid hide she’s now laying on the slate since all the lights are off. I’ve done research on Leo’s of course but I wasn’t planning any time soon to keep one…
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I have a certain style for my reptile room and it’s kinda been thrown off. I think for now she’ll find comfort in the very well cluttered 20 gallon long until I can get a bigger enclosure for her ordered and cycled. I added some isopods I have way to much of and spring tails to help me out since I don’t want to touch her space and now that she’s home. The vet said she’s overall healthy but needs some serious husbandry correction to repair her condition on the outside.
She’s missing nails on certain toes. She has some stuck shed the vet and other keepers I showed at the show (who were not the original seller helped me out greatly! )
Gave me some pointers on how to gently assist with a soft paint brush but not to pull or tug at it. Since she has little shed on the toes we don’t want it to seal and rot off the toes all together.
The vet said it looks like her scabs are from her rubbing trying to get the shed off. A breeder at the show said the same thing.
Her weight is low but I can get that back up.
Her tail scales are kinda awkward and pushed in another keeper told me it would heal with proper husbandry?
I got her a uvb Arcadia shade dweller 7%
A basking bulb watt according to my room since it stays like 80° I’m not to worried about a ceramic heat for nighttime ofc not colored bulbs lol. No cataracts here..
My substrate is topsoil and play sand mix since I own other reptiles I had most of this already. The vet said it would probably help with the stuck shed if she was pushing and digging into the substrate and not quarantine her on paper towel like I would with new reptiles. For quarantine.
I’ve read through this Reddit’s guide “before you get ur Leo”
and I pretty much have everything good to go.
She ate all ten wax worms I put in her dish with some multivitamin on it since idk when’s she’s last had her vitamins if at all…
Calcium without D3 is put in a small small dish inside the enclosure just as an option for right now. I understand it’s not necessary. It’s more for breeders, but- ya know.
Is moss safe for Leo’s? I’ll put it in humid Hides, but I put some in the enclosure around to help with humidity since they’re also going into shed again.
I understand they’re not tropical creatures that’s more so why I’m asking. I just thought it would be beneficial for this instant right now as long as the basking side is warm enough.
(I also know I need to work on getting those tiny pieces of stuck shed off before she sheds again so it doesn’t make more issues… )
;-; there are no live plants since I don’t own succulents. Only a big snake plant that doesn’t fit in the 20gl
I own a BP in a 4x2x2 120gl
Also a bearded dragon also in a 4x2x2 120 gl
And I was looking for a crested buuut I only wanted three reptiles I know my limit soooo leo it is instead
I’ll probs gift the crested tank to a fiend.
And 55 gallon fish tank.
Just so people who would like to help me know my understanding level.
It’s 12am I finally got done cleaning
My mess I destroyed my room looking for already owned supplies lol.
Again I’m aware I need to upgrade I just wasn’t prepared for a Leo instead of a crested. I also have a certain style in my reptile room so I need to order the tank brand I like. Sorry I really don’t like zoomed glass look. Plus I need to rearrange some stuff to fit a another larger enclosure that’s horizontal
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My reptile expos are usually the same people every single show so I was flabbergasted to see such a stand and no I’ve never seen this breeder before. It was startling I went over and showed my local reptile shop I trust and they were lowkey looking pissed at the situation as well.
Nyx was such a trooper today! He was very good in his carrier during a tornado warning. Usually he tries to find an escape but he just looked around and splooted for the time he was in there. After the warning he rested the rest of the day and later at night he was on his wheel. I got the wheel about a week ago or so and he hasn't wanted to come hang out with me since putting it in there. I have been demoted lol. He always has a lot of energy so this was a good addition to give him something to do with the pent up energy. He is 1 year old and I VERY active at night lol.
I don’t have a pic/vid but I was feeding my gecko and it licked its lips and started to rattle the tip of her tail at the worm. Not literally shaking its tail at the worm, but looking at it and doing that. I never seen her do that before it it normal to do that?
Any ideas what breed she is? If you have any additional questions about her feel free to ask.
Hi! This is my friends gecko. Its very nice. Does it look healthy to you? Thanks
Lost it 4 days ago. I'm in panic and i dont know what to do. I cleaned her terrarium and im checking it doesn't gets infected. I couldn't get any food for her in 6 days, it's very difficult to find food sellers in my area but i just contacted a guy who can send some worms in a few days. I want to be sure she's going to be okay but she seems really depressed since then and im deeply worried.
Any advice?
this dumb idiot bit me extremely hard after feeding thinking my hand was a mealworm and made me bleed. shame the evil beast
She was shedding and when I got back from the mall she was done shedding, but her tail was all raw and her foot was super puffy, I’m starting to get really concerned, we took her to the vet a couple days ago and she was just skinny but now it’s like way worse
Sorry for the bad photos. Does anyone know what I could add or do they have any links to products I can use? I'd love to make my tank better for my gecko but i'm unsure of what to do. (Tank cleaned shortly after photos were taken.)
Margaret got mouth rot while she was with a different caretaker, she's now finished with her antibiotics and is recovering well :)
This leopard geck is neked, not sure how I feel about that.
Anyone got a grown up neked geck? I’m curious what these black eye dudes look like!
Hey so I’ve had my Leo for a few years now and he luckily hasn’t had any problems and has always been a sweetheart, my only problem is that recently after seeing some posts on this sub I’ve realized he’s actually big like really big (I think) honestly i realized I have been REALLY overfeeding him, I just want to see if it’s a really serious problem and if I should put him on a diet and if so how much should I feed him to get him to a healthy weight
How would you guys say she’s looking? She’ll be one year at the end of the month.
Why do Bro look like a Minecraft villager 😭 he looks so funny tho