Hello Everybody!

In search of a new hobby, and a new friend, I came across the Leopard Gecko, and I've fallen in love with these creatures! In the process of doing research about them, I stumbled upon this forum. I hope you don't mind if I ask a few questions here!

I looked through as many of the past posts as I could, so I'm sorry if my questions are very similar to ones addressed in previous posts.

I've found a great deal of information about their care, living space, etc on the internet. I still have a few unanswered questions though, and if any of you can answer them from personal experience, I'd be so very thankful:

1. Is a pet store like Petco a good place to buy a Leopard Gecko? I know that it is said that you shouldn't buy dogs and cats from a place like Petco, but I don't know if the same applies to geckos.

2. All of the Leopard Geckos that I saw at Petco didn't seem very colorful or interesting looking like the ones that I've seen pictures of online. Do they develop more interesting colors and patterns over time? Or can I expect the coloring to remain the same throughout the life of my gecko?

3. I read on one site that a Leopard Gecko will actually recognize its caretaker, but I wasn't sure whether this could really be true. Have any of you found this to be true?

Thank you all so much in advance for any answers that you can provide. Any other advice that you might give a new gecko owner would be greatly appreciated as well! I look forward to checking back to the forum soon.

Cheers,

J

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