I have two male leopard geckos. I used to house them together until they fought and now I house them seperately in cages next to eachother. Today one of the geckos began darting across the cage several times and then stopped as his tail began moving slowly side to side. He either looked possessed or as if he was strongly fixed on something. He did this for a good 10 minutes. Then the gecko in the other cage did it for a couple minutes as well. I can't explain this behavior and just wanted to know if anyone has an explanation or has had a similar experience. Thanks!
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Weird Tail Behavior-Please Help!
bellabella
Sep 11, 2003 06:36 PM
Replies (4)
BeArDyCrAzY
Sep 11, 2003 06:41 PM
You mentioned that their cages are next to each other, well they probably saw each other and that is why they were both shaking their tails.
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~Allan~
My Photos
1.2.2 Leopard Geckos - Lea, Cleo, Helios, 2 un-named and going to be sold
0.1.0 Bearded Dragon - Luna
1.0.0 Fire Skink - Blaze
BeArDyCrAzY
Sep 11, 2003 06:44 PM
I suggest that you move the enclosures away from each other, or place something in between them so that they cannot see each other. If they can constantly see each other, that will stress them out.
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~Allan~
My Photos
1.2.2 Leopard Geckos - Lea, Cleo, Helios, 2 un-named and going to be sold
0.1.0 Bearded Dragon - Luna
1.0.0 Fire Skink - Blaze
bellabella
Sep 12, 2003 08:56 PM
I thought about that but I have seen them about to attack eachother before and seen their tails shake, but when then shook this time it was more of a swaying, not shaking. It was slowly side to side. THank you though 
I appreciate it
Lucien
Sep 13, 2003 02:27 PM
Its still a territorial display.. the slower swaying means they aren't going to attack right off.. its a posturing "If you stay off my turf I'll stay off yours" type of thing....while they can see each other, they';ll always be in a "protect my territory" kind of mindset which means their eating habits and other natural habits will suffer for it.
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Lucien
1.0 Columbian Redtail Boa (BCI)
3.1 Leopard geckos (2 Blizzard and 2 het Blizzard)
0.1 Savannah Monitor
13 rats
12 Gerbils
2 Dogs
3 cats
1 Albino Corey (fish)
