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Just got my new leo and the lil fella is eatin like a pig. Just wanting to know if i can handle the little guy. Its still got bands, so i'm guessing its about a month or two old maybe?? I would appreciate any info i can get, its on repti carpet.

I try to handle them as little as possible when they are babies, though some is needed to check for/remove unshed skin, etc...They seem to find it comforting when I make a little warm dark cave with my hands and keep them in there as I move them to a safe place to look at them. If you let baby geckos sit on your hand while you are standing up they have a tendency to do a kamikazee dive into space and may injure themselves, so be careful about that.
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Sarah Stettler aka Starling
Sarah@stargecko.com
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thank you for the help, i'll keep that in mind. Now are they not able to shed the skin their selves provided the right humidity??

With a humid hide they usually can shed all their skin themselves but even with the humid hide sometimes they do not get all the skin off their toes and tip of tail and occassionally other places, so it is a good idea to check them especially as babies- once a week should be fine. They grow so fast, given the right conditions, that they can quickly lose toes from lost circulation if you don't catch the unshed skin and remove it fairly quickly.
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Sarah Stettler aka Starling
Sarah@stargecko.com
StarGecko.Com COMING SOON! Star Quality Leopard Geckos
Specializing in Hypotangerine Tremper Albinos