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Well..I did that today with my breeding colony. Boy was it a mess.
But here's a helpful hint for anyone who happens to have this happen to them.
After I swept up most of the colony from the carpet, I noticed many were digging into the carpet very quickly, but I couldnt get them out. So what I did was ran my fingers quickly across the carpet and they all started popping out!
And after I had most of them out and back in the container, I noticed more coming out on their own! They obviously didnt like the vibrations of my fingers running across the carpet, so they all started to emerge in fear, LOL.

It was quite successful, and I managed to get the majority of my colony back this way! Altho im sure I lost many eggs, but they can be replaced

Just a helpful tip!

~Crystal
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Crystal Light (Yes..that's my real name)
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Dusty Windom (Yeap..that's my real name, too)

*Whenever you lose a gecko, just think of it as God building on his own Leopard Gecko collection

The Gecko Barn

Hahaha..Did that once..only it was in my bedroom..Tripped, fell...U kno the rest..Blah...Had a heck of a time....Needless to say, I slept in the living room that night...Just think...Mealies..in ur hair...nose..ears..Mouth!..haha...Im weird..O, well, bye for now!!

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hahahaha, wouldnt be so bad...lotsa protein! But even if they did get loose, chances are you'll never see them again, since they like to burrow.
Mine actually feel off one of the racks when I was trying to unplug a plug from behind the shelf...oy.
Im a clutz.

~Crystal
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Crystal Light (Yes..that's my real name)
&
Dusty Windom (Yeap..that's my real name, too)

*Whenever you lose a gecko, just think of it as God building on his own Leopard Gecko collection

The Gecko Barn

I still find worms in my carpet, my parents now have me pay them a quarter for every mealie beatle they find in there room (way too many!) at least I know any escaped geckos won't go hungry, lol
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1.1 mali uromastyx (bruno and mali)
2.1.2 Leopard geckos (Hippo, Bart,Sheek Apallo, and dot)
0.1 blizzard corn snakes (pearl)
2.3.1 coleonyx variegatus (banded geckos)(unnamed)
0.0.2 mediterranean house geckos (unnamed)
1.1 Golden retreivers (kardy and bailey)

Ooohh, thats kind of scary. I hope you dont end up with an infestation of beetles and worms in your house.

...once!! I never want to have to clean THAT mess up again! LOL! He only dumped about half of it but it was all over the place!