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I have seen a couple of posts lately in regards to regenerated tails. I thought I would post the only experience I have in the matter. I have only ever had this one gecko who has droped a tail. It took place during a photo shoot. I was taking pics and dropped the camera on his tail(now I know what the little wrist strap is for). I felt horrible and went into panic mode. For anyone who hasn't wittnessed this, consider yourself lucky. I can see that it is a great defense technic. I for one was thourghly confused. There was not much blood but it seemed like a ton. The tail was flailing all over the place I didn't know what to do. I looked at my gecko and he was just sitting there as calm as can be. I picked him up and put him into a new clean container. The tail is still violently thrashing around the old container. I was so distrought I forgot to take any pics of the whole mess. The pics I have are of the day after. He has remained calm and very handleable since this has happened. I glad he didn't hold a grudge. I have within the last two weeks put him with two of my females from last year and even though I don't hear the obvious rattling I do from some of my other tanks, I have witnessed coupulation. I will be expecting eggs in a couple of weeks. I see know reason why a male without his tail can't get the job done. This picture was taken on Jan 11th
This is from Jan 23rd.
This one was taken on Jan 30th.
This one is from Feb 12th.
Finally this one is from today.
I did not treat his wound at all. I tried to keep him and his enclosure clean. I kept the temps around 90-92 degrees. I made sure he always had mealies in his bowl with calcium. He was feed the same as I always do basicly.
Please try to refrain from any bashing my gecko has forgiven me thats all that matters to me
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Sleep, what is that???????
Just my thoughts and opinions based on my experiences.
Jeremy Letkey
jletkey@yahoo.com

My female has a regenerated tail. I came home from work one day to find my gecko in one hide and her tail in another. She was very calm acted like nothing had ever happened. The tail wasnt thrashing or anything. She healed just like you explained and just like your pictures showed. I wish she wouldnt have dropped it, and i will always wonder what caused it.

Not that it's neat that your guy dropped his tail, but your photos of the regrowth progression are cool. Made me wonder if losing a tail affects their balance at all, makes them "front-heavy" for a while. I know it's not bad enough to make them do a drunken stagger or fall on their face -- probably not even noticeable -- but their tails hold a good amount of weight and swing when they walk like our arms swing. If we all of a sudden lost one or both of our arms, it wouldn't prevent us from walking, but might change our counterbalance a little.

I don't really have a point here.
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0.0.2 leos
1.0.0 spouse

I think their center of gravity is low enough to the ground that the missing tail wouldn't affect their balance too much.
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Christina

2.3 leos
-0.1 tangerine het rainwater albino w/jungle background (Blinkers)

-0.2 jungles (Vahz & Skissor)

-1.0 tremper albino (Spitfire)

-1.0 tangerine rainwater albino (Bronx)

He looks very good for a regen tail, and thanks for the pics, i was wondering what the process looked like!
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0.0.3 Leopard Geckos
0.1.0 Miniature long-haired dachsund