I have two crested geckos, siblings, both about a year and two months old. Recently when I came into the room where their tank is and turned on the light, I saw that the younger (probably female) one had (as far as I can tell) the greater part of the older (probably male) one's tail down her throat. I poked her several times before she would move, at which point she seemed to free her brother's throat, and he promptly scurried away. They've mostly just ignored each other up to this point, unless stepping on each other to get to the other end of a branch counts... so what's going on? Should I be worried?
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Why did one of my geckoes try to eat my other gecko's tail?
ungaboo
May 24, 2004 02:09 AM
Replies (2)
AnthonyCaponetto
May 24, 2004 01:04 PM
Some geckos have been known to try to eat the tails of cage mates. If this becomes common, you might want to look at increasing the size of their cage or even separating them.
Another thing I would be careful of is premature breeding. If the one you think to be a female is under 35 grams, I would definitely separate them. Once a female is about 25 grams or so, she may be biologically able to reproduce, but not quite ready (physically speaking) until she reaches 30-35 grams.
-Anthony
>>I have two crested geckos, siblings, both about a year and two months old. Recently when I came into the room where their tank is and turned on the light, I saw that the younger (probably female) one had (as far as I can tell) the greater part of the older (probably male) one's tail down her throat. I poked her several times before she would move, at which point she seemed to free her brother's throat, and he promptly scurried away. They've mostly just ignored each other up to this point, unless stepping on each other to get to the other end of a branch counts... so what's going on? Should I be worried?
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Herp-Boy
May 24, 2004 04:31 PM
I think that one of your geckos thought that the other geckos tail was a cricket. This same thing happened to me one time when I walked past my crested geckos cage. One of mine saw my shadow, thought that it was a cricket and attacked but accidently bit the other ones tail instead. I hoped this helped you and I agree that you should seperate them if this persists.
