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In May we bought 1 albino and two leopard gecko's< godzilla and godzuki> < all babies> they got along fine together. A few days ago I went to get crickets from the petstore and was looking at a baby leopard without a tail. The petstore guy and I discussed peoples preference for tails etc etc .....he then brought out an albino without a tail who was a lil larger than the ones we already owned and asked me if I might want to give him a home as he couldn't seem to sell him. I just couldn't say no and brought him home and named him Nub.

everything was fine at first he was bigger than my other three < they aren't old enough to be sexed yet> but they slept together in the same cave and seemed to get along okay. He even helped one of the others who was shedding by pulling skin off.

come feeding time he got very aggressive with the other gecko's biting tails and faces. Our gecko's are WELL fed LOL crickets with calcium dust and mealworms. I'm not sure if I should be concerned with the behavior or not. Can anyone help me with this? It could be a few things but I am hoping someone might have an answer.
Thanks!

Agressiveness during feeding time makes sense, particularly if the leo just recently lost his tail. He's got no fat reserves to draw from, so he's trying to make up for all the energy of the day regrowing a tail. I would say seperate him for a while until he calms down and starts realizing that he doesn't need to eat as much. Then try a reintroduction. As to biting of the face and tails, likely a territorial thing because he's fighting for food. I'd just make sure they all get a little extra food.
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Brian Skibinski
Milwaukee Reptiles