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a leo shakes it tail rapidly b4 it is about to eat a cricket does it point to it being a male.i only saw him/her doing this once
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im not sure about that but if you leo is old enough you can tell its gender basing on weather it has a v shaped row of pre anal glands. Males have them and the females are barly visable.
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I have decided to name my 1st leo Maverick. His last owner didnt want him and neglected and underfed him.
I don't think it determines what the sex is. I had a baby bibron's gecko that would shake his tail like a cat then pounce on crix. My collared does it do. I think it's like a predator thing ? lol i dunno 
My leos used to do that when they were young. Not sure why they do it, but they've now stopped.
Mac
Babies and juvenille seems to do it more often. I used to feed my babies crickets, but then I switched to mealworms (they won't shake their tails at mealies). After more than a year of mealworms, 2 of my leos got tired of it and won't eat it again. So I offered crickets to them again. And one of my 87g leo actually shaked his tail again for the first time!! It was fun to see a big fat tail shaking in the air!
Yea thats normal for a lot of geckos.
Completely a hunting thing... NOT an indication of male. And it does seem to occur more in juvies and babies than adults (usually right before a strike). That being said...
When first introducing leos (sometimes):
A. The male slowly waves tail back and forth. I've heard they do it to help identify the sex of other leos from a distance. If the other leo does it back, it is also a male and they may fight. If no response it is a female, which leads to B
B. Males will wave tail VERY quickly when trying to breed with a female. It usually happens right after he licks her and right before he bites her and tries to actually breed.
Again, not always, but something that I've noticed.
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Brian Skibinski
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