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last night me and my sister took our "zoo" down to my moms church for the little bible school kids to see.. all together we had 2 beardies, a ball python, a leopard gecko, and a rose hair tarantula(we left the mice, rats, and gravid beardie at home).... the kids only got to handle the beardies and my gecko.. i really expected my gecko to freak out and just try to get away... shes still a juvie.. i caught myself staring open mouthed at her why 6 little hands petted her... she was actually arching her back into it like a cat.. i think she was enjoying it.. i was kinda jealous, she never let ME pet her...i was completely blown away by her behavior, she did exactly the opposite of what i expected... and i had to laugh, the kids were all over the lizards but their parents would stay a good 10 feet away from them.. haha.. just thought id share this story.. im bored... dave
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"i have a mortal wound!"
"where? where does it hurt?"
"oh, pretty much around the big bloody spot"
"come inside. ill get the neosporin. da na na na na - NEO! ba na na na na na na - SPORIN! blee nee nee......."

Arching the back generally means they're trying to look larger...she was possibly a bit frightened by the attention, good thing she didn't bite anyone.

Thats cute!!!

I had a similar experience...my sister had her friends over to watch movies and these 20 year old girls (with french manicures!) who are quite high maintenance are obsessing over my leos and once they started holding them, wouldn't put them down! And to make it even better, their boyfriends wouldn't even go near the leos!!! Kind of ironic...but now, a couple of the girls want to buy the baby leos that haven't even hatched yet!!!

Cleo
1:1 leos (6 eggs cooking)