I've had my girl(?) for about three months now and I try to hold her everyday so she can get used to being handled. I don't want to stress her out every time I have to do a full cleaning. I've noticed she freaks out if I try to hold her but if I let her climb up to my shoulder she buries in my hair and is content for as long as I am willing to leave her there. Is this normal? Will she calm down about being handled as she gets older? I'm new to geckos so I'm not sure what to expect.
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Handling question
chubbyfrogmom
Mar 16, 2005 06:13 PM
Replies (2)
gaparicio
Mar 16, 2005 08:47 PM
Baby and Juvenile Leos are almost always very skittish. Yours will calm down eventually. I noticed from the photo that it lost its tail at some point. Did he/she drop it before you got it? When my geckos were small, I only grabbed them for about 5-10 minutes every other day. They calmed down once they grew to about 6 inches long. Be very patient, yours will come through.
chubbyfrogmom
Mar 17, 2005 06:59 AM
Thanks for the help. I thought she had lost her tail but the guy at the pet store said thats just the way they look. I guess he thought I wouldn't buy her if I knew she had been mishandled. I would have got her either way, missing tail and all she's still my "baby".
Here's what she looks like now.
