I just recently got a leopard Gecko yesterday around 4pm. It squealed at me and my boyfriend.
Today it squealed again but this time when I was emptying a bag of crickets for it.
I figure I ask someone for help.
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How do you tame a leopard gecko?
lillesspetz
May 17, 2005 03:09 PM
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lillesspetz
May 17, 2005 03:52 PM
Here's a picture of the little one.
I don't think it likes me.
humpbacks1962
May 17, 2005 04:21 PM
He looks young, he'll be squiggly for several months. You got it today, give it some space and let him be. He is freaked out and won't be willing to be handled. In the wild, this is the most vulnerable time of their lives, so he won't be subduing any time today.
I don't think you can really, completely tame a gecko. Some just don't like to be handled. I have some that arrived and were tame right from teh start. Others were squiggly when young, and calmed down as they aged. I have a leo that was a squirt when young, and now as an adult is still a squirt.
So, give it time. It is easier to tell if your animal will like handling when he is relaxed in his new environment, and older.
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Gilbery007
May 17, 2005 05:20 PM
Sounds like a normal little one you have there, they are very jumpy as juveniles and even more as hatchlings and some do let out a high piched squeel. But in time he/she chould calm down and will eventually stop this. So let the little one settle in for a week. You can find some help on handling on my site. Hope this helps
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