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Hello, I'm curious to know whether Standings day geckos are handle-able, or if they should not be handled. My leopard and crested geckos are OK with me picking them up -- they don't get scared and try to run away. Are Standings like that, or are they more skittish and likely to run away? I like the larger size of the Standings but don't want to risk losing one.

Thanks for any responses!

joanne

The skin of all species of day geckoes is rather delicate and tears easily when they are handled if you are not careful. For this reason you should not handle them at all unless absolutely necessary. You can still interact with your standings however. They are quite intelligent as far as day geckos go and will readily take insects from your hand. Aside from that however day geckos should be treated more like aquarium fish than reptiles...look but don't touch.

if you raise them from when they are babies and spend a good amount of time with them they can be quite docile...but you cannot grab them at all. i ve bred standings for years and took the time out to tame one of my females and she was very docile...but i stopped handling her and she became very skittish again. if theres a possibilty for taming a tokay gecko then any gecko can be tamed...

I agree, and would add that I've bred several Phelsuma species, and the Standings are by far the calmest and most amenable to taming. But never grab them or otherwise restrain them by hand.
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