Reptile Lover’s Thread!!

[Crestcrazy]

Try again with the picture of our crested gecko frozen food:View attachment 2534452
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when I click on them they both give me the oops we ran into some problems thingy

 

[BGcoop]

Yeah, I‘m not sure why it’s doing that, it looks good until I hit post. Sorry.

 

[Crestcrazy]

Yeah, I‘m not sure why it’s doing that, it looks good until I hit post. Sorry.

Are you pressing full image or thumbnail?!

 

[BGcoop]

Are you pressing full image or thumbnail?!

I tried both, lol.

 

[Crestcrazy]

I tried both, lol.

Hmmm..... Well I get what you mean

 

[Alyssa-Bee]

I tried both, lol.

I think that if it takes too long to load it might do something like that. Is your internet connection good?

 

[Alyssa-Bee]

A really great place for reptile care info and supplies is https://www.joshsfrogs.com/
I got my first megaray bulb from them (now I buy direct) and am hoping to buy some mounted plants very soon. If I had a smaller reptile like you (or owned my home) I would love to go boactive!

I think I might try boactive once Peanut is an adult! It seems cool but maybe a little hard with the low humidity of a leopard gecko.

 

[Alyssa-Bee]

Miss Ruka

Wow! She's beautiful!

 

[Alyssa-Bee]

A full body clear pic of peanut and some research, and I might be able to find a morph thats similar!!!

This is the clearest picture I have. It's hard to get pics in the evening because it's so dark. The few of him peeking out of his warm hide was achieved with my good camera at a really low shutter speed and leaning on something! Lol.

I was trying to get him used to handling in the pic. It's so hard to decide how to get them used to that! Everyone says something different! Because just scooping him up seemed to stress him out I started just laying my hard in there. He will check it for food and then just ignore its existence. Has anybody found a good strategy for taming that works?

 

[CSAchook]

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This is the clearest picture I have. It's hard to get pics in the evening because it's so dark. The few of him peeking out of his warm hide was achieved with my good camera at a really low shutter speed and leaning on something! Lol.

I was trying to get him used to handling in the pic. It's so hard to decide how to get them used to that! Everyone says something different! Because just scooping him up seemed to stress him out I started just laying my hard in there. He will check it for food and then just ignore its existence. Has anybody found a good strategy for taming that works?

Looks pretty young, yes? Colors and patterns change as the they mature so it may be hard to figure out morph at this age (although he does not look like a wild type). Super duper cute though!

The subject of taming came up on another thread recently. Here are my thoughts fwiw.

Sounds like Mango is just an amazingly sweet and chill little lady Tango isn’t, but that is ok! For reference, my little Hoshi is quite tame these days. He is easy to handle and totally unafraid of me. But he has never been chill lol. He is constantly moving and exploring. So Tango may never be sweet and chill in the exact same way that Mango or other geckos I have seen are, but I am sure he is still tame-able. He might require a different approach than Mango though.

A couple thoughts/ideas:

While you are working on building his trust, I suggest not trying to interact with him during the day. Particularly if you are having to wake him up and physically remove him from his hide, that is getting your interaction off to a bad start (in his eyes).

Instead, wait until he is awake and active in the evenings. Maybe feed him first (Or immediately after) since that seems to be something that is already a really positive experience. The fact that he can be hand fed is a fantastic sign IMO.

Initially (depending on your setup) you may not even want to take him completely out of the tank. Just try to get him used to sitting in your hand or walking from hand to hand. I would also keep those interactions pretty short for now. Maybe 5 min? And slowly work up to longer sessions.

Finally, I would highly recommend this video on gecko taming. While I tend to be generally skeptical of YouTube as an info source, I found this person’s advice super helpful when I was taming Hoshi.

Good luck! I am happy to help anyway I can!