r/geckos • • Jul 28 '20

🐸Mod Post🐸 A small reminder.

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r/geckos • • 5h ago

Help/Advice Insectivore Feeding Ledge?

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My tokay isn't the kind to tong-feed and with his size, he refuses to go after large crickets unless they are the massive female ones. So, I give him dubia roaches or 1in hissing roaches from my colony. However, these burrow in his enclosure and so I have been trying to feed in a bowl.

My current issue is he won't go to the food bowl unless it's on top of his water ledge and when he strikes, 9/10 times the bowl falls on the floor. Does anyone know of any ledges or bowls with the escape proofing that I can put high in his enclosure? Or if I can commission someone to 3D print me something? I'm sure someone has had this issue before.

Thankfully, he has taken a few roaches from me this past month but it's pretty hit or miss. He's still traumatized from when he was sick back in March :/

Pics as thanks for reading! His name is Chamoy! He's a rescue ā¤ļø


r/geckos • • 2h ago

šŸ¦ŽJust for FunšŸ¦Ž My wifes leachie wants to know...

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...got any crickets?


r/geckos • • 8h ago

Discussion Special needs fat tail gecko in need of home

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I work at a pet store and we have an African fat tail gecko that is extremely sensitive to heat lamps and uvb. He is 50% off in store but I can see if my manager is willing to take more off. If you are in the RI/MA/CT area and want to take this guy, let me know. I’d also be willing to overnight ship him if I need to. He’s friendly for a fat tail and only bites if you’re trying to get shed off of him and he loves critical care for some reason. He came with his brother but unfortunately the vet decided euthanasia was the best option. He’d make a great pet for someone who is experienced with reptiles. I know this goes against the guidelines but I just don’t want this guy to sit here while he’s obviously not thriving or someone who doesn’t know what they’re doing and ends up hurting him more.


r/geckos • • 18h ago

Picture/Video Randy Moss

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My year old Male Chahoua has been such a joy since we brought him home this summer! He spends most of his days inside his cork rounds, and his evenings exploring and hunting all over the place!


r/geckos • • 6h ago

Help/Advice Should I leave him or help him?

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r/geckos • • 8h ago

Help/Advice enclosure suggestions?

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hello! im looking for advice on how i might make my crested geckos enclosure better. im already planning to get a uvb bulb today, but aside from that id love to hear if anyone has any tips


r/geckos • • 16h ago

Help/Advice Possible RI? Spoiler

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r/geckos • • 20h ago

Help/Advice Is this normal?

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r/geckos • • 20h ago

šŸ¦ŽJust for FunšŸ¦Ž Baby High Color NLS leachie

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Just picked up this male from a Morph Market Auction. My first leachie!! Any name suggestions?


r/geckos • • 19h ago

Help/Advice Safe/unsafe tank and decor???

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I have only ever had frogs but always wanted somebody more holdable. I just got this darling gargoyle gecko today after doing tons of research on getting my first reptile. He is a year and a half old. I got him from a local small reptile store and bought his tank, food, etc there too.

I put all the wood things in the freezer, got the substrate ready, cleaned out the water dish the lady said I didn’t need but I felt it would be weird if I didn’t have. I opened the tank to set it up, and there’s a big crack in the corner. Well now I’m rather irritated with myself wondering why I didn’t think to buy everything to set up before I got him just in case. But no biggie, I’ll just have to mist more often, put paper towels and decor in and add substrate to a new tank once he gets comfortable here.

I put all the decorative things i bought at the store in and about 15 minutes later I hear a THUMP and almost shit my pants. This big ass 3d printed shelf mushroom has fallen on the floor of the tank. Thank god he didn’t get hit by it. Poor guy is probably traumatized now. I am going to leave it there in case he wants to hide under it plus I don’t want to scare him with my arms.

Does anyone have recommendations for good climbing decor that’s actually sturdy? Do you think I should get a new tank right away in case it is possible for him to cut himself? I put some duct tape over the crack so unless he likes to chew on duct tape it should be ok. This feels like a disaster and I wanted him to get to feel safe when he got here.

I have a planted 10gal with nobody in it right now- I was rehabilitating a small native tree frog in it a while ago. I could put him there instead for the meantime.


r/geckos • • 1d ago

Identification Could anyone help ID my new pet? I'm aware they are a marbled gecko but nothing else

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Me and my boyfriend just got them but have no idea of their age, gender or sub-species. If anyone could help it would be greatly appreciated as we wanna try to get them a mate down the line.

(Apologies for the bad-ish photos it was hard to get them with her being so skittish)


r/geckos • • 1d ago

šŸ¦ŽJust for FunšŸ¦Ž Gargoyle Goose has no chill

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(See second slide)


r/geckos • • 21h ago

Enclosures Having trouble hitting target temps without toasting gecko alive

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r/geckos • • 17h ago

Help/Advice Stunned House Gecko

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r/geckos • • 1d ago

Identification What type of gecko is it????

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I came across this gecko on my guest house!!!
Wondering about the tail segment & nails??

Loc : South India


r/geckos • • 1d ago

Help/Advice Tarentola mauritanica in difficoltĆ ?

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EDIT: purtroppo il gechino è morto poco dopo aver fatto questo post. Ho potuto notare che aveva un accumulo di feci e urine non espulse nella cloaca e forse anche un parassita (sembrava un vermino piatto lungo poco più di 1cm).

Buongiorno! Tre giorni fa ho trovato nel mio laboratorio questo geco. È un po' secco, apatico e presenta un'incrostazione sotto la coda (o almeno è quello che vedono i miei occhi inesperti). Non scappa da me, e riesce a bere un po' d'acqua data con un fazzoletto. A muoversi si muove, ma molto poco. Secondo voi ci sono speranze di rimetterlo in sesto? Quella "crosta" sotto la cloaca non mi piace per niente, potrebbe avere un'occlusione in corso e forse è per questo che si sta lentamente sciupando. Consigli?


r/geckos • • 1d ago

Enclosures My new tank

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r/geckos • • 2d ago

Picture/Video The coolest little critter!

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I'm low key convinced my chameleon gecko is a dinosaur. Look at those pupils! eurydactylodes vieillardi


r/geckos • • 1d ago

Identification Help with a few questions

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I recently purchased a beautiful tokay on Morph Market from a HIGHLY reputable seller. Long story short, they sold my gecko, left the listing up (listing is still up?) and then sold it again to me. I received the gecko and after letting them settle a few days, was able to get a good look at them. Two things; I purchased a listed female, this is looking suss; this is not the gecko I purchased and I'm wondering if they will lighten up with age? Or darken? Male, or Female? I have a lot of experience with new cals, this is my first tokay! Do please be kind šŸ™šŸ½

First photo : female gecko I purchased

2,3,4 : gecko I received


r/geckos • • 2d ago

Help/Advice Gargoyle gecko owners: ever actually see yours during the day?

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r/geckos • • 2d ago

Picture/Video Something to be worried about?

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My girl did a weird thing today while I was offering water. My worrying brain is trying to make sure it's not something to be worried about. The water was just dripping, I wasn't spraying her in the face.


r/geckos • • 3d ago

Help/Advice baby crestie growth (3/4months old)

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hello! i am a first time crested gecko owner to this little guy rocky. i just got him less than a month ago and worried that he is a bit thin? i have seen him eat almost every other day, and poop multiple times. i have him on the repashy grubs and fruit and offer him mini dubia roaches which he has only eaten once. he is housed in a 24x18x36 enclosure and i put his food in tiny bottle caps. when he is fully stretched out i find that he looks a bit thin, any input helps!


r/geckos • • 3d ago

Help/Advice Help gecko with debris stuck to his foot

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Hi, I hope it's an ok post to make but there's this little guy that's basically living in my house for a while now, but he doesn't seem really good at it because the first time I had to help him get a hair out of his mouth, and today he appeared again in my bathroom with some dust stuck to its foot, specifically around two of his posterior toes.

Do you guys know any way I could help him loosen it up a bit? It's clear he is having issues climbing, I feel quite bad seeing him like this...

Thank you in advance!

P.S. he's like.. really small. No bigger than 5 cm at best, and has already lost the tail first time I saw him.


r/geckos • • 2d ago

Help/Advice Gargoyle Gecko i need help - New Owner

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GUYS HELP PLEASE my dad is picking up a gargoyle gecko with me tomorrow for free on craigslist we have one those half circle arboreal tanks i told him if it shows any type of stress im gonna buy it a bjggeer enclosure and put it in my room but i have no idea on anything about gargoyle geckos so if anyone wants to info dump or rant abt their care that would be so awesome or just yk letting me know on some basic care or tips

It says measurements in this pic idk if its big enough lmk but google says its too narrow :/ dont mind the other text besides measurement this from a post awhile back