Are you planning to put a pool-like water dish in your leopard gecko enclosure? Surely, that will look nice and you also get to enjoy as you watch your leopard geckos swim in the water. Here comes the bad news, you might want to hold that idea as doing so will be dangerous for them. …
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If you have been to a friend’s house, or a zoo, and checked out their reptiles, then you probably didn’t smell a thing! Fast forward to when you brought home your own leopard gecko, and suddenly your whole room smells. Why is this? Usually, Leopard Geckos Are Not Smelly But… Leopard geckos are odor-free, as …
Part of getting a new pet, or thinking about buying one, is finding out if the pet you are interested in is dangerous in any way. Leopard geckos are no exception. Many people, especially those new to reptiles, often wonder if these small creatures are okay to have, especially in a family setting. Why leopard …
So, you clean the habitat daily. You provide a healthy diet of insects, freeze-dried food and some water. You make sure to keep up with cleanings on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. And yet, you aren’t finding any poop from your leopard gecko. This is concerning because that stuff needs to come out not …
If you walk into a reptile room or catch a whiff of a crested gecko habitat that smells bad, you may begin to wonder just what it is about these creatures that smells so foul. Crested geckos do not smell. Instead, it is poorly maintained tanks that are the reasoning behind this stinky smell. Failure …
While crested geckos licking themselves – especially their eyes, is nothing unusual (for reasons we will explain later in the post), it is somewhat strange if your crested gecko begins to lick you all too frequently, whenever you handle it. No wonder then, owners of such crested geckos often ask themselves: Why is my crested …
As you get used to being a proud crested gecko owner – or plan to become one soon, a question frequently on the minds of folks like you is “how fast is a typical crested gecko?” Does it sprint away or remain lethargic? How much space should be allocated for it so that it can …
Crested Geckos are very popular pet reptiles and of course, reptile keepers have a lot of different questions about them. Among the many queries posted frequently, one that comes up often is whether crested geckos can swim. So can Crested Geckos swim? Yes, crested geckos can swim but they are not natural swimmers; they do …