Nose touching?

[Turtlestork]

I've noticed some of my younger geckos groups doing this odd behavior. They'll touch their nose to another gecko's back. It doesn't appear aggressive, more like the precursors to courtship. Is this anything to be worried about?


TS

 

[Supreme Gecko]

Not at all, it's their way of giving each other a high five or handshake
Actually, they use their sense of taste/smell quite a bit to familiarize themselves with their environment- including their enclosure mates.

 

[Hannibal]

it's their way of giving each other a high five or handshake

Thank is the best explanation I've heard for that behavior....love it!

 

[Turtlestork]

Haha, great!

It's very cute, observing these guys behavior. I was keeping this particular gecko singly until recently. I keep my tanks next to eachother, and this one would always be at one side of the cage looking at the other geckos through the glass. I keep my hatchlings in groups of three to four in five gallon tanks; small but not too small. They are all so funny to watch! The other night, in fact, I heard some odd meowing noise. IT took me forever to figure out it was just some of my geckos calling to eachother!

TS