tokay's can't climb glass?? HELP

Tokaybyt

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Sorry for bumping an old thread, but it is extremely related. I'll outline my situation.

I got my tokay about a week ago, and he (pretty sure with the coloration it's a he) was on top of the cage, I accidentally spooked him and he dropped hard. So I figure I'd attempt to handle him. This is my third attempt; after some coaxing and slight chasing around the cage I got him to walk up on my leather welding glove. I transferred him to my hand and held him for a bit and he walked up my arm...and back into my hand I was pretty happy.

I went to place him back in the cage and I know he likes the glass so that's where I went to place him...he started slipping and my heart sunk =[...well I found this and have his feet a water bath and noticed it didn't help...I misted the cage to raise humidity thinking the gloves sapped the moisture from his feet but no success.

I also noticed his pads that don't stick well are brown and the others are pale like they should be...wtf is this =[ I'm so sad for him he loves the glass. I don't know what a gecko is that can't scale glass it makes me so saddddd.

Could it be the oils from my hand? The perfume from my body wash? I use filtered water for his cage so I don't think it could be a water issue...

It just seems odd it happened right after handling....maybe stress?

Keep an eye on him. Before going to worst case scenarios, not sticking to glass is a fairly common sign of an impending shed, as are discolored toe pads. The discoloration can also be due to any substrate residue - think of it from the aspect of you having stuck your bare hands into dusty potting soil, you'll have fine dirt particles stuck to you. Similar happens to many geckos with toe pads and the pads get "washed" with each shed.

It's actually kind of funny in a pathetic way to watch large, adult tokays with dirty, pre-shed pads try to climb glass. They kind of do a cartoon-like bug flying into a window and then slowly sliding down. They'll usually realize their attempts are futile and jump to something more abrasive they can cling to, like wood or rock.
 

Stellarreality

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Idk I just feel like my tokay is incomplete without being able to scamper wherever he wants...

Although I am stoked that it only took 3 days of attempts to handle in order to get him docile enough to pick up =3.
 
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