Crepscular behavior in leopard geckos

[panthergecko]

Well I wake up at 5-6 am for school, but today we have no school.
So I wake up and take a peek at my geckos.
My baby leos were out and about till I peaked in and they froze!
Unfortunetly my older leo has become lazy and sleeps all day and night. Only comes out to thermoregulate drink water and eat.

 

[bud1988]

Well I wake up at 5-6 am for school, but today we have no school.
So I wake up and take a peek at my geckos.
My baby leos were out and about till I peaked in and they froze!
Unfortunetly my older leo has become lazy and sleeps all day and night. Only comes out to thermoregulate drink water and eat.

Hi, how old is the lazy one?

 

[cricket4u]

Well I wake up at 5-6 am for school, but today we have no school.
So I wake up and take a peek at my geckos.
My baby leos were out and about till I peaked in and they froze!
Unfortunetly my older leo has become lazy and sleeps all day and night. Only comes out to thermoregulate drink water and eat.

What else does she have to look foward to?:biggrin: The only reason the baby geckos are out more often is because their metabolism is faster which means they are constantly looking foward to feeding. This is why you have to find ways to make them move. Make sure air temps are warm enough so they won't have to stay in their hides to remain warm. Allow her to chase crickets instead of eating out of a dish. Add new items as enrichment. Surprise her with new food items and you will see how excited she will become.

 

[panthergecko]

I use mostly crickets for younger geckos.
The dishes is just to make sure they have some food for when they are hungry.
Onlyk 8 mealworms to a dish.

 

[cricket4u]

Your adult is the one who needs the exercise.

 

[panthergecko]

She prefers dubia to crickets.
Or that's the first one she wanted when I put both in her cage.

 

[cricket4u]

She prefers dubia to crickets.
Or that's the first one she wanted when I put both in her cage.

Well of course she will chose the one she does not have to work hard for. Never put in 2 different insects in at a time if you expect to provide variety.

 

[panthergecko]

I don't think you even know how fast dubia are. Compared to a legleas cricket.

 

[cricket4u]

I don't think you even know how fast dubia are. Compared to a legleas cricket.

:lol: I feed dubias as well. They will either run under something and hide or stay frozen. You put in the dubia, chances are you are the one chasing the roach because they will hide in cracks or under whatever they can. So you are forced to hold the roach in front of your gecko unless the roach decides to stay frozen which is less common. There is no hunting the roach. The roach will slip in places that geckos are not capable of finding.

 

[panthergecko]

Are geckos crepscular?
Its 11:48 and my gecko is out and about.
Climbing stuff, licking water.
Maybe she likes her new setup and her early attempts to check it out were stopped by how light it was?

 

[bud1988]

Are geckos crepscular?
Its 11:48 and my gecko is out and about.
Climbing stuff, licking water.
Maybe she likes her new setup and her early attempts to check it out were stopped by how light it was?

Mine is up and walkin around between 8:00-9:00 PM