Are some Morphs more friendly and have a fun Personality?

Wheels47130

New member
I've had my first regular banded for about a month. I'm working with it and it will go across my hand and let me pet quickly. The other I got though I'm still figuring out his morph. I'm thinking it's now about 5-6 weeks. It seems to be a Diablo Blanco. It is the cutest though ever to me. When I talk to then it comes out and raises its head listening to me. The first few days I had it was great. It actually runs over and gets in my hand on it's own. I used to never think a lizard could be this cool :)
I was wondering if certain morphs were more like this or if I just got lucky and got one that sorta bonded?

Are Crested Geckos this friendly too? I may get one next year. I'm hoping to get a Exo-terra cage for Christmas. They will not be kept together.

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acpart

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Some people have found some blizzards to be more bad-tempered as a group. I haven't had any issues with my one blizzard. As a leopard gecko breeder I find that some geckos are "friendlier" than others just about from hatching. Some really hate to be touched and some are very energetic and disorganized. I don't feel it's about the morph, just about the individual animal.

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Wheels47130

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This little buddy is awesome. It jumps into my hand and now lays down and goes to sleep in my hand. It seems to be helping my banded Leo as well to trust me. They are both guessing just under 2 months.
 

kouneli

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I don't have a wide variety of each morph, so I can't say whether or not one is more friendly than the other. I do have to agree with Aliza about some geckos hatching out friendly.
Out of 28 hatchlings this season, I've had about 9 that hatched out allowing me to pick them up, watching me and coming up to the front of the bin when I go about my routine, and when they were large enough, they climbed out of the bin and onto my hand. Each of these were offspring of my SHTCT, Abby...a favorite breeder of mine due to her personality. The father, Gibbs, might have helped a little, but his other offspring with a different female weren't as friendly (still not bad, though). The most skittish/feisty ones? Offspring of Hank (super snow) and June (tang). June, though, was extremely defensive when she first came here. I couldn't mess with her for 2 months, except to feed/water/clean. She would actually leap into the air to try and bite the hand that fed her. She's calmed down drastically, though, and I can now hang out with her on my shoulder (for a little while). Wasn't about to breed her at first due to her original personality (though I'm sure she was just scared), but when she calmed down, I felt more comfortable doing so. Apparently, that skittish nature seemed to hit the offspring, though. Each and every one of them. They eventually calm down with regular handling, but it was difficult lol.
 
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