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AntTheProtagonist

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Hello,

My name is Anthony. I am a long time fish keeper and have recently acquired my first reptile! I decided on a Leopard Gecko for the low initial cost and the relative simplicity of keeping a gecko vs a more difficult species. I wanted to drop in here first and post an introduction but I hope to interact with many of you as I continue to learn about my new pet.

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Thanks,

Ant
 
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AntTheProtagonist

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Thanks guys and yes I know the sex she is a female. I haven't weighed her yet but she is decent sized. Any way of telling the age by chance? I already want to get another female because she seems sort of bored in a 20 long by herself.
 
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Elizabeth Freer

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AntTheProtagonist said:
Thanks guys and yes I know the sex she is a female. I haven't weighed her yet but she is decent sized. Any way of telling the age by chance? I already want to get another female because she seems sort of bored in a 20 long by herself.
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It's really impossible to tell the age of a gecko without knowing the hatch date. :)

How about sharing a picture of her enclosure? Does she have logs/tunnels to climb on and through?

Just so you know, leos don't really need (or desire) company. Leos are best kept by themselves. Two similarly sized females can coexist peaceably for years. Then, all of a "sudden", one of them has a bad day and attacts the other. Signs of aggression can be quite subtle.

If you were to put 2 females together, they really need 6 hides total so they aren't forced to share. Then the minimum size vivarium would be a 40 gallon breeder enclosure.
 
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Yoshi'smom

Yoshi'smom

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Welcome to GU!
Your new gecko is a cutie! :)
If you get the time, I would recommend reading over Elizabeth's caresheet. It's in her signature. Just click the link "Leopard Gecko Caresheet".
 
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AntTheProtagonist

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Elizabeth Freer said:
It's really impossible to tell the age of a gecko without knowing the hatch date. :)

How about sharing a picture of her enclosure? Does she have logs/tunnels to climb on and through?

Just so you know, leos don't really need (or desire) company. Leos are best kept by themselves. Two similarly sized females can coexist peaceably for years. Then, all of a "sudden", one of them has a bad day and attacts the other. Signs of aggression can be quite subtle.

If you were to put 2 females together, they really need 6 hides total so they aren't forced to share. Then the minimum size vivarium would be a 40 gallon breeder enclosure.
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Heres a couple photos. I noticed after going over your care sheet I am short 1 hide. I moved the moist hide over to the warm side of the tank. I hid the moist hide behind the log decoration under the leaf plant thing. I also noticed that she wasnt eating the meal worms from the brown dish but if i took a meal worm and dropped it in front of her she would eat it, then she even ate one from my hand it was kinda cool. Anyway here are a few more pics.Log.jpgFoodWaterCalc.jpgGecko2.jpgGecko2.jpg
 
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AntTheProtagonist

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I added another hide today on the cool side of the tan, its just a tupperware container until I can find another hide I like for the tank. I have seemingly trained her where the food dish was by making a trail of a couple meal worms to the dish where the mealies are kept. Shes a pretty vicious eater, eerily stalks her prey and ****s her head right before she strikes!
 
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Keeboard

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I have the exact same hide! Watch out, though; there's a place in the hide that's very difficult to get your gecko out of.
 
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