How To Fatten Up A Leopard Gecko Tail 

Yeah that's what I was afraid of, as I said all geckos are different, some people see one with a massive tail and what to replicate it, it's like looking at Kim K's bum and trying to replicate it haha

+Leopard Gecko My friend game me a very skinny lepord gecko and I have been feeding him 4 to 6 meal worms for the past week how long will it take for him to be in good condition

I would just like to apologize on behalf of all the bad pet care workers at pet stores…. Except I don’t claim ownership over them and they need to be educated before working/ selling animals…. I work at a petsmart and I am constantly researching care and helping change policies regarding the animals in our store. I am also a zoology major that takes the care of animals very seriously. I would never in my wildest dreams say anything like giving them sand or feeding strictly waxworms because that is how you end up with a sick or dead gecko obviously. Whenever someone is interested in an animal I go through the main questions: - what animal are you interested in - have you had experience with these kinds of animals before (reptiles, fish, birds, rodents, etc.) Depending on the answers I will either help them with providing for the animal or deny them an animal if they refuse to learn. I will not be giving animals to people who refuse to listen and haven’t done any prior research. It’s sad because pet stores just want to make quick money so the care pamphlets are really bad and the enclosures are “temporary” but the way they are laid out makes people think that how we keep them is the ideal set up. Unfortunately we are not allowed to change it :( But yes, unfortunately a lot of pet care workers are poorly educated and it’s a shame because these animals deserve good homes rather being sold off like a toy :( Sorry for the rant… it just makes me upset when I hear things like this because poor education regarding animals is one of the things I want to help change as a zoologist

I want to know knowledge about leopard gecko..​@@Thunder0usKitsune

+Devin Cameron i got mine today :DDD

Devin Cameron same

Do you still have it?

Maxwell 13 lies it says 3 years with Devin Cameron but 2 with u!!!!

Hows it doing

King Kush Fishing hoping you didn’t buy it, it just makes the pet store buy more to malnourish and sell off.

If you buy it make sure you quaritine it!

Pugley Panda oh so it can just die right. Cuz that’s better (sarcasm)

that's great, how are they doing after a year? EDIT: by that I meant it's great their getting a better life

Update?

Aw awesome! Thank you :D I'm glad I've helped :)

Same!

Ah that's always the best way to do it, then you're not too overwhelmed when you first get it :D

Thanks :)

Haha thank you :)

Sure your happy, but why WEREN’T you taking care of the gecko before 😒 🤦‍♀️

@@crochethooksandbooks I’m assuming this person is a child going off of the comment and account. Take into account kids aren’t the best with responsibilities and she likely got distracted by something else and began to neglect it. By her parents threatening to take away her gecko it helped her educate herself and take better care. At least she learned from her mistakes and took initiative to improve its quality of life, dont try to shame her be happy she even recognized and fixed her mistakes at all :)

had the same problem earlier this year, i took a good care of my gecko years before, but when college finally started full offline i got loads of work and project, and i usually got home really tired because it's one and half hour of driving to my home (got home at like 6pm at best), still gave him food but not as much, until I realized he was sick so I went to the vet ASAP, but since there isn't a lot of exotic vet in here, it took like a week to actually find a good one, fortunately the gecko is healthy now and I've been giving him a lot of attention

Thank you :D

Please take the dish of supplements out ASAP, she'll severely overdose! You could try dusting her insects with a different brand. Superworms aren't the best staple diet as they aren't very nutritious. I'd try to feed her more variety :)

Fiona Shepley I've tried different brands, and I've seen plenty of videos stating that having the calcium in a dish in the tank is good so they can always lick up some if they need it and they won't take more than they need. Also, she refuses to eat absolutely anything but Superworms. She's been very healthy since I've started doing this and is finally actually happy. before, she just laid around and got spooked by everything (even her own shadow) and her tail was like a twig. Now, she runs around the room when I let her out and she eats, and her legs don't look like they're on the verge of breaking. I'm no expert but I like to do my research, and what I'm doing now seems to be the best for her. she doesn't lick much of the calcium up either, just a single lick maybe like once a week. She's also finally shedding, she didn't shed once since I got her until recently. she's very active now as well, and plays around with her food before killing it lol. She likes to run circles around them and push them around and step on them, and then eventually she'll let it get away a bit and then wiggle her tail and eat it. Each gecko will be different, and this is how mine prefers to live and lives the healthiest. I have a lot of experience with fish (I study fish and I have 5 aquariums) and I can tell you, they're all different. you can have the same fish as someone else and have a complete different experience because they prefer different things lol. I appreciate your concern but this seems to be what my gecko prefers, and something recommended by some other RU-vidrs and a few people on the forums who were rated to be rather reputable (in the forums), and it's what has worked the best and kept my gecko happy and healthy :)

Fiona Shepley also I should have made it clear. I dust the worms in vitamins, I have a separate bowl for calcium as she won't accept food dusted in it. I don't use repashy calcium plus anymore as she refused to eat it.

Does the calcium bowl have d3? And also, what other insects have you tried?

The calcium bowl does not have D3 as I don't want my gecko to get "Reverse mbd" from overdosing on it lol, I dust her food with D3 every so often to provide her with her appropriate diet :) I've tried literally everything I can buy locally. Crickets, mealworms, waxworms, silk worms and dubia roaches. She ONLY accepts superworms. Which is fine to me because I had 4 successfully become beetles (1 of which I fed to her and she loved it too) and they are breeding, giving me more free worms :D! She absolutely loves them! She does accept the occasional cricket now, but will stop eating them after the first 2, and wants the worms again lol.

No problem :)

Thanks :)

Omg that's massive! Haha, are you sure he's not a giant morph?

I'm sure. He's a Fascio cross and they're known to grow bigger. A lot of breeders use them because it strengthens the genetics of a morph and makes them overall bigger.

Just curious, are they housed together?

catsalot, Leopard Gecko has a few videos on most of your questions :)

Mil worms are there staple diet

Cassondra Guillen you need multivitamins too. Dust with calcium every other feeding and vitamins every three feedings, only one with d3

I wouldn't assume

Scoop the gecko up from the side

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If the gecko screams and bites a lot, gets very excited around food, is skittish, or is very inaccurate trying to catch food, then it's probably under a year old. Wild type leopard geckos have stripes when they're young and those fade into spots as they age.

Feed her more often because she doesn't have a tail to store fat in :)

how is she now

I saw and replied to your other comment. It's great to hear he likely doesn't have stick tail! Try feeding him other insects such as crickets and Dubia roaches, mealworms aren't the best feeders anyway.

Take him to an exotic vet ASAP, with a fresh sample of his poop, to check for parasites or any other illnesses. A skinny tail isn’t a good sign. Mealworms are not healthy for their main diet and needing to force feed him isn’t good either.

+Classy Dragon gutloaded means the feeder insects have eaten good food so the feeder insects get a little fat.

+Classy Dragon I usually do carrots and oats for my superworms

How old is Diego? My gecko Leo is 5. I feed him six large crickets every other day is that okay for him?

+Earthball115 my gecko's name is Leo to!

No matter what you gut load the crickets with, you'll still need the powders. You can use cricket food or various fruits and veggies for gut loading

Mealworms are fatty and not a healthy staple at all. Your gecko definitely isn’t underweight, he’s likely overweight. Feed mainly live crickets or Dubia roaches with different types of worms for variety. The more variety the better. A healthy adult should be fed every 3-4 days/twice a week, although if they need a diet once a week is better.

As many as they’ll eat in fifteen minutes. I feed up to 8 per feeding

Taylor Bronner you need multivitamins too. Crickets only make noise if they have wings. How about Dubia roaches?

Feed mainly crickets or Dubia roaches. Arcadia or zoo med’s tube UVB would be very beneficial, just be sure to use supplements without d3 if you get it. Is she albino?

Do you have a fb acc

The Hyuga yes but I never use it, I prefer to talk here

pommenad if the gecko has parasites such as stick tail they’d stop eating and would need to go to the vet. Be careful, many petstores and some breeders sell geckos with stick tail. If they’re young a small tail is normal

Feed her more. As many as she’ll eat in fifteen minutes.

is it still alive 6 years later?

All the videos I’ve watched have said very similar things 😆

Stacie Irizarry just watch out for infection and use paper towel until it grows back :)