What’s up frank ! Leaving my comment here, just because 😏👇🏻 This is a wild video & great footage & info ! & despite what others think…lizards are lizards & yes this is a natural behavior that is displayed when they think something is another critter. My Savannah monitor did this same exact thing… Alligator death rolls & all lol… with a goofy garden glove, that she always got ahold of & seemed to think it was another critter 🤣 it’s a natural behavior & something they would do in the wild. I think this was a great video ! 🦎🤙🏻
@@Mattle_lutra hmmm ? Vinegar ? Not sure I personally would try that. I would always just wait for my Savannah to let go when she was done playing. Now if they clamp down on your finger, that’s a whole different story lol !!
what is the minimum temp they can live in? i have an 8x8 grow tent for my highland carnivorous plants and i would want to have gecko or other reptile loose in the tent, but im not sure if they would be ok at night or it would be too cold, i have 90% humidity, 25c in day time and minimum of 12c at night...if its too cold, can they be ok with a heating rock? or are they smart enough that at night its too cold and go through a tunnel to another tent that is inside the big tent were the temp at night goes to minimum of 22c at night as it is my lowland grow tent.
I have a few leopard geckos n getting bit by them is not fun at all 😭 i got 4 n the 3 females are pretty docile but the male one time grabbed me by the web part in between your finger n even tho they got no teeth tht mf pinch is intense
@@Eatasaladwithmeat2574 ouch but that’s what happens when u have pets all my animals bit me but it’s not a vicious bite it’s a love bite bcs I still look fine 😂we enjoy our pets was the gecko bite very painful did he do it to hurt u ??
@@Angelic102 yea i think i just startled him cause i gently touched his tail n he whipped back fast asf n grabbed me n it scared the shi outta me but he hasnt done it since💀💀💀
I used to have to wrestle things out of my leopard gecko’s mouth almost every time I fed him because he’s mostly blind and will bite ANYTHING on the off-chance that it’s food. I’ve resolved to put him in a plastic tub for feeding so he has nothing to bite. He wouldn’t last a day in the wild, but this year he’ll be 17 years old!
especially not males, females it technically works a lot of the time but it really isnt worth it. If you are dead set on cohabitating do females only and way way more space, two girls in a 55 gallon would almost certainly be fine but ultimately the safest thing is to is just single. also a 55 is a ton of space for two geckos so the only time id even consider it is if the setup was really nice looking but at the point there are better reptiles for that setup.
@@Exquailibur It’s only 15 gallons extra of the minimum, so I would not put two geckos in a 55 gallon, nor would I call it ‘lots of space’ for two. 40 gallons is the minimum for a leopard gecko, meaning you’d probably have to go up quite a tank size to accommodate two (which is a poor idea). Everything else you’ve said I agree with, though.
@@Azeathe the dimensions of a 55 vary, its about floor space not gallonage. the minimum for one gecko is somewhere between a 10 and a 20 long, if you put two geckos in a 40 tall you are an idiot. The layout and shape of the actual enclosure are far more important then how many gallons there are, a 40 tall would be worthless since geckos cant fly. Also space goes a lot further if there are more spaces to hide, if you have a huge 4x6 enclosure for your geckos but only 2 hides then the extra space does them almost no good. Building an enclosure is about understanding the animal and how the layout effects their behavior, the gallon based minimum is almost useless because I have seen geckos kept in a 20 tall but they were told 20 gallons is the right size so they think its fine. In my opinion 1ft x 2ft is the minimum size for one gecko but I would really push for more then that. The amount of hides is arguably far more important though. The 50 gallon low boy would fit 2 geckos easily, if it was set up right anyways
@@Exquailibur By 40 gallons I mean at least a 36” long tank. 3 feet. That is considered minimum nowadays. Although a standard terrestrial 20 can work for babies/juveniles, it is very much pushing with adults and I would never put a fully grown adult in there. Minimums change as we begin to understand what their natural environment is *really* like (and thus what their husbandry requirements *actually* are). It’s like ball pythons’ standard changing from a 40-55 gallon (terrestrial tank) minimum, to needing a 4ft x 2ft x 2ft enclosure at minimum. Because we learned they exhibit semi-arboreal tendencies (through where they’ve been collected, and what has been found in their stomachs - ie, notable amounts of bats and birds alongside the expected rodents), do not sit in termite mounds at all, and are actually much more active than originally thought. It’s also like the standard of UTHs that accompanied ball python husbandry being pushed aside in favor of DHPs, halogen, and CHEs, because they heat the snake better than UTHs do (and are less dangerous when set up appropriately). 2 feet deep is not bad at all, but I would not put any adult gecko in a 12” long tank whatsoever for a whole variety of reasons beyond just space concerns for the gecko itself.
when my darkgrey/blue cat was a kitten she jumped on my desk, looked at my pancake suspiciously, then out of corner of my eye a little cat hand appeared slowly, then slapped the pancake
Those cute little head thrashes are super painful when it's your hand.😢. My male loves to go for you instead of a tasty super worm during feeding time.
My first reptile was a leopard gecko. I found out one time while hand feeding him just how hard they bite. It shook like a pitbull too!! Thankfully after about 30 seconds he let go. They pack a punch!
I love leopard geckos. We ended up raising them when I was a kid after our original 2 mated and laid eggs. We always had really sweet little guys except our original female who liked to cop an attitude sometimes.
Bro be did the death roll!! I was just given a leopard gecko n they told me he was "blind" I've given him a soak in some luke warm water n rubbed his eyes a bit with a q-tip n they're both open now and i got an entire shed off of him!! I'm so happy. I've never owned a gecko before but i did have a beardie for a bit so i figured he needed SOME humidity n I'm praying he will b able to c again!!!🙏🏻🙏🏻
You may want to take them to a vet to make sure the gecko doesn’t have any shed stuck in its eyes. If a gecko has a lot of bad sheds dead skin can build up around the inside of their eyes 🙁
It's great that you're already treating him better! If he is blind, I suggest feeding him crickets. My gecko is blind and refuses to eat from the tweezers, so I give him one cricket at a time, and he finds them based on the chirps. Hopefully, you don't have to resort to that, though!
I'm not a reptile/amphibian person, but I'd assume the same tactic I use on opossums would work. You've seen them go alligator-mouth and hiss. All those teeth.... Just stick your bare finger in its mouth. Its super effective. Anger becomes confusion. It looks at you like "well.... damn... what now?" (Been my experience they are like chihuahuas. Even if they bite you, it doesn't do much.) But now, you're invincible. Just be nice, give'em some pats, and suddenly, it really, really likes you. And.... its not some heart energy or metaphysical babble that makes it work. Just logic. It bluffed its best bluff, it had zero effect, it accepted death, and got chin scratchies instead. So this thing is now friend. (Don't make pals with oppossums, though. That 9-12 month lifespan is brutal.)
@@Volyren As fun as your ideas sound, this trick only works if they're NOT reptilian. 😅 Most reptiles have a near-INSTANT like reaction sometimes. All it takes is a little movement and BOOM they've got whatever they THOUGHT it was. If you stick your finger in a reptiles mouth, you better have made peace with that finger beforehand, cause they'll fight you for it back. Unless, it's a snake.. then you mostly just get your finger back unscathed after a minute.. (Does not apply to venomous snakes). 😂 Even the slowest reptiles become lightning McQueen at mealtime.
@@ashleesmith580 the only reptile I had as a temporary pet was a turtle. I have a very weird, pacifist bobcat. And he brought the teenage non-mutant regular turtle in one day, and proceeded to snuggle it. The turtle didn't seem to mind, so I let it be. That was his buddy/baby. And if he was inside when I got up, we'd have breakfast together. Cheerios. (No milk for him) But he got too big for Uncle to pick up and eventually went off into the world to learn ninjutsu, as is natural.
@@Volyren I will have you know that your Teenage Non-Mutant Turtle companion CHOSE to not be violent. I think they're all secretly ninjas anyway >_> and it's an active decision on their part to walk and move slowly. It's part of their Zen personalities... or their evil plan. One of the two. Lol Turtle bites hurt, dude. 😖 It's like the only time they decide to have lightning fast reflexes.
@@ashleesmith580 he was a chill turtle. And he really liked the cat. Climbed on top of him to nap, or accepted getting laid on. And he took the cheerios from my fingers. Never bit me. Pretty sure he was just a regular turtle. Not the bright colored box turtles. I dunno. South carolina. But everything here is weird. I got a disney princess-worth of nuerotic animals that drop by.
My leo was the nicest little guy in the world until one day two weeks ago he randomly latched onto my finger just like that and started death rolling. Now I have a big ass scar from it. I guess he thought my finger was another gecko or food or smth. He had never bit me like that in the 7 years that I’ve had him.
