Articles for tag: Geckos, Leopard Geckos

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Creating a Habitat for Your Pet Leopard Gecko

If you’re thinking of keeping a leopard gecko as a pet, you’ll want to make sure you have a good habitat set up before you bring your new pet home. A change of scenery is likely to be stressful enough for a lizard without having to live in a cold, cramped box while its home ...

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Texas Banded Gecko Facts

Texas banded geckos, coleonyx brevis, are the smallest of all the banded geckos found in North America. They are only about 4 to 5 inches (10 to 12.7 centimeters) in length and weigh about 0.07 ounces (2 grams). Males are smaller than females and have a noticeable spur on each side of their tails. Texas ...

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New Caledonian Crested Gecko Caresheet

New Caledonian Crested Gecko Rhacodactylus ciliatus These hardy, friendly, and beautiful geckos are becoming more and more popular. At first you could only find them at reptile expos, but they are now appearing in PetsMarts and Petcos! Description: Obviously, one of their main features in the crest on their head – skin from their eye ...

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Force Feeding Leopard Geckos

Unfortunately, sometimes, when a gecko is not eating, or is at the tail end of it’s life, you have to turn to force feeding leopard geckos to keep them alive. Other times, you have received liquid medicine from a veterinarian, and you need to administer a dosage, but your gecko won’t eat the food itself. ...