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Pictures Tuchanka, my leopard gecko

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Back at the end of February, I brought home a leopard gecko :) Just wanted to share some photos!

When I first brought him home:

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His home (has been updated some since then!)

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And from today!

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I'm loving him :) He gets fed crickets and mealworms which sometimes seem like they require more attention than he does! He's pretty easy going and doesn't really require a lot of my time; I can see why reptiles are addictive!
 

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Love him! Once I left the crickets for my jeweled curly tail in the car and it was super cold. When I got them home they were frozen. Put them on the kitchen table and they came back to life in an hr or so :jawdrop1: It does not work in a hot car :p
 

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What a great setup for him!

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Love him! Once I left the crickets for my jeweled curly tail in the car and it was super cold. When I got them home they were frozen. Put them on the kitchen table and they came back to life in an hr or so :jawdrop1: It does not work in a hot car :p

Oh yeah they can thaw out a bit LOL, found that out too! Too hot is not as easy to spring back from though :p

What a great setup for him!

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Thanks! Much of the decorations came from a small pet shop here in town. A local man makes a lot of them in his home and sells them to the store, so they truly are unique and make it look pretty darn cool!

 

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Omg, he's gorgeous!!!
 

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Have you taste-tested his food yourself yet??? :lol:

:lol: Well, the crickets and mealies get fed a lot of the bird left overs - Harrison's parrot food, AviGreens, Featherific, etc, as well as fresh veggies...and what they eat, he eats...so kind of! :p Just not the vessel those nutrients come in haha.
 

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I had several lizards in the past and setting up there home was one of the best parts!

It was fun because I've never had a chance to do a desert theme for any animal before! And the cool props at the pet store were too cute to pass up. I have more waiting to be rotated in because I bought too many :innocent:

Omg, he's gorgeous!!!

I love his "eyeshadow". :heart:
 

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gorgeous!
 

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Love Leopard Geks! So cute
 

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He is adorable and so is his viv. :D
 

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He, and his home, are beautiful. Not to mention cute! :heart:
Thank you for sharing, I love reptiles but they aren't really a good fit for my home (right now, if ever) so I love to hear what other people are doing.
 

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He, and his home, are beautiful. Not to mention cute! :heart:
Thank you for sharing, I love reptiles but they aren't really a good fit for my home (right now, if ever) so I love to hear what other people are doing.


I've always loved reptiles but never thought to venture into keeping one. I am so glad I did :heart: Definitely different than the cute and cuddly animals I've kept up to this point. I wonder if I had tried reptiles before birds how things would have changed around here! I expect many more non-feathered dinosaurs would be here ;)
 

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Yay, for geckos! :highfive:

I have a lovely lady gecko, aka Lady Lizard, over here. She's a tangerine "raptor" (aka yellow/pink/white with clear red eyes).
 

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I don't know if mine is male or not yet - I just needed a pronoun. I should be able to tell soon. I'd go pick him up and check but he's pissy because he is getting ready to shed. I'll bug him later :p
 

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aw hes adorable. I love lizards too. :heart: we have a leapord gecko that is just shy of 13 (or older) and we also have a bearded dragon Manson that is by far the most social and sweet. hes 2.
your set up is awsome!
 

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He just got a new cave too! Had outgrown his old moist hide:

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