Yeah, I was watching her today and she looked straight at me and opened her mouth proper wide for a moment and it was still a bit open and she did it a few more times before going into her log hide to sleep (presumably, it’s all she does!) and it was really kind of creepy….we’ve renovated her cage and put a few more rocks and stuff in recently but i don’t think that’s it.
Also, when I try to hold her she jumps out of my hands and tries to escape. It’s scaring me and stopping me from holding her in case she escapes and i hurt her somehow :/
She’s been handled a lot before me, apparently, and I did all of that stuff but she completely ignored my hand even though I tried for a month xD Thanks for the help with the yawning though, i was scared she was being sick or something.
She’s been handled a lot before me, apparently, and I did all of that stuff but she completely ignored my hand even though I tried for a month xD Thanks for the help with the yawning though, i was scared she was being sick or something.
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It is possible rearranging the tank is causing her to readjust. As you probably know leopard geckos are nocturnal and sleep most of the day. As for opening its mouth, im not sure maybe it was just stretching or yawning? =]
As for holding, you have to give it chance to adjust, you can do this in as little as a week.
1.place your hand in the gecko’s tank. (near the leo)
2. allow the leo to come to you (it might not do it the first couple time your try)
3.it will either lick your hand or try and climb, if it climbs on your hand dont remove your hand from the tank, just allow it for walk over your hand (this will build trust)
4. do this for about 7 days until it gets use to you.
5. after that you can pick it up and bring it over to your bed or floor, and do a hand over hand motion allowing it to walk on your hands.
dont forget not to try and hold it until about a week after rearranging the tank since it’ll need time to readjust.
yes.so wide that my head can fit.
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tired she was yawning!
almost all reptiles yawn!
it happend too mine!