KingLeo
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- Brookville, Pennsylvannia
So my leopard gecko, Bubberino, decided to flip out tonight. He is about 1 1/2 years old, full grown, very fat tail and a very healthy gecko. He doesn't mind me picking him up in his cage, but he does mind when I transition him and take him out of the cage. Tonight I picked him up in his cage no problem, started to carry him to another room. He flipped out, snapped back his head and latched onto my finger. I put him down on the floor, and he started darting around and waving his tail. I know that the 'tail wave' is a natural instinct to distract predators and to attack their tail. I also know if you move to fast or something startles them, they go into alert mode and get "spooked". He proceeded to run away and hide. Every time he would start wagging his tail I'd give him a couple minutes then proceed to pick him up and he kept waving his tail. Eventually after being bit again I got him back in his cage. He only bites me when I have a hold of him and I feel like I am holding him wrong. I put four fingers under him with my pointer on his chest, and then close my thumb and put it on his shoulder area (lightly not hard). Does this make them jumpy and feel trapped? I was wondering maybe if I held him open handed he wouldn't flip out but I am scared he will jump. Any help?
