Brand new to Leo's

[HumorDragon]

I bought two baby girls today at the show, I have their hide calcium and heat pad all fixed up right now (They are in separate cages at the moment since my blizzard is a bit of a bully.) How should I go about taming them? (they are both very young)
Thank you.

 

[panthergecko]

You should wait the standard 2 weeks to a month to start handling them, once they are fully settled in you can start by hand feeding and getting associated with your hands (*If they bite, your known to them as food guy lol) then you can slowly try picking 1 up by placing 1 hand in front and using the other to 'get' on. After that you can let him walk around your hands for a 5-10 minutes, try not to go over 10 minutes.

 

[HumorDragon]

Would there be a way that I could get the mack to eat? My blizzard is eating well right now but the little one has not nibbled anything that I offer her. (She is on a good under tank pad, temps are in the low 90's on the hot side)
Thank you

 

[Russellm0704]

Some geckos take a few days to a few weeks to start eating after moving into a new enclosure

 

[panthergecko]

I agree with russel.
Although you can buy some feeders to see which entice your gecko.
-crickets
-VERY FEW WAX WORMS (LIKE ONLY ONE)
-pheonix worms
-silk worms
-roaches

-New geckos should be left alone in a low traffic area for atleast 2 weeks to settle in.

 

[Cesar_Da_KIng]

my advice is after 2 weeks start putting some calcium on your finger and moving it slowly towards them and letting them lick it off or smell it but try to let them come to you for about a week or until they start approching your hand/ licking it. Then try just putting your hand on the cage floor and let the gecko crawl around on it and explore/sniff without removing your hand for a few minutes for another week. Then try lifting him out of the cage but not picking him up, let him crawl on your hand then lift up, and do that extending the amount of time out of the cage each time.