climbing the walls :s

[Daman]

as ive mentioned in one or two posts ive had my gecko since jst after xmas, shes seemed to have settled down ok but has random times where she trys climbing up the glass walls and when she realises she cnt walk on glass she just stands there up against the glass for 10+ mins, y is this? the temps are fine so i no it isnt to hot, shes just done it after i cleaned the viv properly so could it be a sign of stress??

thanks daman

 

[Bodon]

Mine does this from time to time, when it happens, i come over and take her out. I felt it was her way of saying, "hold me." I don't think it is, she is probably just trying to climb and they aren't smart enough to realize that they cant. They probably don't understand the idea of glass and if they see something or somewhere they want to go on the other side, they probably think they can just climb over or through the glass to get to it. In short there is nothing wrong with your leo if thats what you were thinking.

 

[Lady_Kiya]

My male does this as well. Is it possible before you got the leo there was a climbing wall in their previous enclosure? I know Ares tries to climb the glass, and even lies against it when he realizes he can't. I took out his climbing wall, so I think he is still adjusting. Lol

 

[Libby15]

Mine does this after cleaning. I think he is sniffing out the place.

 

[T-AL]

My new one does this all the time too. Pretty sure she is just trying to climb up the side because she wants to ESCAPE!

 

[vctkiller]

Mine does that when I think they are stressed. They just run around the whole tank and go up each side of the tank and try to climb it. But they have been doing less of this because I've been trying to get them use to me by putting my hand in the cage etc.

 

[supperl]

Have seen it on Leos and milli one of my milli was hanging and the wall^^ I think its normal you could build him a natural stone backwall, my Leoaprdgeckos are great climbers^^

 

[nats]

Yeah, I hate it when they do that

 

[gothra]

I think they want to get out of their enclosure when they do that. I will usually pick them up when they do that, and they will stay pretty still on my hands. I think they just want to sit higher and have a better view of the room, lol.