Funny Things Your Leos Do?

[GeckoGathering]

Gecko Training Instructor

i dont know...but i want mine (WHEN I GET HER) to do that

How did you train them to stay there?!

I handle them every chance I get...The first thing I do is to wet my finger when I slowly put it in their home and very slowly to their noses..They lick and start associating it right away with a drink. Very careful at first (keeping my hand in the tank in case they want off) I ease my fingers toward them and as they back up, I keep slowly moving it till they have no other choice but to move onto the top on my hand. After a few different days of doing this I remove them while on the top of my hand. I gently tuck them next to my body. I never force them to get off my hand onto my shirt until it's their choice. Once they choose to go to your shirt it's less likely they will dash around.....After that its just a matter of repeating the process until they will climb all over you with confidence. They tend to want to climb higher most of the time, but most stop when they reach my shoulder. There will always be some that get so used to you they venture to new heights. (But I think at that point of trust it would not be a problem to just move it to the head. It will most likely like it up high) They have no problem hanging on to most anything, so you will get to trust their ability to "hang in there too." When your worry about them falling decreases the ride is less stressful on you. It will take a little time but you will succeed
at it. I believe these little guys and gals are very bright. Most are curious to
take on new things.....I do have a couple that are (mellows) content not to explore....so their ride is just me putting them on my shoulder.
.......Take care. HJ

 

[Tommy13b]

lol

meh my leo will jump off the steps in his cage then when he is about off he will change her mind really fast and try too get back up and why shes doing it sometimes she will growl.

 

[GeckoGathering]

funnies

Newest 24 day old rider baby....her first ride.
She went back in her moist hide, ( I was holding it) popped right back out the entry hole onto my shirt again......that was the funny part. She is hooked already....take care ... HJ

 

[GeckoGathering]

What? No Wax Worms.

A while back I mentioned one of my males rides under my hat to the post office to pick up wax worms. Our shipment due in this week didn't make it but he wanted to take a ride to the park anyway. This is "Snow- Day" my 90 gram line snow (he's pulled back in the yellow) If I would have known that, I would have named him "Pee-in-the-snow".......hope you enjoy a laugh. take care. HJ


He's telling me what a nice day for the park.................

He rides in my hat to the car...........

He WONT ride in the back, will not use a car seat................

And always refuses the seat belt......What can I do??????

From the car to his swing area, its on my head under the hat...he doesn't like all the people looking at him......thinking he's with a crazy person.........

He likes to ride the swing but I still have to hold the bar.

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

The funniest thing that my geckos ever did was to breed on me! Yes, you read it right... they bred on me. I had the pair on each shoulder, and they met halfway aound my neck. I felt that tail start rattling, and the 'herky jerky' dance. I called for my husband to bring the camera, but instead he ran to see what was going on before he went to get it and missed the shot.

I also have a Blazing Blizzard female that sticks her tongue out every time I pick her up. It's hysterical... one of those things you just gotta see.

And we can't forget about this guy:
http://www.geckoforums.net/showthread.php?t=18020

 

[GeckoGathering]

Funnies

Golden Gate Geckos]The funniest thing that my geckos ever did was to breed on me! Yes, you read it right... they bred on me. I had the pair on each shoulder, and they met halfway aound my neck. I felt that tail start rattling, and the 'herky jerky' dance.

Now that is a real funny, funny.

 

[jaredm3624]

Last night I caught m newest leo standing at attention with legs extended just looking at the wood hide that I have set up on the cool side of the viv. She was doing that without moving for about 15 minutes. I have no idea what she was looking at. There was nothing to look at. It made me laugh.

 

[BEAR]

One of my veteran girls(tremper) had her head stuck out of a large terracotta pot bottom looking inttently at a superworm crawling outside the door..

here head was really low, sneaking like a cat. Out comes one of my little girls(shtctb) running over to the food bowl to get some mealies...She stops, looks at the bowl, then turns around..

she then proceeds to STEP on my Veteran girls head, literally smushing it into the repti carpet... My tremper girl(who just laid today)'s eyes popped out and got really big. She had the most annoyed look on her face...and the little girl just pushed her way past the tremper to get into the pot.

I literally laughed out loud, it was classic.:main_laugh:

 

[leonut]

when my leo sits under her heat lamp she puts her little hands under her chin like shes getting a tan. :main_laugh:

 

[Kay26]

I got a hammock for my little one and she lays in the middle and just sprawls out with her arms and legs flung to the side. Also when I mist her with water, I can't tell if she really likes it or not, but she raises up on her legs and wags her tail back and forth in like slow motion.

 

[AntMan612]

SuperGeckos

I have a large rectangular hide box with a rock hide on top of it. It weighs at least 40 oz altogether and is placed flush with the walls in one corner of the tank. My leos love to squeeze their bodies into the 1/2" gap, sliding the hide box away from the wall just enough to fit, and stand on their hind legs pressed up against the glass. They'll just freeze in that position, as if they're contemplating their next move. They have way more comfortable hiding spots, but for some reason they seem to enjoy that one!:main_rolleyes:

 

[ValMarley08]

My female does the cutiest thing when she is about to eat a wax worm (only does it with wax worms) She will look at it from all angles, then just grab it. My male is lazy...he will watch it crawl to him then think about it then go to eat it...not a big hunter

 

[yellermelon]

Craziest thing, one day one of my geckos stood straight up and started talking about car insurance..15 minuets or something. So I called the tv stations, and the rest....is history

 

[italipinos8]

Craziest thing, one day one of my geckos stood straight up and started talking about car insurance..15 minuets or something. So I called the tv stations, and the rest....is history

lol... Good one!:main_laugh:

 

[Kellyr]

In Spunk's coconut he has sand.. and one rock. When he sleeps in there he is in a curled position and his head rests on his rock.. its his pillow. More cute than funny but hey..

 

[AntMan612]

In Spunk's coconut he has sand.. and one rock. When he sleeps in there he is in a curled position and his head rests on his rock.. its his pillow. More cute than funny but hey..

Cat Geckos shouldn't be the only ones known for sleeping in cat-like positions. ...I guess a leopard is a type of feline also, come to think of it...

 

[NickOC]

My original leo waits for me to sit at my computer, then comes to the corner props up on the hinge (in a 18by exoterra) and scratches the corner looking at until I open the door. It is totally thought out for a leo, hillarious. Ill see if I can get it on video with my digi.

 

[fallen_angel]

I missed this thread for quite awhile although I already voted yes for it's own category or whatever

Above is one I pulled from that thread. Its funny to me but it makes me think Geckos may only do sliders since no one admits to hearing one........A slider is (non-noise) like my Gramp pa would do while I would be sitting on his knee about 70 years ago. I'd say, Grampa what's that smell? He'd laugh and about fall off his rocker...Its funny now, but not when I was a youngster...Everyone desearves a "warning that gas is on its way. Don't you think so. Funny to you??" Take care / HJ:

LMAO, I definitely agree that some warning should be given, but it can be hilarious depending on the circumstances. Mike doesn't do this so much anymore, but he used to chase me around and try to fart on me all of the time, hahaha, we're a little weird but we have fun

I've been vacuuming my tanks this morning. Each gets to ride while their tank is cleaned and freshened up. I had two more decide they wanted to ride on my head..My male Snowday (the one that rides to the post office ) may be spreading the news about a wax worm package due in....
it's funny + their sharp nails really dig in to my scalp.
But that makes me laugh too.Take care......HJ

This one was my favorite But all of your stories are funny, HJ, except for that one that looks dead (I agree that one is not very funny).. but anyway, you sure do have a lot of geckos that I've never seen! Great pics, and that's really cool that they like to ride under your hat

One of my favorite things that I think is just hilarious is kind of hard to describe but I will try my best. Our Mack Pastel, Anubis, goes crazy when he's hunting crickets. It's so funny because the cricket will be on the other side of his bin, and he will lunge at it even though he is nowhere near it. He just keeps lunging over and over again (each time getting a few inches closer) until he finally gets the cricket. It's HILARIOUS, I think I saw him do that lunge thing like 10 times in a row once!

Then our Snow, Anput, makes little grunts when I hold her sometimes. I constantly check her genital area to make sure that she remains female, and when I try to hold her a certain way, she just makes this little grunting noise, but doesn't open her mouth. I thought it was pretty cute.. maybe not so much funny though.

I can't see any of my geckos at the moment and I miss them so very much!!

 

[Amber7399]

i agree it is pretty entertaining to watch our pets and see funny, amusing, and cute things that they do. but do you ever stop to think... maybe they are looking at us thinking the same thing... that we are entertaining them... :main_laugh:

i absolutly loved everyones stories it makes for very good reading while i sit at work (#1) and do, well pretty much nothing

ok so friday night i get home from work(#2) it's like 2:30 in the morning. and ringo is awake.. and moving about.. so i sit on the couch to eat, watch a little tv before i go to sleep. when i hear what sounds like something scratching the screen on her tank.. so i look over. to her tank. and i didn't really believe what i saw. so i got up to go see. and she was upside down. holding on to the screen of her tank, with all four of her little feet and was walking to the other side... and as she got to the other side and realized that she had no where else to go.. she just kinda hung there for a min. i tried to get the camera but the memory card was full. so i grabbed my phone, and then i seen through the phone, her fall & hit the floor, land on her feet/stomach.. she sat there an looked pretty stunned for a min.. then preceided back to the hammock. to try to climb back on the screen again!!!!!

 

[bubblez825]

ok so friday night i get home from work(#2) it's like 2:30 in the morning. and ringo is awake.. and moving about.. so i sit on the couch to eat, watch a little tv before i go to sleep. when i hear what sounds like something scratching the screen on her tank.. so i look over. to her tank. and i didn't really believe what i saw. so i got up to go see. and she was upside down. holding on to the screen of her tank, with all four of her little feet and was walking to the other side... and as she got to the other side and realized that she had no where else to go.. she just kinda hung there for a min. i tried to get the camera but the memory card was full. so i grabbed my phone, and then i seen through the phone, her fall & hit the floor, land on her feet/stomach.. she sat there an looked pretty stunned for a min.. then preceided back to the hammock. to try to climb back on the screen again!!!!!

Thats a good one! lol!