My Crocodile Gecko

[Embrace Calamity]

I know these pics are crap, since they were taken with my phone, but I wanted to share anyway. He's come such a long way from the skinny thing with a kinked tail and an infected cut on his head kept in a tank with a log in the center and a dry water dish. The first pics are post-shed after I'd had him for a bit and you can see the kink:

And I just took these the other day while cleaning his tank.

I wish I had a better camera to really show off his colors, and that I'd taken pics when I first got him to show how much he's improved. These geckos aren't for everyone, as they're very shy and hate to be handled, but I love having him.

~Maggot

 

[touch 13]

Very interesting! Mine just reached maturity! making very un usual sounds??? lol i like them

 

[Hannibal]

He definitely looks way better now under your TLC; you can hardly see where his head injury was

 

[WilliamTheLeopardGecko]

Omg that's so cute! He really looks like a mini crocodile!

 

[Embrace Calamity]

Very interesting! Mine just reached maturity! making very un usual sounds??? lol i like them

What beautiful colors! Does yours tolerate handling?

He definitely looks way better now under your TLC; you can hardly see where his head injury was

Unfortunately even though it's pretty well healed, the spot still doesn't shed right, so sometimes it gets a little yucky and I have to wash it and put antibiotic on it.

~Maggot

 

[touch 13]

Scootie dont like hands much Ive held him twice, just for photos! When cleaning, i am usually lucky enough to just lift a rock that he is clinging from upside down, then placed in a spare tank for a few minutes.

The turner just "learned" how to eat out of a deli cup. He used to see worms, squigling in a cup and he couldnt grasp the concept of looking INTO the cup, not through the cup lol. I find him awaiting the cup to be filled, 2-3 times a week. I feel he gets really dissapointed when its not worms

 

[Embrace Calamity]

Scootie dont like hands much Ive held him twice, just for photos! When cleaning, i am usually lucky enough to just lift a rock that he is clinging from upside down, then placed in a spare tank for a few minutes.

The turner just "learned" how to eat out of a deli cup. He used to see worms, squigling in a cup and he couldnt grasp the concept of looking INTO the cup, not through the cup lol. I find him awaiting the cup to be filled, 2-3 times a week. I feel he gets really dissapointed when its not worms

Mine gets really hates hands. When I try to hold her for cleaning or checking on her head, she squirms and makes very angry noises. XD

And I have no idea what a turner is. >.>

~Maggot

 

[lisa127]

Wow, he is beautiful! I've read a little about these guys but I have no experience with them. So interesting!!

 

[IslaReina]

What a cool little guy! Never seen them before