Peculiar behavior after eating dubia

[Chosen010]

I fed my juvi blaptica dubia for the first time tonight and she has behaved somewhat oddly...

After eating the first nymph I dropped in, she started waiving her tail back and forth up in the air slowly. After a minute or so, she ate the other one... still waiving her tail slowly and kind of moving her head back and forth...

I dropped in a couple more, and she gobbled them up and continued the same behavior. Almost like she was experiencing some kind of high from the new delicacy..

Dropped in 2 more, she gobbled them, and now she's just chilling over her UTH...

Not really concerned, just thought it was interesting..

 

[Thorgecko707]

Hunting reaction.

 

[OnlineGeckos]

Yeah they wave their tail when they are hunting for food, or get excited about seeing something new (or see another leopard gecko in the distance).

 

[animeavatar]

Sometimes that happens with my gecko.

 

[fl_orchidslave]

An instinct was triggered.

 

[ReptileWorld]

Sounds like she has a new addiction :main_laugh: