Tail wagging?

[Reptarissorad]

My male leopard gecko was slowly wagging his tail back and forth today after we fed him. What does this mean?

 

[Dimelius]

With crickets? usually the wagging tail before attack the cricket. Its like if are excited from the hunting...

 

[Dog Shrink]

My leo does the slow tail swish when he's irritated. Like when he doesn't want to be taken out or if I spray his tank... we don't feed crickets so I've never seen that as a prey response. We feed supers so all I ever see is the head cock before the strike.

 

[Reptarissorad]

It's not the attack because he quickly wags his tail before he eats crickets. It's more of a slow wag back and forth, here's a video of him http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05NGWFwfevY

 

[Dog Shrink]

It's kinda hard to tell with the regen tail but it looks to me like cautiousness with a touch of anxiety and acting big and bad incase something jumps out in front oif him.

 

[gothra]

It means, "Don't come near me even if you bribed me with food!! RAH!!" lol.

 

[roger]

My male leopard gecko was slowly wagging his tail back and forth today after we fed him. What does this mean?

its a sign of attack mode

 

[gmaier19]

it means he's pissed.

 

[Jordan]

its territorial and protecting himself, making himself look hard to warn off predators etc etc...

 

[CalypsoTheLG]

My girl does it after I feed her, like when she's just walking around her cage. I think it's cute. She's getting ready to shed (2nd time this month). I can't wait.

 

[prettyinpink]

It means, "Don't come near me even if you bribed me with food!! RAH!!" lol.

LOL!

+1 Rose does a tail wag to me if I scare her, usually when I'm moving things around in her tank. Fae doesn't do the tail wag...just starts running as fast as she can until she runs into the wall :main_no: :main_rolleyes:

 

[Metal_Gecko]

Well, all of my Leos do the "excited hunt wag", but my females will do the exaggerated tail swoosh back and forth. from time to time.
Not sure why though.....

-Wes

 

[JeffDenver]

Is it my imagination or does his tail look exactly like his head in the video? Not only that, but it is also the part moving the most.

If you were a predator, which part would you attack? If you were prey, which part would you pay more attention to and avoid?

My Leopard gecko does this when she is stalking crickets. I think it is adorable.