Does anyone on the forum keep Leopard Geckos?

I was going to buy one yesterday but wanted to research care and such first....they look cool!

There's two here now. What did you want to know?

They are cool and easy to care for.
I have had mine for 6 months and can't seem to get him to not run and hide if I'm in the same room. I have had him walk onto my hand once in a while, but he seems to just hide all the time.

Any sugestions on how i can get him to not be so scared?

The short answer, daily tormenting.

It's far easier if it's a juvie, but what's worked for me is I get them fresh water daily, and after I refill the water, I'll take one or both out for a bit. When I put them back I also drop in a few crickets.

The juvie male that's here took about a 3 weeks give or take, to be fine with being held. There's a adult female here as well, that came in near the same time that still doesn't like being picked up. She's way better about it then when she was first here, but she's definitely not a fan.

I don't think they'll ever get to be like beardies where they'll run up to you when you come over, but after a while they'll be considerably calmer about you being around.

I'll just give that a try.

Well it hasn't been that long since you gave your advice saint and since then he has been more adventurous. Today I did some rearranging in his tank and he has been exploring for over an hour. He even ran into my hand and tried going up my arm. Thanks for the advice, I'm registered on a reptile site, but they seem more interested in morphs and breeding.

Aquatic-Terrors has a reptile section with some very experienced keepers...I asked about the same lizard cause I was thinking about getting one....ended up with a whole lot more info than I imagined.

I may just check it out. Are you decided on whether or not to get a leopard gecko?

Yeah I think I am gonna get one or three!

No prob CW. If there's anything else you want to know feel free to ask. I don't really keep them long term, but I've taken care of enough of them I should be able to help you out. Leopards, tokay and goldens for sure at the very least.

I know exactly what you're talking about with a lot of reptile sites being super big into the morphs and whatnot. I was pretty creeped out reading about what they're doing with bearded dragons. One of the reasons I like here.

MC: Didn't know if you saw it or not, but you CAN NOT put more than one male together. They will beat the ever loving shit out of each other until there's only one left.

Yeah I was going to do one male or one male and two females....I was told to also stay away from a pair cause the male will breed the female to death. May just do two females.

got a pic?

Ya I do. These were taken a month after I got him. His markings and color in pics are what they look like when they are young, as he's getting older a lot of those markings are faded and his color is slightly different.


His tail is fatter now and he's around 2.5 inches longer. I said in an earlier post I had him for 6 months, but it's been more like 5 and he is probably around 6 to 7 months old now.
I'll try to get more resent pics.

Very cool! Nice looking geckos.