Short, calm handling sessions are generally better tolerated than long ones, especially for newer or more skittish geckos
Many keepers keep early handling sessions brief, gradually increasing duration as the gecko shows comfort, since prolonged handling of a stressed gecko increases the risk of a defensive tail drop.
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Most active at dawn and dusk when temperatures in their native Pakistan and Afghanistan are ideal.
A widespread misconception is that the tail acts like a camel's hump storing water.
Autotomy — voluntary tail shedding — is a defence mechanism.
Unlike most gecko species which use van der Waals forces to climb smooth surfaces, leopard geckos have conventional claws.
The moveable eyelid is unusual among geckos.
Hold your gecko up to a light source and look through one ear opening — you can see light through the other side.