Keeping a simple ongoing weight log, not just a one-off weigh-in, makes small downward trends far easier to catch
A spreadsheet or notebook tracking weight over months reveals patterns that a single measurement can't, particularly useful heading into and out of brumation or breeding season.
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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.