A fecal exam from an exotics vet is the most reliable way to detect internal parasites in a leopard gecko
Many parasite infections show no obvious external symptoms until they're advanced. A veterinary fecal float or smear during a new gecko's quarantine period catches problems long before weight loss or lethargy appear.
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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.