Regularly weighing a leopard gecko on a gram scale is one of the easiest ways to catch health problems early
Steady, gradual weight trends are normal, but sudden weight loss can be an early sign of illness, parasites, or impaction well before other symptoms become obvious, making a simple kitchen scale a genuinely useful husbandry tool.
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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.