Collected our Leopard Gecko's today from Shirley Aquatics. Big thanks to fundo for all of his help, advice and patience.

After numerous name idea's my eldest finally came up with:

PINKEY - because she's albino


BRAIN - because as well as being pinkey's mate, she's always up to something!


Both have been all round the viv, and Brain has for most of the afternoon, which pleased the kids (and me!) as they thought showtime would not start until later on. Feeding was interesting (from my point of view!), but also we noticed Brain actually hunting, "pouncing", but only stunning her crickets. She'd then go and find another victim, while the previous one turned over and scurried for cover. Pinkey however does not seem to care at the moment, preferring to hide away.

Also, we noticed what looked like either a pecking order scrap, or an argument over food. Brain pounced on Pinkey, with the resulting scrap causing pinkey to fall off the bark (about 6" high). Both seemed to settle, but is this normal?

Horness

PS: Excuse the photo quality, through glass and around 2 excided kids does not give David Bailey results.

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2.2.1 Leopard Geckos
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they look great, love the names to

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They're lovely! Were they kept together before you bought them?

If one is feeding more than the other and hogging the food then I'd be tempted to separate them at feeding time to make sure they both get their fair share.

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I believe so, yes. They arrived at Shirley Thursday afternoon, and we collected them an hour-or-two later.

Feeding time for Brain (the dark one) is a massacre. She sits at the front of the tank while I dust the crickets, and chases them down as soon as I put them in (great to watch!).
Pinkey seems much more sedate, but does come out later. Pinkey also picks off any crickets that Brain chases in her direction.

What does it mean when they have a bit of a staring contest, and their tails are flicking from side-to-side? Looks like they're getting ready to fight to me, but I thought I'd ask.

What's the best way to seperate them to ensure they're getting enough food?

Thanks
Horness

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2.2.1 Leopard Geckos
[TANGO♀ | BRAIN♀| CLEO♀| PINKEY♂ | DOMINO♂]

why dont you try feeding them seperately? like put one in a seperate box and feed that one then when that one is full,put the other one in and do the same?that way, they wont have to fight for food?

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ROCK 'N' ROLL!!!

I am a friend of Marks just thought i'd say hi and offer some help, the tail wagging you refer to can be two things, with hatchlings or even sometimes geckos as they get older wag their tails at their prey I call it excitement, it's a hatchling trait but I have a few adults that do it occasionally too.

With older geckos it can be a different kind of wag, you can't really explain the difference until you see it but they hold their tails up high like a dog and slowly wave it around this is more an aggressive wag, sometimes if you put your female and male together if the female isn't interested in mating she may show the male with this type of wag.

Be sure to keep checking your geckos for their sex, as at the age yours are it's very difficult to tell if they are both the same sex or one of each etc.
If they turn out to be two males they WILL have to be split no matter what but you won't have to worry about that for a few more weeks, if they are girls they can stay together long term unless they ever fight (unlikely though) if they are one of each sex I advise splitting them up for at least a year and letting them both get to a good weight before adding them together or obviously if you don't wish to breed keep them seperate long term.

I am pleased you have got two geckos together, although a lot of people claim them to be solitary animals and they can live a very happy life alone, seeing them interact and lie with each other is nice, I have girls that pine if I split them up so I can tell they are happy together

Good luck with them anyway

Oh and P.s. as for seperating them to make sure they eat enough shouldn't be nessacery, as long as one is not really lethargic they should be fine given the right amount of food, just keep an eye out at feeding time and basically if you throw 20 crickets in and one gets 15 one gets 5 add more until they stop eating and showing interest.

Many people will sit and pick the uneaten crickets back from the viv but you can also (and I use this method) add a large piece of fruit (big enough the geckos couldn't eat it) into the viv for the crickets to snack on rather than picking on the geckos, I have used this method for three years and not had any cricket bites or anything like

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Thanks for the replies and the good advice. It's really appreciated.

Brain was "wagging" last night while hunting the crickets! Pinkey is eating, but later on. Brain is "active" from about 2045, whereas Pinkey does not come out until about 30-45 minutes later. I have read various things about how long it takes them to settle in to a new environment, and to me anyway, it looks like Brain is settling in quicker.

Mark said it's hard to tell the sex at this stage, I really hope they're both female though because the whole family love them both to bits.

I'm putting between 8 and 10 crickets in each night, and within 30 minutes there may be 1 left, by morning there is nothing left in the viv except (at best) the odd leg.

Horness

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2.2.1 Leopard Geckos
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Nice geckos !! my babs wiggle there tails wen there chasing there food its funny the way they do this

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