When you're getting them out how do approach them and go about doing it? If you really feel that you can't cope with handling them, maybe they're better off with someone a little more experienced, but I wouldn't advice that you get another reptile.
spot on ,shedding problems need handling , familiarity is needed , if u feed, water and generally cleanup they become used to the intrusion, however you should handle everyday, all my over 1 year olds come onto my hand when i try to do anything in there vivs. handling may seem a bit difficult but be gentle dont sqeeze , let them loose when are comfy, they calm very quickly.
The juvs are are a bit more of a challange , born wild , u need to get the trust
I'm sorry but you have to work with the gecko. I have had a gecko that ive owned for six months and she still doesn't like to be handled very much but she can be out her viv and around you no problem. It's just their personalities and saying you need 'HUGE help' because your gecko doesn't like to be handled is a bit over dramatic. Like I said on your previous thread check temps and everything to make sure the geckos home is perfect and then you should be thinking about handling them. A happy gecko is one that will likely be handled more easily and I saw on your last thread you were using eco earth in their moist hide. Use sphagnum moss if you can get it, if you can't get some kitchen roll in there and fold it up. It holds the moisture well enough and isn't loose so they have no way of swallowing it. Gradually day by day put your hand in the viv for 10 minutes everyday. Soon they will realize you aren't going to hurt them and they will wan't to know what this big thing is. Then you will be able to handle them once they are used to you. You can't just get rid of a reptile because it doesn't like to be handled. Get something else like a couple of rats if you want something to handle.
Would you like it if this big thing kept one coming up to you and pinching your chest and picking you up. You need to let them come on to your hand as said in other posts. Just read the ADVISE that's what it is. No one is having a go at you but the title of the thread was a bit extreme
Try taming a German shepherd that at the mere sight of you wants to rip you apart now that is hard work and takes months to years. One of mine bites me all the time.
Ps watch the language it's a family friendly forum
Makes me feel very lucky to have ended up rehoming such a 'tame' leo, I only have the one but she loves coming out, whenever I open the door she comes out of hiding to clamber up on to my hand.
Perhaps you need to spend more time just with your hand in the viv, just laying on the floor, just don't move it, and if you do move it closer to them do it very slowly so they don't flee. Do that until eventually they want to know what it is, they will usually come over and lick you a bit, just don't be alarmed, don't move or anything. It's a very slow process, and it won't help if every time you go in the cage you frighten them by grabbing them.
eco earth is fine in the moist hide, i use it because i`ve had a leo eat moss.
maybe you need more confidence handling them? if you`re a bit timid and dont support them they will struggle and run off.... putting your hand in the viv and getting them used to it first may help.
are you using a strong soap or something that they dislike the smell of?
you need to get the shed off their toes though, before it goes tight and their toes fall off.
put them in a cricket tub on saking wet kitchenroll and put them on the hot side for 15/20 minutes, it`ll them be soft and you can rub it off with a ringer or wet cotton bud.
I have a 3 gecko's and one of them just does not like attention at all. I think it' because the previous owners were a tad scared of him and just occasionally poked him with a pen to see he was alive...I've had him for about 4 years now and I still can't just take him out of his tank, I have a cardboard tube in his tank which i take out with him in it and then put him in a rub then he lets me pick him up once he's out in the rub but if i was to pick him up in his tank he would give me a nasty bite lol Maybe you could try something along those lines? Another idea might be to get the smallest heat mat you can like the one for faunariums and put it on your lap (switched on) with some kitchen roll over to stop him burning himself then sit him on top of it on you lap he might associate you with warmth and comfort?. But as I said 4 years down the line and mine still plays up when i put my hand in his tank so I guess it's your judgment on whether you should keep on with him or swap with someone who's had experience with anti social geckos lol hope that helps buddy
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