For most of us, our leopard geckos aren’t just pets, they’re part of our family. So as pet parents, it’s quite worrying to suddenly notice that our precious leo’s toes are disfigured, discolored, or have fallen off. But why does this happen? Accumulated stuck shed is the most common cause of toes falling off in…
For most people, locusts have a horrible reputation and they trigger disgust in most of you (me included).So I was honestly shocked when I first learned that they were considered great feeders for leopard geckos! But is there actually any truth to this claim? A leopard gecko can eat locusts as they are feeder insects…
Tokay geckos can be really feisty, sure. But that doesn’t make them any less fascinating. But how can you make sure that you can identify if they are male or female without getting bitten? Is that even a doable task for regular tokay keepers? Sex determination in tokay geckos can be done based on the…
When you have limited free space at home but want unique pets, you’d likely want to keep small and relatively social animals like the gold dust day gecko. If you’re not planning to breed them, you’d want an all-female pair. But how can you tell a tiny male day gecko from a female? To differentiate…
The African fat-tailed gecko is becoming more and more popular in the reptile-keeping community as a cute alternative to the more common leopard gecko. But many people are still not aware of really basic information about them—like how to properly sex them. So how can you spot female fat-tails from males? The two features that…
