Leopard gecko breeding questions

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Originally Posted by Lizrd_boy

So far the little guy is doing great! He mostly sleeps in his hide but at night he comes out to explore when he thinks I'm not looking. He's already trying to get out of his container. He also hasn't screamed since yesterday, and I think he's warming up to me.

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They scream? I've only known one leopard gecko, & she never screamed? (I'm pretty sure I'm scary enough too.) Mine wasn't a juvenile though- I just read that the little ones are more likely to scream. How cute! I found some audio as well as video:

https://petkeen.com/leopard-gecko-so...ream%20a%20lot.

They only scream very rarely. None of my geckos have screamed except for the 3 babies I hatched (and they've only screamed a few times). Those babies have only screamed when they recently hatched and I scared them or when I'm misting and accidentally hit them.

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Originally Posted by Erie_herps

They only scream very rarely. None of my geckos have screamed except for the 3 babies I hatched (and they've only screamed a few times). Those babies have only screamed when they recently hatched and I scared them or when I'm misting and accidentally hit them.

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Considering how tiny they are compared to us, I sure can't blame them. Poor little things! They're so cute.

Yeah, this is the first time I heard a gecko scream in person, and it was only when I touched him the first day, and when I picked up the incubation box. My adults have only squeaked at me when I hit them with a spray bottle when they were still about 5 inches long.

I'm not sure if this is something they usually do, but this one will jump at my hand while screaming. For such small vulnerable animals, they sure have a lot of spirit!

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Originally Posted by Lizrd_boy

Yeah, this is the first time I heard a gecko scream in person, and it was only when I touched him the first day, and when I picked up the incubation box. My adults have only squeaked at me when I hit them with a spray bottle when they were still about 5 inches long.

I'm not sure if this is something they usually do, but this one will jump at my hand while screaming. For such small vulnerable animals, they sure have a lot of spirit!

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I noticed that (spirit!) in the video that I linked to- screaming & even trying to bite her hand! Too funny- but that's the only way to survive if you're that tiny.

Still not much except sleeping... he didn't come out of his hide last night that I saw, but I'm not too worried. Can't wait till he sheds tomorrow and eats!

I just misted his enclosure and he immediately started licking up drops of water. I also added a hide with moist paper towels for shedding.

Lil fella is eating and pooping! Urates are normal size, same with poop, so he's eating and drinking enough.

So how much should he be eating??? The night before last he ate like 7crickets and last night he ate like 10 more! I’m not really worried of course, just shocked. None of my adults eat that much in a single feeding, ever!

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Originally Posted by Lizrd_boy

So how much should he be eating??? The night before last he ate like 7crickets and last night he ate like 10 more! I’m not really worried of course, just shocked. None of my adults eat that much in a single feeding, ever!

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That may "sound" like a lot, but he's growing, & if he's eating & digesting okay, I wouldn't worry about it- I think he'd do the same thing in the wild- eat as much as he wants & could catch. And in the wild, little guys like this have to grow fast, before something else eats them.

Maybe someone else who has raised these can add their opinion though? And it helps to know the actual size of the crickets compared to the size of the gecko- I'm assuming these are tiny crickets? And if so, they're pretty digestible.