Here I lay me down to sleep..

[zina10]

Smeagol is so silly! I started to put a top layer of spaghnum moss on his substrate. Aside from spot cleaning I replace the entire layer every 2 weeks or so. I like the way it looks. It doesn't mold and it holds humidity wonderfully.

Smeagol decided it makes a great bed He burrows inside of it and creates a nice little bed. Sometimes his little head peeks out

In the evening he emerges like a dragon from his lair






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[tttaylorrr]

ahhhhh! i should try that with Wavvy! sooo cute!!!

[Craiga 01453]

That's too cute!!! Thanks for sharing!

[Bogertophis]

Several of my corn snakes (all have humid hides with damp moss) do that as well, peek out from within the moss...it's adorable whether it's my snakes or
your Smeagol or any others....you get a real sense this way of their natural behavior were they in the wild. I think Smeagol is the "poster-boy" for happy
geckos everywhere, & some of those photos would make terrific greeting cards IMO.

[zina10]

Several of my corn snakes (all have humid hides with damp moss) do that as well, peek out from within the moss...it's adorable whether it's my snakes or
your Smeagol or any others....you get a real sense this way of their natural behavior were they in the wild. I think Smeagol is the "poster-boy" for happy
geckos everywhere, & some of those photos would make terrific greeting cards IMO.

Aw, thank you! That makes me happy to hear it.

I was completely new to Gecko ownership, a true newbie. Thanks to this forum and help from more experienced keepers like Deborah and mleedee I managed to keep him alive
He will occasionally still sleep sticking to the glass, but ever since I put a thicker sphagnum layer down, he prefers to create a nice little burrow in there. The first time he did that, he put me in panic mode. I couldn't find him !!!! Finally I saw a bit of his tail between the moss, whew !

When I first got him the stinker only wanted bugs !!! So I made sure to make the bugs as healthy (gut loaded, dusted) as possible and kept offering the gecko diet, too. I was worried he would end up missing something. But...once he reached a good size he suddenly started to eat a lot of the gecko diet and far less bugs. So I worried for nothing. Esp. since its been established that the young ones in the wild eat a lot more bugs then the adults.

I also used to worry about sounds and commotion, since he is right on my desk, in the thick of it. He never seemed to mind any of it, perhaps because he doesn't know any different. I could swear he has preferences. He likes to hear his name in a high pitched voice. I think he thinks its some kind of "food call", LMAO !!!

He also likes to come and sit on his tree up front when I play music. Lately I've played some ABBA and boy, he seems to really go for that Brings out his inner "dancing queen" perhaps??

He really is quite the character and I love having him to look at while on the computer !


edited to say, the last couple of pics were taken while the two of us were listening to ABBA songs, LOL !!! I could swear I saw his little head bop a bit (not really, but almost, haha)

[Aerries]

I swear you have the most adorable crestie!!!!


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[zina10]

I swear you have the most adorable crestie!!!!


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Thanks

I'm partial to him, LOL

[Aerries]

Mine never does anything remotely cute lol just sits on his coconut hide and in his leaves eats and poops all over the place lol


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[zina10]

Mine never does anything remotely cute lol just sits on his coconut hide and in his leaves eats and poops all over the place lol


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play him some music and sing to him LOL

[Bogertophis]

play him some music and sing to him LOL

And don't laugh, everyone...even COWS like music! They come from all over a pasture to listen..."jury" is still out on a favorite kind.