Reptiles with Personality

[VelkynKarma]

My leopard gecko (Lenetta) is very friendly. Not just tolerating handling, but intentionally seeking it out. Whether it's because she likes it or because of the heat from my hands, I don't know, but it's definately not because she wants food because when I try to hand feed her she cmpletely ignores the food and crawls onto my hand lol. She'll also try to climb out of her enclosure when she knows I'm looking, but when she doesn't know I'm there she just goes about her business.

Awww, she sounds like a sweetie! And people think reptiles can't be cuddly.

I should have named her "Crash", for the way she pays no attention to the hides & branches & water bowl she crashes into while rolling- truly I've never seen any other snake do this, not for so long. Sure, they'll grab prey aggressively, wrap it & hold on, but they don't continue to sail around their cages like a whirling dervish. She ought to be bruised & sore after catching her meal this way- maybe that's why she's so feisty for the next one- blaming the mouse??? I don't know, but she's hilarious to feed. She takes no chances that a quick constriction has killed it- so for her huge personality, I love her to bits. She's uniquely goofy, & I find I prefer snakes that are more of a challenge. She's not boring, that's for sure.

The mental image of this is hilarious! Wrasslin' her dinner even though it's already dead The 'whirling dervish' makes me think of a Pokemon attack or something. Too funny!