When observing geckos you quickly notice that they are very fascinating creatures indeed and can provide you with hours of visual enjoyment.
Leopard geckos are opportunistic hunters and will not search for food. But if their prey wanders within eye sight, look out ! Geckos very rarely miss their prey. If your gecko is hungry and sees their prey, it will begin to stalk it very slowly and deliberately much like a leopard would stalk its prey in the wild. They will grow very intent and will fix their gaze on the prey. Once the gecko has them in striking distance, a few amazing twitches of it’s fat tail and a lunge and its over. The gecko will lick its lips in satisfaction and wander off to its favorite spot in its enclosure till next time.
Geckos have great personalities and are very easy going and rarely try to bite, unless mishandled or surprised. Each gecko has its own uniqueness about them and are very beautiful. But not very graceful at times, to the point of being hilarious. I have seen my male look over a ledge in his cage and fall right off and land on his head, then get up and run off like something had attacked him. My male loves superworms whereas my female is scared of them and will only eat the smaller meal worms. I’ve noticed both peering outside of their cages at me wanting out to wander around, “under my strict supervision of course”. Both will do search patterns in their cages to see if anything has changed or any predators are around. I’ve seen both tear-ass back to their hides when I’ve stood up from the couch and they’ve seen the movement.
In the wild male leopard geckos are very solitary lizards and will try to kill other males who come into their territory. That is why you never house two males together, they prefer to live alone. Females will tolerate each others company but a certain amount of bullying will occur causing stress. All in all every leopard gecko has its own little personality trait, and one thing they all have in common is that they are entertaining to watch. In my personal opinion that is what makes them one of the most sought after reptiles on the planet.
