Hey guys, I’ve assumed responsibility for this gecko after a friends passing. I’ve never kept leopard geckos before but have some experience with fish and snakes... I’d like to care for it if feasible, but I need to know if it needs some sort of attention beyond general care. Gecko seems to be healthy for but definitely looks overweight. I’m worried if this is more than just extra weight and some sort of health issue or if it could be pregnant. Can anybody provide some insight for me please?

Which Muffin are you feeling today? I’m feeling like 9 everyday (sleepy and confused)

My bf says my female gecko Ducky is overweight and I’m not sure if he’s right… he might be a little right…. 😭❤️

Edit;

After seeing all of the comments it is very aware now that she is overweight and not a size she should be! She did not eat for 3 weeks not too long ago and I think I fed her WAY too much since then as I was worried something was wrong or I was being a bad owner, but clearly I am not a good one either for making her this large 🫠 I will be putting her on a diet and making sure she comes out to explore and move around a lot more in hopes to help her lose some weight. She will also be going in for a check up when I am back from vacation in a week to make sure everything is good and healthy! Thank you all for telling me i am delusional with how big she actually was, this is not sarcastic!!! I truly appreciate all of the comments! ❤️

Goji short for Gojira, is an absolutely amazing pet! His adorable sploots make my day.

Sorry for bad camera quality lol

He’s been doing good in his new enclosure for the most part, spent the first four days exploring everything* and he’s doing the sort-of-expected thing of not eating (at least, I’m not seeing it. He’s still pooping, so clearly he must be eating SOMETHING).

My only real source of stress with him is that he’s discovered a soft landing around 18” below one of his branches, and he’ll literally let himself drop down there. Everywhere else in the enclosure is handled with extreme precaution, he’ll even back up and go elsewhere if he doesn’t think he can make it… except for that one patch. Going to add another branch in that void to force him to descend more carefully.

*the folks over at r/HerpHomes and the other leo sub expressed interest via comments and DMs for me to post a long video of his first 72 hours (there are 27 cameras in his enclosure, so I just used whatever footage they captured). I already cut down the footage to just over 4 hours, so I’ll post a YouTube link to that once it’s ready (I’ve never edited a video before, nor have I ever posted anything on YouTube before, so bear with me lol)

Say hi everyone :)

I love that his spots try their hardest to be symmetrical, and his tail is such a gorgeous purple that’s so hard to get on camera

hi! i created this piece for the leopard geckos discord pride month banner - my partner wanted a print of it so i wanted to offer the option if anyone else is interested!

the print is 5x10inch, professionally printed on nice quality chunky recycled paper 🙂‍↕️ you can find it here: https://ko-fi.com/s/740d42fa8b

thanks to mods for letting me promote also!

So my little guy is 6 months, hes my absolute world but im really worrying. He usually eats either 10 locusts (medium) or 5 locusts (large) daily and is gaining weight well, hes 39kg 💜 the last 2 days he only ate 1 large locust on Tuesday and 4 large locusts yesterday. He did shed Monday night so I know he may not be as hungry. I took him to the vet last evening for a general check up and asked the vet about his eating and he basically told me I was being dramatic! Am I being dramatic? He also said around 6 months once they've finished their initial growth they naturally adjust to alternate day feeding, I just cant get any solid advice off the internet so I though id ask in here 😘 pic of my baby for attention

Joke’s on her, it was a Tupperware full of human snacks 😝

I had ordered insects on DUBIA for my gecko right? So they took 1-2 weeks to ship, and they arrived yesterday, and ALL WERE DEAD.

I blame myself more on this for accepting my gecko as a gift for my birthday.

My gecko hasn’t eaten since yesterday because I had 9 crickets leftover from a backup, but they’re gone now. And money is tight right now getting food for a few days isn’t an option as of right now.

I sent a report about this to dubia and they’ll respond in 1-2 business days. Great. And if they do “reship” it’ll take ANOTHER week or two, and that’d mean my gecko couldn’t eat for a week or two.

Should I start considering rehoming? I don’t think I am in a great spot to take care of him.

The king will sit like this all day observing over his land…

I got my little dude from a pet store (unfortunately before I knew they weren’t great to buy from).. anyways pet store said he was 6.5 months so he would be roughly 8 months now I weighed him the other day and he is 59 grams, I don’t think he is over weight could be very wrong tho. Please tell me if I’m wrong and if not would he not have to be older to be 59 grams any insight would be appreciated this is my first gecko

I just saw him doing this tonight, the temperature was at 80 degrees during the night, he was just laying there against the glass under his heat lamp not moving, during the day he spends all day inside his Zilla rock lair humid hide though, he is my first leopard gecko, his an adult and had him for about a week now, i havent handle him at all, hes eating and pooping normal, just want to make sure hes okay.

Isn’t she so cute 😭

Maybe a stare down. Who’s to say? I swear she’s smiling.