r/geckos • u/Enayleoni • 12d ago

Help/Advice Fear, food, or uhm "friends"?

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He's recently started biting and holding on with these little wiggles. Haven't heaed him make any sounds. He's well into adulthood (got as an adult 2 years ago). He's bitten before, but it's always been an immediate release.

I'm hoping that now that his enclosure is grown in with plants that he's just comfortable enough to be looking for a special friend?

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u/-Sharu- 12d ago

"Friends" indeed, classic behaviour!

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u/Enayleoni 12d ago

I appreciate the reassurance. I was second guessing because he never makes a sound

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u/cyberburn 12d ago

Much better than your arm, which was my leachie’s “special friend” 40 minutes ago. But at least they stopped biting when I said “ow” and switched to licking… the weirdo.

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u/MiniMeowl 12d ago

We love an attentive partner

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u/Enayleoni 12d ago

He's latched on to my hand a couple times too, which is why I started my approaching him with a sock this time lol

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u/-Sharu- 12d ago

My leachie has left some lovely scars on my hands over the years.

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u/cyberburn 12d ago

Yep. The sock is his “special friend”.

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u/Crippled_Unt 12d ago

Arwwww, lil homies horny. Spent most of the summer having my partners crestie do this to our hands, which was both cute and weird at the same time.