fat tailed geckos

Ann · #1 (**permalink**) 05-29-2002, 05:31 AM

Are fat tailed geckos at all agressive. i held one at the reptile show and the breeder said they are very docile... But at a petstore they said that one bit a lttle boy so i couldnt hold it.. Hey its a petstore so im not banking on the truth. I want to hear from the REAL experts.. you guys!!!! [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]
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Bry · #2 (**permalink**) 05-29-2002, 05:41 AM

Yeah, fatties are pretty docile, an aggressive gecko is actually an unusual case. They're a lot like leopard geckos in temperament. Chances are the gecko at the pet store was at least one of four things: wild-caught, severely stressed from being kept incorrectly at the pet store, one of those rare cases of unusually aggressive fattails, or it was just held incorrectly by the little boy.

Bry
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Ann · #3 (**permalink**) 05-29-2002, 05:52 AM

Thanks ..I am considering getting one. I have falling for geckos they are really neat reptiles. I also want a bearded dragon. Are Geckos easy to maintain? [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]
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motorherp · #4 (**permalink**) 05-29-2002, 07:07 PM

I've got a fat tail an he's the lazyest most tolerent of being prodded pet I have, We have him out about of his viv about an hour a day an he loves it [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] There's a pic of him in the gecko forum on the "I wanted to watch TV .....etc".When I bought him the guy in the shop was really scared of him an said he was known to bite, he has NEVER once tried to do anything than lick me! [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] Can't recomend them enough, he even tolerates his lead, though he looks silly [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
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