By observing geckos, you quickly realize that they are very fascinating creatures and can provide you with hours of visual enjoyment.
Leopard geckos are opportunistic hunters and do not forage for food. But if your prey wanders into view, watch out! Geckos rarely lose their prey. If your gecko is hungry and sees its prey, it will start to stalk it very slowly and deliberately, just as a leopard would stalk its prey in the wild. They will be very attentive and fix their gaze on the prey. Once the gecko has them at striking distance, a few jaw-dropping swings of its fat tail and one lunge and it’s over. The gecko will lick its lips with satisfaction and head to its favorite spot in its enclosure until next time.
Geckos have great personalities and are very calm and rarely attempt to bite unless they are mishandled or caught. Each gecko has its own uniqueness and they are very beautiful. But not very elegant at times, to the point of being funny. I have seen my male look over a ledge in his cage and immediately fall and land on his head, then get up and run off as if something had attacked him. My male loves super worms, while my female is scared of them and will only eat the smallest mealworms. I noticed that they were both looking at me outside their cages wanting to walk, “under my strict supervision, of course.” They will both look for patterns in their cages to see if something has changed or if there are predators around. I have seen them both return to their skins with tears in their eyes when I got up from the sofa and they saw the movement.
In the wild, male leopard geckos are very solitary lizards and will try to kill other males that enter their territory. That’s why you never house two males together, they prefer to live alone. The women will tolerate each other, but there will be a certain amount of bullying that will cause stress. All in all, each leopard gecko has its own personality trait, and one thing they all have in common is that they are entertaining to watch. In my personal opinion, that’s what makes them one of the most sought-after reptiles on the planet.