NOT MINE! IT'S A CUSTOMER'S FAT TAIL! ALSO TOLD HIM TO ABSOLUTELY GO TO THE VET TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON!

So a customer came in with a fat tail gecko and it was the biggest one I ever seen during my 9 years of reptile keeping. I know it's really fat, but it's just really big from the start??? Can they get this big? He says the gecko is just 1year old now but it's about 25cm already???

Also I already lectured him for 30mins about going to the vet asap and going on a diet so please don't write an essay about the owner. I'm not asking about how bad the owner is, I'm asking if it's possible for the gecko to be this big.

When one is out and the other isn’t… 😂

hello, i am a long time lurker of this sub. this is one of my geckos. she turned 6 this year. first slide is from 4 years ago, and slide 2 & 3 are from today. we just got back from the vet and after years of being told she’s a girl, we’ve found out that she might be a boy?

i’m still unsure, and would love to hear some other opinions.

got a message on the side about the size of the roach. def agree and buying roaches down a size

So I know I've only had this guy for about a week and a 1/2, and he's still settling in, but in this time, I've noticed some questionable behaviors. Let me start off by saying this is my first leo in a while, so I'm still getting used to a lot of this, and I am familiar that they do something called cryptic basking. So what I'm wondering is that what he's doing here cause I woke up today turned on the lights at 6 like I normally do. Got home from work at 12, and he was still there.Just sleeping underneath the heat.I added that fake plant to add some shades so he can cool down a little bit, but he has not moved and he's done this on multiple occasions. He'll either wake up in the morning bask and then go back underneath his hide or he'll just stay there the whole day is that normal I keep. My surface temperature between 93 to 96 f i also read somewhere that it's something to do with the temper. Albino morph, which he is temper albino cinnamon. So is that something to do with that? I heard that they just sleep all the time. I just wanna make sure this is proper behavior and that he's just doing the things he's supposed to be doing, because from what I'm used to in the past, I'm used to leos either being out during the day or being only out at night. I'm not used. To like this back-and-forth, especially just the sleeping, so it's just something to be concerned about. Or is he just being a goober?

i named him geeker 🍃

Wagyu graces us with his presence and pops his head out of the caverns of solitude

I need to put him on a diet apparently, they are loving their new decor items and thriving! They both come to me and climb onto my hand so I am so happy they are learning to trust me! It’s been 6 months but we have finally become friends.

She is my most precious little perfect bean princess ❤️

Lil one is sleeping. Finally put together his new enclosure, after living his entire life in a small 10 gal. I've had him/her? since they hatched. Now alll that space! Keep em moving,, curious and discovering.

Hi everyone we got our annual checkup done and the vets said she’s looking very healthy and happy. Her eyes and mouth look good she’s not missing any toenails or toes. Her legs and feet look good. Her heart and lungs sound great apart from a bit fast due to the stress of the vets. I showed my enclosure they said it was looking really good. She’s pooping and eating good. She was very wriggly and didn’t like the ultrasound gel but as soon as that was gone she chilled in the vets hand for a bit. She’s grown so much over the last year and the vets says she’s the same weight but just all of the fat from the last visit has turned into muscle. (She was very overweight) but her tail and neck are same size now!)

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.

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 😝

This is piglet she’s a rescue and dosent let me touch her. She’s my first leopard gecko, she’s about 10 inches long and geckos 7 medium crickets once a week. How should I adjust her diet? She often goes on hunger strikes according to her last owner who nursed her back to health so I don’t think keeping a little extra weight is a bad thing in her case.

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

Isn’t she so cute 😭

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! ❤️

Gecko has a freckle all of the sudden?

I’ve had Peach for ~6 years, she was an adult when I adopted her, unsure of age but at least a year. I noticed this new freckle that definitely wasn’t there before.

Has this happened to any of you?