Andrea,
This brings to mind a question I have been meaning to
post. When my one female was shedding, the other
female kept pecking at her... like she was annoyed...
is this normal? Or was she trying to eat the shedded
skin?
Thanks
--- Andrea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Tonight I put in some silk worms in my leopard
> geckos cage. The male stuck
> his tongue out about 4 or 5 times, kind of shook his
> head, then bit the
> female on the tail in the middle part of her tail.
> He bit her really hard
> and would not let go. He had a full mouthful of her
> tail in his mouth. I
> tried picking him up and even spraying him in the
> face with a squirt
> bottle. He finally let go when she turned around
> and bit him on the face.
> It damaged one of the bumps on her tail but didn't
> draw any blood and where
> she bit him didn't draw blood. I don't know if he
> mistook her tail for a
> worm even though her tail is a lot fatter than a
> worm or what. I separated
> them immediately after he let go of her tail. Can
> you please tell me if
> this is normal or not. I have never seen him bite
> her before. Do you
> think she'll lose her tail over this or do they
> normally lose their tail as
> soon as something like this happens?
> Andrea
>
>
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