Actually my daughters male-Mocha- asks out. If she has not had him out for
a day or so 'cause of homework, he will come to the door and watch her every
move until she takes him out. As soon as she opens the door he almost jumps
into her hands and will wander around her desk and books and her bed for
quite awhile when he comes back and sits on whatever part of her anatomy he
can reach she knows he wants to be fed and put back. She got him as he was
born with deformed eyes and when the breeders realized this they gave him
to her as he needed eye drops and hand feeding. Strangely enough he is doing
extremely well in a humid tank and only needs his drops at most once every
week or so. He is a very large,spoiled Leo!
Margaret
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From: "Steven Neil Groginsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Gecko ListServ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 12:31 AM
Subject: [Gecko] [LG] Happy just to be with my gek
> Thought people might share my fun with Roxy. I woke her up today and
> hand-fed her 2 mealies in her shack. Afterwards, she consented to walk
onto
> my hand and I walked around the room with her. She likes to be held, I
> think because of my body heat. It's the same with boas and pythons.
>
> She frequently tastes my skin with her tongue. I imagine that it's
getting
> familiar. I don't really handle her too much, but I hand-feed her through
> the hole in her bowl every 3 days or so so she stays used to me and
> associates me with a good meal.
>
> This is fun. Leopards seem to be able to get used to human contact, and
> even juveniles, which are known to be very defensive, can be tamed if you
> give them their space. I really don't plan to make a habit of handling
Roxy
> that much, because it _is_ a stress to remove her from her cage that she
> knows so well. I really care for her very much and I want her to be able
to
> provide the best conditions for her and for her to grow as big as she is
> able to. I care so much for her that if the caring part wasn't involved,
I
> might almost call it a kind of obsession. I _am_ very happy that I
happened
> to get her and that Leopards are so forgiving.
>
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