Leopard Gecko

Leopard Gecko
(Eublepharis Macularius)

Leopard Gecko is a lizard living in some countries in Asia. They have lots of happy owners all over the world, including me. The diet depends on what you decide to feed them with. The most popular are crickets, but people feed them sometimes with other bugs like butterworms. They can grow from 18-25 cm and can live for about 25 years! They are very curious. Once when I took mine out of his cage he was so interested in the computer that he didn’t want to go back to his box.

There is a weird thing about his skin, some people think it’s fascinating, some think it’s just cool and some think that it’s disgusting. He throws it away each month. First he is very colorful, and then he gets a little bit lighter, then lighter, then white, then he gets so white that his small skin breaks off. This might be a little bit disgusting but that is just what he does, he eats his own skin. He eats it very quickly. Mine has eaten four already, the first one was when I went to a friend for a couple of hours and when I came back he was all colorful again. I thought there was something wrong with him but there wasn’t. Next time I was home and I watched everything from beginning to end and I was amazed, by the fact that he ate it in less than an hour. The next two I missed when I was at school and when I was sleeping… bad luck.

A leopard gecko is a good pet. He is not aggressive and he bites only when you force him by squeezing, not being delicate etc. As I said they have lots of owners and it is a very interesting and fun animal.

By: Pawel Kornacki