Lesson 120: Leopard Gecko Observation Project

           Leopard geckos are awesome pets. My family has two leopard geckos as pets, but the one I am writing about is named Thorntail. Thorntail is a female leopard gecko. She is about 5-6 inches and is fully grown. Thorntail is about three years old. She is a purplish tan color with bumps all over her. Leopard geckos store fat in their tails, and Thorntail has a very fat tail. She is nocturnal, so she is most active at night. Her habitat is dry and warm like a desert. Sometimes she has unusual behavior, like when she did not eat for about a month. We found out she had two eggs in her belly, and then she laid them. Leopard geckos also shed their skin about once a month. When Thorntail needs to shed, her colors look very light and dull. She sheds by rubbing along the sides of different things in her cage, and then she eats the skin that comes off. In the morning, her skin is nice and bright. Leopard geckos eat crickets, worms, cockroaches, and small mice, but they will eat pretty much any bug that comes into their cage. Last summer, our male leopard gecko named Little, was eating miller moths that flew toward the light in his cage. I find leopard geckos interesting, because they actually will react to people. They have little personalities and are really fun to take care of. These are my observations of my leopard gecko, Thorntail.