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17-Mar-08, 08:42 PM
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G'day folks,
Yep, you read right. I have hypno-geckos. Not hypo-, hypno!! Seriously though, I am not sure whether my male Lesueurs is trying to warn or attract the female, but he does this rather sensual-looking thing with his tail where he slowly and rhythmically gyrates it. He will sometimes lift it up in the air as well, sort of like waving a flag. I feel like a bit of a voyeur but it is quite hypnotic! Can anyone tell me if this is a territorial thing or is he just madly in love and trying to woo his woman (in which case I will blush appropriately and look away!)?
Thoughts, comments, mindless opinions? All appreciated.
Ridgeback
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17-Mar-08, 08:43 PM
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my marbled velvet geckos and knobbies do that when they are being fed lol.
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17-Mar-08, 08:58 PM
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My knob tail wiggles his tail when fed.
like he will tap the knob of his tail up and down.
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18-Mar-08, 07:22 AM
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My knobtails will wiggle their knob furiously when being fed, but only wave the whole tail around like a samba dance when trying to woo their women.
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18-Mar-08, 07:27 AM
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Ridgeback your a funny bloke.
I was expecting some moronic thread
happily wrong lol
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18-Mar-08, 07:30 AM
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my oedura do it occasionally aswell, mainly when being fed, but i read somewere that when they arch up and wave there tail it means they feel threatened.... they do it quite randomly though so not sure if thats true
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21-Mar-08, 11:43 AM
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Thanks folks,
sounds like it is fairly common, although there seems to be equal support for both territorial and romantic reasons.
Anyone else out there who can shed some more light on this?
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