What made me happy today? New skin!
Hoshi has new skin. Leopard geckos shed their skin when they grow out of it. And, oddly enough, you may not even know it has happened because they will eat their shed skin. No one knows for sure why they do that. Some people believe it's as a precaution against predators, others say it might be to get some nutrition out of it.
The colours of a leopard gecko's skin will become muted, and the skin will have a grey cast to it. Also, Hoshi started behaving a bit differently. She hid almost all day yesterday, and today she was very active. She kept scratching her head and body against the plants and log in her house. So I made sure to raise the humidity a bit, and I also put a humid hide (basically a small box with soaking wet paper towels in it) to help ease her discomfort. And it worked. She's shed all of her skin, and is much happier now :-)
I really like her, and I'm glad she seems to be doing well in her new home :-)
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Monday, October 21, 2013
Sunday, October 6, 2013
Meet Hoshi!
What made me happy today? Meet Hoshi!
Today, I want to introduce Hoshi to you. Hoshi is my leopard gecko and it's love at first sight :-)
I had been thinking of getting a pet for a long time. But as I have severe allergies most 'regular' pets weren't an option for me. So I ended up looking at reptiles as pets. After a lot of research it turned out that a leopard gecko is precisely what I was looking for.
Yesterday, I went to a store nearby that specializes in reptiles and amphibians. After explaining what I was looking for, the store owner agreed with me on the leopard gecko. And he had one in the store. But before deciding to take one home, I first wanted to meet it. It was love at first sight! He took her (at least, we think it's a her, she's still quite young and it's hard to tell) out of her terrarium and held her near me. She immediately came over and started exploring my arm and hand :-) So I got her a nice, fully decorated place to live.
Hoshi's still a bit shy at the moment, but that's to be expected as she's still adapting to her surroundings. I called her Hoshi, referring to Hoshi Sato. That's a character on Star Trek: Enterprise :-) I always loved the name Hoshi, as it means 'star' in Japanese.
Time for some pictures!
Today, I want to introduce Hoshi to you. Hoshi is my leopard gecko and it's love at first sight :-)
I had been thinking of getting a pet for a long time. But as I have severe allergies most 'regular' pets weren't an option for me. So I ended up looking at reptiles as pets. After a lot of research it turned out that a leopard gecko is precisely what I was looking for.
Yesterday, I went to a store nearby that specializes in reptiles and amphibians. After explaining what I was looking for, the store owner agreed with me on the leopard gecko. And he had one in the store. But before deciding to take one home, I first wanted to meet it. It was love at first sight! He took her (at least, we think it's a her, she's still quite young and it's hard to tell) out of her terrarium and held her near me. She immediately came over and started exploring my arm and hand :-) So I got her a nice, fully decorated place to live.
Hoshi's still a bit shy at the moment, but that's to be expected as she's still adapting to her surroundings. I called her Hoshi, referring to Hoshi Sato. That's a character on Star Trek: Enterprise :-) I always loved the name Hoshi, as it means 'star' in Japanese.
Time for some pictures!
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