Owning 2 lepored geckos who both have varying degrees of specil needs

[gumball4]

Hi, I’m a 17 year old reptile keeper with a 4 year old female lepored gecko, I’ve had since I was 13 and she was a hatchling. She is the first reptile I have owned.

Recently, some of my distiant family has asked if I would take in thier lepored gecko, Kevin, because they are moving to New York and cannot take him with them. They wanted to make sure he was in good hands and since I already own a gecko, they trusted me the most. I said I would take him in. I do not know too much about him yet. What I do know is that Kevin is a male, I would be getting his tank set up and everything, and that he has specil needs. Kevin is fully blind and has to be hand fed witch I have never done before.My female lepored gecko is partially blind but can still hunt on her own, her food just needs to be in a bowl or she won’t eat.

I am a little worried about having to hand feed him since I have never had to do that before. I will get taught by my family how to take care of him. I am just a little worried about it all.

Since I only own a female and have never had a male I am just a little nervos. I also am wondering if it would be okay to keep both of them in my room in seprate tanks or if I would have to keep Kevin out of my room. I understand quarantine ing and that. I am more worried about them being able to smell each other and go crazy during breeding season.

I love reptiles and plan to own many in the future l. I am also hoping to work with them as a wildlife biologist with a specialty in reptiles and amphibians. This is just the first step to my goal but I’m still new to things. Any advice would be helpful!!

[armiyana]

Welcome~
You’ll do fine. The fact that you’re asking these questions prove that you care and that’s the most important part.

For the questions… You can keep them in the same room. The only real thing to remember is to wash your hands before handling Kevin. I have had a leopard gecko male try and breed my hand after handling one of my females.

For hand feeding, they’re most likely using tongs to pick up feeder bugs and then bring it up to his face. He’s probably got some que like touching the tip of his nose or holding it next to his mouth.

The worst part of it is just feeding days take a little longer because you can’t just set down a bowl of mealworms and know he’ll find them. Honestly though…they can be creatures of habit and he may learn to check a bowl when he hears you. As long as you maintain the same setup, let’s say food bowl in the front left corner, he can learn that mealworms or fly pupae show up there. Then you can do vitamin and calcium dusted roaches or crickets by tong to supplement.