- Today, we're on Reddit.
My not favorite site.
Which I'm definitely not just biased
because I get banned from every sub I get stepped foot in,
but I recently,
I just checked out and reacted to a bunch of random,
those controversial leopard gecko posts.
And I suggest you check that out.
We had everything from a gecko being shot
with an airsoft gun,
to plenty of our things.
You can check it off if you want.
But if not, let's jump in to some more.
My leopard gecko enclosure got wet.
Basically long story short,
someone came into my room
and knocked over a water canister I had and it cracked.
And my leopard gecko enclosure got wet.
Like the paper towels were soaked,
there wasn't water sloshing around, but it was wet.
My gecko was in there and I feel awful.
At most she was like that for an hour.
I'm just concerned
that she could get a respiratory infection.
I immediately warmed her up and cleaned the enclosure.
I'm just concerned.
(exhales heavily)
So these are the people that I feel the worst for.
These are the people where, when I get a DM from them,
I try to respond and also don't make fun of them publicly
because I just feel so awful.
This is the group of people that are so hypersensitive
and so caring and careful for their animal,
that they take it to such an unhealthy level
that they think that the slightest thing
is going to kill them.
Like they lift the gecko three inches off the table
and it falls and I've seen posts
and like people DM me they're like,
"I was holding my gecko on my bed
and it fell on the bed, like a foot.
Is it okay? Do I need to go to the vet?"
I think what happens
is they see all these like super specific issues
that come up that I really wouldn't even have expected
getting into reptiles.
Like if I got a pet
and I didn't know much about pets
and I put a light on it and the light was a specific color,
and then I get a comment saying that
that light is the wrong color.
It's just such a random thing.
I would never have considered it.
Like people saying,
"You should have done your research.
You should have known this."
Another one, there might be a post about this.
But like there was one saying,
"My gecko is turning like white, is it dying?"
But it's actually just going to the shed.
And there's always comments saying,
"You have it in your research
because you would know that that means it's shedding."
But I was thinking about it.
I have never, as far as I know, seen any specification
and just a basic care guide of leopard geckos,
saying that it's going to get white and shed.
I think because people like keep them,
that's just kind of any reptile is going to happen.
But then you've only kept dogs and cats all your life
and you get this new animal that you did research
and all of a sudden
you're supposed to somehow know that it turns white to shed.
And then, yeah.
So I think that's what develops into these people
who literally spilled a glass of water in the gecko tank
and thinks is going to die
of respiratory infection immediately.
So, kind of sucks.
But also why is it,
why did this have white (mumbles)?
I'm kind of confused. Why is this controversial?
How do you rename a gecko? Okay.
"Turns out Bean is a girl and I want to name her Anastasia.
But I don't know if she'll remember her name any tips?"
They don't know their names. I'm sorry.
Maybe I'm wrong. Just kidding, I'm not wrong.
But they don't know their names.
Lots of people claim they do.
Again, back to Craigslist pickups.
I've gone and done a lot of pickups
and they tell me their name.
And they're like,
"Please make sure you remember their name,
'cause I want them to have that same name.
Are you going to keep the name?
I want the future owner
to be able to connect with it the way I have."
By saying a specific string of syllables
that the reptile just oop in one ear out the other.
Absolutely no context at all.
This is innocence. It's actually a funny post.
I'm sorry to say that.
They do not recognize names or do they? Maybe I'm wrong.
Maybe I'm the one...
Just kidding. No, I'm right. Moving on.
(chuckles)
Good old cloacal prolapse.
This happens with various animals.
I had to have them on the ballpark on once.
And it's like kind of thing,
sometimes if it's a very small prolapse,
you can actually fix it yourself.
There's some videos about it in the information,
but it depends on why it happened and whatever.
So it's best to just get a vet to deal with it.
I don't involve pythons. Sometimes the prolapse is so bad.
They have to like actually cut an opening
and like stuff it in and then suture them up, like closed.
I don't think this one's bad enough,
but also get the for more pores.
This is what the male leopard geckos have.
Same with like male leopard dragons and stuff.
They're so cog.
They're just filled with these like cloaca fluids.
I've seen in clog for more pours
on like two geckos in person.
And it's so weird.
It's like these little pieces of macaroni.
I didn't try them, but yeah.
But a lot of people send me pictures
of their animals cloacal prolapsing.
I don't know why so many people's animals
are having cloacal prolapses.
I'm guessing maybe constipation,
maybe they're straining
'cause they're dehydrated or something.
But yeah,
I wouldn't suggest dealing with it yourself at home.
It's a bit risky.
If it gets cut or infected,
it might kill them so, good times.
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I probably should have warned you.
This one's kind of gross.
But can anyone tell me what this might be?
The comments thought it was a burn,
which I actually wasn't sure, but that would make sense.
But I started playing Skyrim recently
and this reminds me of the skeever tails.
So I thought I would include it.
But the nice thing about
something bad happening to an animal's tail with reptiles
is it's not that important.
And a leopard gecko, they can drop their tail naturally.
So I was still suggest getting help with it
and not doing it yourself.
But on the bright side,
it's like the best area to have an issue.
So you can be thankful.
They are becoming parents, male and female who were bred.
I didn't actually know this,
but one of these is a limited frost leopard gecko,
and the tag says,
"Lemon frost gene is directly correlated
with cancerous tumors." I didn't know that.
The only gecko morph that I've researched
in regards to issues is the enigma leopard gecko,
which has neurological issues.
Apparently lemon frost gene
is correlated with cancerous tumors.
And these are going to create lemon frost.
I wonder what happened.
I wouldn't have known that either honestly.
So good thing I'm not a leopard gecko breeder, I guess.
"Is this cricket a bit.. a big...
Is this cricket..."
Oh my God. I can't read.
"Is a cricket this big, bad for him?:
I have no idea.
It looks like he's eating a demon.
I don't know if it's the camera,
but why is it look like some sort of shadow demon,
or a soul, like an evil soul.
Wait is there one in the background? Why are they black?
Wait, is that in the can?
Wait, hold on. Let's investigate.
Canned crickets?
You can buy crickets in a can?
Fluker canned crickets, but they're not black.
It does look a bit large though.
It's like the size of its entire abdomen.
I always prefer feeding leopard geckos smaller insects
'cause why not? You can just feed them more of them.
Pretty cool. I suggested it.
"For Halloween I dressed my son a potion ingredient."
I don't know.
I've done a couple of weird things with animals.
I can't say anything, but why would,
what, I don't, what? I don't get..
"Took away all of his hiding spots
while he was sleeping outside
and waiting for him to wake up."
(laughs) What? I don't get it.
So he was sleeping outside a hide
and they pranked him by taking out his hides.
"Did this stress him in anyway?"
Of course it does. I didn't know that, I'm sorry.
He didn't seem stressed, but I won't do it again.
These people are on a different level.
I just don't get it. Why?
So it's sitting outside the thing and you're like,
"It would be funny if I steal the hide."
And then you're like,
"It'll be even funnier if I post about this experience
of me stealing the gecko's hide."
It's not even that big of a deal. I just don't get it.
I need to be reading these posts.
I should have been reading them, but too bad.
This image just scares me. I don't like it.
And I thought, I'd show you too.
Thank you for looking.
"My gecko is ripping his skin off.
So I was sitting next to him
and he started ripping his skin off and eating it.
I don't know what to do."
(chuckles)
Yeah, this is one as well.
I think, I mean, I assume it was shedding.
But people get disturbed when they start eating them.
Sometimes they're like,
"You're not supposed to eat that. Give me that back."
It's okay. They can eat it.
They're kind of recycling the nutrients, Christian style.
So, recycling is good in regards to skin
with leopard geckos. I should specify, I guess.
"Needing some help.
I had Wybie for a little while now. He hasn't been eating.
I'm still giving him mealworms and tried waxworms."
(mumbles)
There's no way this gecko is alive.
Look at it. It's dead.
This gecko is not alive, look at the way it's leg is.
I think they're just in denial
and don't realize that it's not living anymore.
"Is honey and jelly okay?
I have an old girl, 16. She only eats mealworms.
I was wondering if I could give her
a very small amount of honey or jelly as a treat.
I would just like three drop,
just like three drops.
Just like three drops or so on her mouth.
I want to give her something
that would ideally tastes nice to a gecko."
This is like taking your human baby
and just shoving live mealworms in his mouth. Let's move on.
"Can you guys convince my mom
to stop messing with my gecko?"
I loved the best part about this is the fact that
they caught her in action, took a picture,
and then put it on Reddit being like,
"Please make her stop."
This is better than the alternative, right?
Like some people,
you got to hide your animal from your parents or whatever,
your parents find it and they are Like,
"That thing has gone."
But his mom was like, "Oh, hello, leopard gecko."
"Can someone tell me what gender (chuckles)."
Shaking, what is happening?
This is not a leopard gecko, what is this?
Wait, the abdomen looks like a leopard gecko.
This is not a leopard gecko.
Is this a leopard gecko?
I know they posted in the leopard gecko.
What is that? What is all over your floor?
I got to go to the comments, let's investigate.
"Feed your gecko, it's dying."
"Chill," laughing emoji,
"I just got them from Petco a few days ago.
He's been eating a lot of mealworms.
So he'll start looking better."
Wait, is this actually a leopard gecko?
(chuckles)
What? Am so confused.
I mean, I've actually never seen a gecko this skinny.
Petco normally they'd die
and get thrown away before this point.
To finish it off, we got bread gecko.
'Cause, although I would not make a gecko sandwich myself,
I prefer looking at bread gecko over the previous geckos.
List that, the controversial posts on our leopard geckos
that I thought was worth sharing.
What's your favorite neglected gecko? I don't know.
Leave something in the comments please.
So I can look away from bread gecko and read those instead.
(laughs) Please stop posting.
How many pictures of bread... Okay.
All right. That's all I can take for now.
But if you've got other subreddits you want me to check out,
other posts, whatever.
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