I Think Mango Must Have Shed

By Yuki
@yukimori (10145)
United States
May 11, 2023 12:18pm CST
Usually I know because she turns a dull gray color a few days before she sheds her skin, but we've been out so much this week that I didn't notice the change. She's a lot more vibrant this morning than she was a few days ago, though, so that's a good sign that she did. She's the most skittish of our lizards. I don't normally get very good pictures of her because of that, but she tolerated my phone long enough for me to get this one today. Probably has something to do with the fresh cup of food just below her, if I'm being honest...
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Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (50273)
• United States
11 May 23
I don’t recall Mango. Is she new to your family ? She’s pretty.
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Yuki
@yukimori (10145)
• United States
11 May 23
Yeah, she's our newest addition. I think I got her back in October, maybe?
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Yuki
@yukimori (10145)
• United States
11 May 23
@Tampa_girl7 She was okay with being next to Cookie's enclosure but she's not impressed with any of the others. They're all mostly solitary anyway, so they live alone.
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Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (50273)
• United States
11 May 23
@yukimori Does she get along with the others ?
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The Horse
@TheHorse (218931)
• Walnut Creek, California
11 May 23
She looks pretty happy.
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Yuki
@yukimori (10145)
• United States
11 May 23
I think she was... I'd just given her her breakfast.
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Yuki
@yukimori (10145)
• United States
12 May 23
@TheHorse Hers was a cup of Repashy crested gecko meal replacement diet. Mango-flavored, of course.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (218931)
• Walnut Creek, California
12 May 23
@yukimori What was for breakfast?
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Amber
@AmbiePam (92864)
• United States
11 May 23
She’s an absolutely stunning lizard. Is she sociable with your family? I’m not really familiar with the social habits of reptiles, myself. I’ve just seen cute little videos of lizards interacting with their owners in different ways.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (92864)
• United States
11 May 23
@yukimori Oh, okay. That’s fascinating.
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Yuki
@yukimori (10145)
• United States
11 May 23
She's actually one of our least sociable lizards. She's a crimson giant day gecko and they're a species that will lose their skin if they feel too threatened, so we don't handle her directly at all.
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (89870)
• Arvada, Colorado
11 May 23
Isn't she a lovely color now
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Yuki
@yukimori (10145)
• United States
11 May 23
She is! We joke that it's a good thing she's so pretty because we can't handle her like most of the other lizards we have, but I really just loved her personality in the pet store.
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (89870)
• Arvada, Colorado
11 May 23
@yukimori They do certainly have personalities Yuki
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
12 May 23
She's very pretty. I'm glad she managed without needing help.
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Yuki
@yukimori (10145)
• United States
12 May 23
Thankfully she's just fine on her own. She wouldn't handle help very well even if she needed it.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
12 May 23
@yukimori Thank goodness, then.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340256)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 May 23
Well, you got a great shot of her this time. Are you likely to find the shed skin?
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Yuki
@yukimori (10145)
• United States
12 May 23
Not Mango's. She and the leopard geckos actually eat it, so finding anything they leave behind is pretty rare.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340256)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 May 23
@yukimori Isn't that interesting? Maybe it supplies some nutrients they need. Or maybe it is a defence thing - predators don't know that they're around perhaps. We would occasionally find snake or blue-tongued lizard skins.
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@allknowing (136592)
• India
12 May 23
I used to read your posts I think on noise cash and never heard of Mango before Cute lizard that one.
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Yuki
@yukimori (10145)
• United States
12 May 23
I think I posted her once on the day I got her, and that was it.
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Yadah
@Yadah04 (3363)
• Philippines
12 May 23
interesting pet. I know someone having iguana as a pet, but lizards, you are the only one i knew.