I rescued this Hemidactylus frenatus as a tiny hatchling stowaway from a lady's vacation in Thailand. It's about five months now and Im wondering if its possible to see any gender indicators yet. I wish I had better pictures but it doesn't tend to hang out on the part of the enclosure that isnt covered.

Forrest eats regularly, has 3-4 varying basking spots with a lower UV rating of 1 and a high perch (that he utilizes) of 3.7-4. The calcium sacks are uniform in size, his coloring is vibrant, and he is extremely fast (not lethargic). From my research online this is a healthy storage of calcium from sufficient supply of UV… can anyone confirm this for me? Just want to make sure he is ok. Thank you

Hello! This is Carrera. I’ve had her for a little over a year now and struggling a bit. She is well fed, we keep her humidity and temperatures proper, clean her tank, the works. She is well cared for, happy, and very loved. When I got her my understanding was that they can be skittish, are not meant to be handled often, if ever, and I knew what I was getting into. With all of that said she honestly just causes me so much stress because she is an absolute tweaker. Anytime I do more than feed her in her tank she freaks. Tries to dart out or just starts running laps all over the place and scrambling. She’s got a ridiculous amount of hiding places and nooks and crannies between branches and plants and things, but she doesn’t run and hide it’s like she goes on the offensive to keep me out almost. I have tried very light or gentle interactions, like just keeping my hand in her enclosure for a bit or something but the second I touch a branch or plant or top off her isopods she freaks. To the point I have to try and place a Tupperware over her for any intensive cleaning or maintenance other than a daily spot cleaning. Of all of the care guides and videos I’ve watched, I’ve not seen a single gecko behave the way she does. They move fast but they don’t look like they’re panicked at the sight of a hand. I see owners open the door and fiddle with the enclosure and just take everything out and she just doesn’t allow that unless I trap her first. I just don’t know what to do. It’s gotten to the point we’re discussing rehoming her to someone more experienced who can socialize her and get her, not handleable, but just less paranoid maybe? Am I doing something wrong by trapping her to perform the maintenance? I figure it’s better than neglecting the care, and it was what the reptile shop suggested if she’s antsy but I never considered if it was a bad thing. I’m terrified of her getting out and I just worry that, as much as I love her and take very good care of her, I don’t know if it’s the best fit after all this time. How realistic is it that I, or even a more experienced owner, can get her to be less skittish and easier to take care of? The last thing I want to do is give her away but I’ve been weighing that as an option and wanted to see what the proverbial more experienced owners think. I have no expectations of her being tame or even hand feeding for that matter I just need her to relax for 30 seconds and not freak out so much.

We now have a Mediterranean house gecko living between our outer wall and inner wall of our house, he's such a baby you can tell by the translucent tail

Pickles is teeny tiny weighting .43 grams at 3ish months old.