leopard Gecko aggression

So my little guy has this belief everything that enters or even comes near his cage is food and will bite at anything. I have always been able to hold him when he was new as a baby and up to recently of having him. But since I have gone away for Christmas he has this instant attitude and aggression(as in the slow tail wag and gapped mouth when he is about to hunt) towards me. How would you suggest letting him get over himself without overly putting stress on him and eliminating my chances of him actually breaking through any skin.
I feed him everyday, and always has Zoomed Leopard Gecko Food available as food as he was taught to accept non moving food since he was a baby. There is always left over live food when he is done eating so don't think he is being underfeed.

This is really odd cause my first lizard which i never touched cause i was scared i would cause him to lose his tail allows me to hold him and has never shown any signs of aggression towards me.

Young leos, I have learned, are very temperamental buggers.

Do you hand feed or use tongs or just a bowl? If you hand feed, you'll want to stop and use either tongs or a dish that way they will stop relating tongs with food.

Leopard geckos don't bite that hard - it's hard for them to bring skin. You could try wearing a thin pair of leather gloves when handling them. The trick is to get your leo to do what you want. If you and try to pick them up, but back off because they start acting up they will have gotten their way which will only lead to more bad behavior. Once they behave then they can be rewarded with going back into their viv.

A trick I've used with an aggressive beardie that also might help is wearing a shirt for a couple days and then putting it in the viv so that they can get used to your scent.

Hope this helps!

zandi202":lk7a3y9m said:

Young leos, I have learned, are very temperamental buggers.

Do you hand feed or use tongs or just a bowl? If you hand feed, you'll want to stop and use either tongs or a dish that way they will stop relating tongs with food.

Leopard geckos don't bite that hard - it's hard for them to bring skin. You could try wearing a thin pair of leather gloves when handling them. The trick is to get your leo to do what you want. If you and try to pick them up, but back off because they start acting up they will have gotten their way which will only lead to more bad behavior. Once they behave then they can be rewarded with going back into their viv.

A trick I've used with an aggressive beardie that also might help is wearing a shirt for a couple days and then putting it in the viv so that they can get used to your scent.

Hope this helps!

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Use tongs and bowl(for his still food/mealworms), normally have to trap him in the other side of viv to clean up his poop and still tries to bite the plastic container every single time, and ya I know he doesn't bite hard, he has bite me quite a few times when I underestimate his jump. But I will try your suggestion of gloves, as I didnt try that yet