Any Idea why my crested gecko tail come off?

Question

last nite when i went to mist him i noticed his tail came off i was rather shocked as i never witnessed any of my other lizards tail coming off. should i be worried because now hes got a wee red spot where the tail came off. But he wasnt bleeding or anything like that.

So any ideas why might his tail come off? His enclosure is 24inchesx24inchesx12inches. i mist around three times a day and have a infra red heat bulb at one end and a heat mat which he usually goes on top off, you think it could be the heat mat?

Also i remember having a cricket in there last night but i dunno if the cricket could have caused him to shed the tail off because the gecko is bigger and he eats them.

Any help will be appreciated thanks

Answer 1

Brazil

Answer 2

did u scare him cos lizards do that when scared.it grows back though so dont worry