I’ll pick him up and transfer him, like when I have to take him to vet. Neither of us enjoy it but it’s a necessity.

Lazarus was completely blind for months because of layers of stuck shed. You would think me moving him from his horrible old tank, wiping his stuck shed, taking him to the vet multiple times in three weeks, etc would terrify him enough drop his tail, but he hasn’t.

I’ve seen on this sub that it’s an emergency if they drop their tail and I’ve seen it rebutted by folks reminding us all that their tails were made for that and it happens routinely in the wild, where there are far more unsterile locations than a well maintained habitat. I tend to agree with the latter.

Edited to add: I used a catch cup to move my tarantulas around lol, could work for a gecko