midnight blizzard

[pab25]

A few years back when i was breeding leopards, there were claims of an all black/blue-ish color morph called a midnight blizzard. A lot has changed since I bred leopards, and I was wondering if anyone has heard of this morph and also if it was just a blizzard incubated at a low temp, causing the color to be darker? Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks!!

 

[Boopster]

There are a lot of unconfirmed reports of midnight blizzards. Usually they are very dark as hatchlings but lighten up as they grow older and come to resemble a normal blizzard. Blizzards also vary a lot in colour according to temperature and mood.
I have yet to find an adult "midnight blizzard" that stays dark all the time.
Peace
Axel

 

[pab25]

Thanks for the reply. I really appreciate it. Great info!!!

 

[Boopster]

No problem. I really like the blizzard morph. Or really i like animals that are white.
If you are looking for a black leopard geckos there are the Black pearls of livingart geckos that looks promising and also the Black velvets of Artlink geckos. They are still ridicoulusly expensive but I am sure they will be more widespread in the close future.

/Axel

 

[justindh1]

There are a lot of unconfirmed reports of midnight blizzards. Usually they are very dark as hatchlings but lighten up as they grow older and come to resemble a normal blizzard. Blizzards also vary a lot in colour according to temperature and mood.
I have yet to find an adult "midnight blizzard" that stays dark all the time.
Peace
Axel

I have a blizzard right now that does go through a color change and it happens quite often. She goes from a real light pinkish white with a little yellow to being almost all purple. I don't believe that the midnight blizzard is a differant form of the blizzard. With being a light color, the color change just is more noticable then most other geckos. Nothing out there has been proven genetically differant.

 

[Shermzilla]

Does this count? I'll post a better picture after he sheds again in a few days. Gex is getting progressively darker every time he sheds. He was a very light purple when I first got him and after every shed he is getting darker.

 

[Jasonp85]

Nice leo

 

[Shermzilla]

Thanks. Gex is one of my two juvis they are both 11 weeks old. Gex and Whitey are my first reptiles ever. These pics are of Whitey.

 

[pab25]

Very nice looking gecko!! That one is pretty dark!!!

 

[Jasonp85]

Yea they are both are nice

 

[Shermzilla]

Updated pics

They seem to be getting fat lol. They are approaching 4 months so hopefully I can sex them soon.

 

[Starpphire Enigma]

i just rescued a baby blizzard myself last week and im just drooling over hes colors and sweet demeanor. i hope he stays dark- he was so dark at the pet store, i realized due to temp ( grr) after words he got a little whiter- but i have hopes in seeing your baby got darker- either way, i love my little Wolf.

 

[MattL]

As far as I'm aware, midnight blizzards (and chocolate albinos) are simply eggs that were incubated at low temperatures.

There is a thread on another forum where Marcie, from Golden Gate Geckos depicted how a leopard geckos "shade" of colour can change depending on the substrate it is housed on. However, that experiment was done with SHT.



Matt

 

[Debbie7054]

My blizzard changes colours depending on her mood sometimes she's really light, sometimes really dark but usually around the same shade as yours. She hates being picked up but is always the first one out to run all over me when I put my hand nea the vivarium, she's nuts lol

 

[Starpphire Enigma]

yup, ever since i got my blizzard home and have given him proper care, his color has change dramaticaly! now i swear he is a bannana blizard- hes still super cute- poor thing has been pooping sand for a week, but he finaly seems to be comeing around- he still wont explore his tank though
ill post pics of him in a minute

 

[Starpphire Enigma]

ok, this is what he looks like after a week of recooperation...
hes all white now! what a difference

 

[Saskia]

Great work!!! Super cuteeee!! In this case the dark color was most likely due to low temperature

 

[Debbie7054]

Don't think thats the case with mine she's been nearly black when I've taken her out and turned pale sitting on my hand and my hands are never warm. I have ice for blood

 

[Debbie7054]

Your gecko is lovely

 

[Saskia]

Don't think thats the case with mine she's been nearly black when I've taken her out and turned pale sitting on my hand and my hands are never warm. I have ice for blood

Maybe you're a vampire! LOL

I believe if yours remains dark it could be a midnight/black velvet blizzard???