Leopard gecko: High Color

[TheOneBlueGecko]

Thanks! Good to know, That's almost a knee-jerk reaction though, to pull back, I do it when mine arches up her body like a pissed cat. Even though she hasn't hissed or bit me since the first few days of me having her.

I think mine only bit me because I startled her/looked like a yummy moving piece of food.

The initial reaction was a bit "OMG it is eating my knuckle get it off!" and pulled away, which did nothing other than maybe make her grab hold harder, but I relaxed and she eventually let go. I was just glad that I do not hurt her by jerking her like that.

 

[Pokeefe88]

I think mine only bit me because I startled her/looked like a yummy moving piece of food.

The initial reaction was a bit "OMG it is eating my knuckle get it off!" and pulled away, which did nothing other than maybe make her grab hold harder, but I relaxed and she eventually let go. I was just glad that I do not hurt her by jerking her like that.

Ah I see, its why I use tongs and a separate container to feed mine. Its good that she let go! :biggrin:

 

[TheOneBlueGecko]

Ah I see, its why I use tongs and a separate container to feed mine. Its good that she let go! :biggrin:

I can very much see the logic to that. At least with these guys they cannot really hurt you unlike something bigger.

 

[Pokeefe88]

Yeah but its good to start early especially if I want to get something bigger

 

[TheOneBlueGecko]

Yeah but its good to start early especially if I want to get something bigger

And I really would love to move onto something bigger, but the idea of an even larger tank to find a place for intimidates me.

 

[badkelpie]

Well I went ahead and bought her (I don't know her gender, just picked one). I'm surprised she stayed so long. I had pretty much decided to and when I went to the pet store, I saw she was about to shed, and had no moist hide or source of humidity at all. So I sped up my plans, and brought her home today. She's very active and inquisitive. I noticed when taking pictures that she has a couple short toes, I'm gonna presume they were lost in a bad shed, so I feel even better about getting her today.

I have her in my 20 high fish tank, and I think I'll go ahead and make another level in the back to make use of the height, seems like she'll use it. I forgot until I started getting the tank ready that I had no paper towels, but I did have brown paper bags, so I used those instead. They work great, 2 of them fit on the bottom of the tank just right. The tank has a mirrored background, I didn't think she'd like that, so I put paper up as a backing. I have a light for heat for now, but the pet store owner is gonna get me a UTH tomorrow or the next day.

I took photos. She's about to shed, so she looks like a ghost. I'll take more after she sheds.

She has no name yet.

 

[TheOneBlueGecko]

How exciting. She should be fine despite the short toes, not that you want her to lose any more tips, but she should be able to climb fine and everything.

I think you were right to cover the mirror, I think it could be a bit stressful because she might look at it as another gecko.

I love the pictures, I think they always look super cute when they are all ghostlike and ready to shed.

 

[Saskia]

Incorrect. Super Hypo is 'still little to no spots'. Super Hypos often have one or even two spots in random places and are still considered Super Hypo.



Its a Super Hypo, as it only has 2 spots, in my opinion, having studied the matter deeply because my Eos is a Hypo.

Well, actually hypos need to have LESS than 10 spots, just to be hypos, and super hypos have no spots, you can check for yourself
HYPO:
Hypomelanistic - Leopard Gecko Wiki

SUPERHYPO:
Super Hypo - Leopard Gecko Wiki

In the pictures of the "HYPO" example the one in the picture has only 3 spots in the back, and that is the example for hypo.



I love talking morphs!

It is SOOOOO great that you got him!!!! :cheer: Any ideas about how old it might be?? looks very good, even lacking a few toe tips, hopefully it'll never happen again being under your care!! Keep posting pictures, it's soo cute!! Perhaprs the little spots will fade with time!

 

[badkelpie]

Thanks guys, I'm pretty happy with my new addition. She shed last night, just an hour or two after the photos were taken, but I wasn't able to get a good look at her toes. Then when I woke up this morning, she was in her moist hide. Smart gecko! I'll post more pics today of her in full color.

I still have no clue what her name is gonna be.

 

[badkelpie]

Ok, her name is Clementine. If she's a boy, her name is Clem . Clementine for now.

 

[badkelpie]

New Photo!

I think she's a little less bright than this, silly camera,but she is pretty colorful.

 

[Debbie7054]

She's beautiful - I know what you mean about cameras they don't always seem to get the colours exactly as they are. I worked in a camera shop previously and I've noticed that a few cameras seem to struggle with yellow but I've no idea why.

 

[badkelpie]

This one is better, colorwise. This camera does a lot better than my other one, most of the time, the colors are pretty true to life. But I do use cheap point and shoots for my geckos, so I can't expect miracles .

 

[Debbie7054]

Thats a great photo much better :biggrin:

 

[badkelpie]

She's adjusting very well. She ate 4 roaches the first night she was here, and the other 2 the following day (yesterday). So I gave her about 8 of them when I went to work this morning and half were gone when I came back 2 hours later. I'm surprised, because she's never had roaches before. I almost bought some crickets to have on hand, but they are the mean black crickets, and I so I thought I'd see if she'd eat roaches before I got any. I'm glad she likes them, because I have a bunch.

 

[Saskia]

Great, good, some geckos take little time to adjust, some do it faster, apparently like yours!!! Hope to see more pics soon

 

[Debbie7054]

I wish mine liked roaches but all they do with them is play frisby which was cute until one flicked one at my face lol. I'm so glad that your gecko is doing great

 

[Lenewen]

Gorgeous gecko!!!!! Looks a lot like one of mine. You're right, the camera never seems to get it quite right. I would like to invest in a more expensive, higher quality one because I take pics of my geckos practically daily. Ive got hundreds of pics of them shedding, drinking from the water dishes, sharing worms, etc. All the things so many owners never get to see I like to get a snapshot of =]

 

[badkelpie]

I thought you might like an update. This is 7 months later, she's probably something like 9 months old now. I just got around to actually checking, and she is indeed a female, which is good, because I was attached to the name :biggrin:.

She's got that one pesky little spot keeping her from being a Super Hypo

 

[Saskia]

HOW BEAUTIFUL!! I remember when you posted several months ago!!! Thanks for posting a new picture, she looks really nice, you did a great job with her!!! :biggrin: