New Gecko!!
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PowayRock
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Looking good. I have no idea about morphs but I love the pictures. I am bummed I did not look around online before purchasing at petco. I was there for something and saw these extremly healthy and vibriant mix of leopard geckos and just had to have two :biggrin:. They are loved and well kept though.
MistyBleil
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I think Butter's has one of the cutest heads I have seen. She looks like someone spilled pepper on her head. Adorable.
Shijadi
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Yeah I could probably match Butters to at least 5 different morphs, I really have no clue. All I know is that this is one adorable gecko.
It's actually really cool, cause when Butters was younger he/she had fewer and heavier spots, and now its all dark speckles! Hoping it stays that way, so pretty!
It's actually really cool, cause when Butters was younger he/she had fewer and heavier spots, and now its all dark speckles! Hoping it stays that way, so pretty!
Shijadi
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Don't enigmas have a white tail AND head? I'm just double checking, cause there's a sort of a yellowish ring developing on the back of Butters' head, making me think the entire head will yellow up eventually.
Every day I feel happier that I didn't leave him at Petsmart. We were meant to be lol
Every day I feel happier that I didn't leave him at Petsmart. We were meant to be lol
Shijadi
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Took Butters out to check for his/her sex, snagged more body shots. Still not sure if male or female yet, Butters is just hitting an estimate of 6 months old.
The little pet carrier I put Butters in 8inch long, which if he/she was laying pin straight would probably touch the walls nose to tail.
Still on the search for that morph...might try and look at breeding calculator sites.
The little pet carrier I put Butters in 8inch long, which if he/she was laying pin straight would probably touch the walls nose to tail.
Still on the search for that morph...might try and look at breeding calculator sites.
Shijadi
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So I have another morph guess, although still unlikely.
Thinking maybe Butters might be a ghost mack snow? I know, ghost anything is usually a little rare, but I was looking at the collection of this breeder and a lot of their mack snows resembled Butters in various stages of his development thus far.
http://www.dragoongecko.com/cms/index.php/en/collection
And on their project page....mack snow ghost jungles? Idk, looks pretty similar to me, even though Butters has more yellow pigmentation. But the patterning is pretty similar.
http://www.dragoongecko.com/cms/index.php/en/projects
Thinking maybe Butters might be a ghost mack snow? I know, ghost anything is usually a little rare, but I was looking at the collection of this breeder and a lot of their mack snows resembled Butters in various stages of his development thus far.
http://www.dragoongecko.com/cms/index.php/en/collection
And on their project page....mack snow ghost jungles? Idk, looks pretty similar to me, even though Butters has more yellow pigmentation. But the patterning is pretty similar.
http://www.dragoongecko.com/cms/index.php/en/projects
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The eclipse gene would cause the white tail, legs, and head. The enigma gene just amplifies the coloration of the morph. Its honestly hard to say since it was bought at Petsmart. They use a distributor that mass produces these animals to sell them really cheap; although the store I work at did manage to buy a blizzard hatchling. Poor thing did not make it because the people working there don't like messing with them. The manager that trains them is into fish and tells the new people that the geckos will bite them. I digress though.
My first thoughts were a White & Yellow but now it looks like a High Yellow Mack snow or close to a Hypo mack snow.
My first thoughts were a White & Yellow but now it looks like a High Yellow Mack snow or close to a Hypo mack snow.
Shijadi
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Aww that's very sad to hear about the blizzard baby. Some petstores make me wonder whether or not they really care. Luckily the Petsmart on my college campus where I got my geckos always seem to have healthy animals, and employees who actually are reptile people themselves.
I wouldn't go so far as to say high yellow. YET. I know the most recent pics of Butters look like a bright yellow, but I honestly think that was more because of the lighting. I'm looking at him/her now, and I can definitely tell that the the yellow pigmentation is nowhere near as bright and vibrant as my other gecko Nyx, who is definitely a blinding high yellow, where Butters is more pastel and creamy with darker bits of light brown. Like a toasted marshmallow.
Although does high yellow technically refer to the vibrancy of yellow pigmentation, or simply just the amount of yellow pigmentation covering the body?
I wouldn't go so far as to say high yellow. YET. I know the most recent pics of Butters look like a bright yellow, but I honestly think that was more because of the lighting. I'm looking at him/her now, and I can definitely tell that the the yellow pigmentation is nowhere near as bright and vibrant as my other gecko Nyx, who is definitely a blinding high yellow, where Butters is more pastel and creamy with darker bits of light brown. Like a toasted marshmallow.
Although does high yellow technically refer to the vibrancy of yellow pigmentation, or simply just the amount of yellow pigmentation covering the body?
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It could be the amount of yellow but if you're saying its more pastel Butters could have influences of White & Yellow.
Yeah, its going to be typical to find that though. They strive for the 'same experience in any location' but will never achieve that because of the people that are hired in each store. That is why I support my local mom and pop store that have their children running it and each one is into the departments that they sell items for. Two are into reptiles, one or two are into fish, and the other one is into small animals, then they have a employee there really dedicated to birds.
Just pulled this from the Wiki:
"A High Yellow Leopard Gecko shows a vast amount of yellow on its body with reduced black spotting. When Leopard Geckos were first introduced into the United States, the only morphs available were Normals and High Yellows.
Genetically speaking, High Yellows are a line bred trait."
So there it is, the amount of yellow and reduced spotting. Considering he has little spots on his back, I would say a Hypo High Yellow.
Yeah, its going to be typical to find that though. They strive for the 'same experience in any location' but will never achieve that because of the people that are hired in each store. That is why I support my local mom and pop store that have their children running it and each one is into the departments that they sell items for. Two are into reptiles, one or two are into fish, and the other one is into small animals, then they have a employee there really dedicated to birds.
Just pulled this from the Wiki:
"A High Yellow Leopard Gecko shows a vast amount of yellow on its body with reduced black spotting. When Leopard Geckos were first introduced into the United States, the only morphs available were Normals and High Yellows.
Genetically speaking, High Yellows are a line bred trait."
So there it is, the amount of yellow and reduced spotting. Considering he has little spots on his back, I would say a Hypo High Yellow.