Santa Clause is Coming

[Wildside]

He's makin' a list and checkin' it twice, He's bringin' a leo to a girl that's real nice...

I picked this one up at a chain pet shop today but I just couldn't resist the deal.

Can you guys help me identify the morph? Albino obviously, but is there a way to be more specific without lineage? I mean I gotta make it sound like Santa knows wtf he's talkin' 'bout, right?





Sorry for the crappy pics. Between the ceiling fan, the Christmas lights, and the homoerotic activities of my dogs I just could not get a decent pic of the squirming gecko.

Here is my daughter's current gecko. He's six month's old and I don't remember his name. Rokah maybe? But she has gotten him to this point alone. I rarely ever have to remind her to care for him and her interest seems to only grow. Look at the fat tail, good Girl!





I'm so proud!

[cossiecraig]

"quote" Can you guys help me identify the morph? Albino obviously, but is there a way to be more specific without lineage? I mean I gotta make it sound like Santa knows wtf he's talkin' 'bout, right?

nope i aint got a clue ,but then you would know this allready Lol ,what i can say is this ,thats a very pretty little gecko

[Wildside]

Thank You! I hope my daughter thinks it's pretty as well.

[BarelyBreathing]

The first is a Bell albino, the second looks like a normal that was incubated too cool.

[Wildside]

Originally Posted by BarelyBreathing

The first is a Bell albino, the second looks like a normal that was incubated too cool.

Why do you say it was incubated too cool?

[BarelyBreathing]

Originally Posted by Wildside

Why do you say it was incubated too cool?

Color. Leopard geckos that are incubated too cool have a darker, muddier color. They also can develope slower.

[Wildside]

Originally Posted by BarelyBreathing

Color. Leopard geckos that are incubated too cool have a darker, muddier color. They also can develope slower.

He was incubated at 84 degrees. To produce males temps have to be a little higher, remember? Contrary to some beliefs I don't think incubation temps have much to do with color. I think genetics plays the bigger part.

[BarelyBreathing]

Originally Posted by Wildside

He was incubated at 84 degrees. To produce males temps have to be a little higher, remember? Contrary to some beliefs I don't think incubation temps have much to do with color. I think genetics plays the bigger part.

To produce males, they have to be incubated lower for the first three weeks of incubation. Good breeders will then increase the incubation temperature to produce more vibrant colors.

Incubation temperatures have so much to do with color in leopard geckos. This is a tried and true method.

[DragonsEye]

Cute little bugger. I take it that the lil one is too young for you to sex?

[Wildside]

Originally Posted by DragonsEye

Cute little bugger. I take it that the lil one is too young for you to sex?

Yes but I'm hoping it's female. The normal has a Blizzard father

[beardeds4life]

Nice! What did you pay for her?

[Wildside]

Originally Posted by beardeds4life

Nice! What did you pay for her?

I paid $20 for the albino

[Wildside]

I've always thought it was a standard rule NOT to mess with stable temps during incubation.

[Aaron_S]

Originally Posted by Wildside

I've always thought it was a standard rule NOT to mess with stable temps during incubation.

Me too. But hey could the be new "cutting edge" way to sell your leos. Change the colours with temps since you can't hack it as a real breeder making quality animals.

[Wildside]

I will set up 3. That way I have a noob incubator, then a hot incubator and a cool incubator. I'm gonna use my blizzards for this experiment since they have such a wide range of color variation anyway.