Super Snow Albino should have red eyes..? I don't get it!
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Sometimes the red can be really dark and appear black. I'd try shining a light directly on the eyes and see if they look the slightest bit red.
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Do you have a full body shot of the gecko?
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Dark but definitely albino! I'd suspect her eyes are just darker than usual as her body also is pretty dark for an albino. Anything is possible tho!
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Bell's do tend to have darker markings but Trempers are more sensitive to temperatures. Cool incubation or cool living conditions (or even just getting blasted with chilly air for a few minutes) can cause them to have much darker pigments. They are often called "chocolate" tremper albinos when they show this dark coloration. I've never seen the term used with a super snow though.
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Hot temps tend to give brighter colors and lighter markings for trempers. That's why some breeders raise the temps as the eggs incubate. There's some evidence this increases the intensity of the tangerines and whatnot but some breeders feel it's "cheating" so not everyone does it. Bells do have darker markings but MUCH lighter eyes so I would seriously doubt a bell would have eyes that appeared black. RWs or dark Trempers I could believe. Mine have eyes that appear really dark red though. Here's a few typhoon eyes for comparison. I don't have many tremper eclipses or I'd show those instead. I may have some super snow typhoons next season to compare her to if I'm lucky!
Typhoon:
Snake eyed typhoon:
Snow typhoon:
Typhoon:
Snake eyed typhoon:
Snow typhoon:
Are they having sight issues due to these special eyes..? What about feeding; Super Snows are rather good or bad eaters? I wasn't sure before going home but i was right, this male is very tiny, he's 4 months old but got the size of a 2 months old -compared to my babies, which are females-..!
I also got a tiny 4 months old here but there's a reason : he was sick and stopped eating for a while. This one was never sick from what i know.. I was told he was never ever fed any kind of worms and when i introduced them to him, they were ignored indeed. Quite annoying for me as i use worms a lot!
I also got a tiny 4 months old here but there's a reason : he was sick and stopped eating for a while. This one was never sick from what i know.. I was told he was never ever fed any kind of worms and when i introduced them to him, they were ignored indeed. Quite annoying for me as i use worms a lot!
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Any possibility it could be a granite ? They have lighter brownish markings but no albino?
Super snows used to be small in size, but I'm not seeing that as much. The supers I've had have been good eaters. Some geckos will grow at different rates though. If his tail looks good and he's eating, then I wouldn't worry much. But if his tail is thin, you might want to get a fecal run. Geckos generally have a low parasite load and that can increase to bad levels due to stress or incorrect care.
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It is for sure a Super Snow Albino and as Lisa and Kristi have already stated, the eyes may appear black but are in fact a very deep red. The SS makes the eyes fully eclipsed(black). Add the Albino gene which blocks black pigment, and the result is red eyes which can come in a wide variety of shades.
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