Blizzard genetic problems

Ruvik · May 24, 2015

So as someone pointed out to me, My blizzard I got form a breeder doesn't look like a blizzard anymore. She looks like a Murphy's patternless... Well i got in contact with the breeder and this is what was said to me:

What do you guys think? I asked her to send picture of her blizzards, but she didn't. Is what she saying about the blizzard genetics true?

Hello. Thanks for reaching out. Sorry if there's any confusion. I looked at the pictures and that is definitely a blizzard. Is very common for them to appear lighter and have yellow and green coloration. The purple tail is what gives it away. Albino Leucistics don't tend to be that purple.

Albino Leucistics and blizzards are very common they're both patternless. However blizzards do you tend to be more purple. Now that doesn't mean that their whole body will be purple. Often blizzards bodies are yellow or green. Albino Leucistics tend to be a yellow hue with pink tails.

her as a baby with no effect:

Her now with no effect of Camera:

Kristi23 · May 24, 2015

First, there is no such thing as Leucistic in leopard geckos. Some people use that term (incorrectly) for blizzards or murphy patternless.

MP hatch with pattern that fades when they age. Blizzards will hatch with a tiny bit once in awhile, but they usually hatch with no pattern. They are much easier to ID in the first week or two. As they age, they can sometimes look almost identical and can be tough to tell apart.

Ruvik · May 24, 2015

Kristi23 said:
First, there is no such thing as Leucistic in leopard geckos. Some people use that term (incorrectly) for blizzards or murphy patternless.

MP hatch with pattern that fades when they age. Blizzards will hatch with a tiny bit once in awhile, but they usually hatch with no pattern. They are much easier to ID in the first week or two. As they age, they can sometimes look almost identical and can be tough to tell apart.

My picture I had of her as she was younger was the day I got her. She was 5grams and I got her on 2/26/15 she was hatched on 2/4/15.

So by that picture what would you say she is?

acpart · May 24, 2015

Looks like a blizzard to me. At 5 grams, she would still have quite a bit of pattern if she was a petternless. My blizzard changes color all the time, ranging from purple, to bronze to nearly white.

Aliza

Ruvik · May 24, 2015

acpart said:
Looks like a blizzard to me. At 5 grams, she would still have quite a bit of pattern if she was a petternless. My blizzard changes color all the time, ranging from purple, to bronze to nearly white.

Aliza

Goooood. A blizzard is what I wanted. My blizzard changes from light yellow like in the pic, to bright yellow, to a weird greenish yellow.

Kristi23 · May 25, 2015

I was thinking blizzard, too, but can't say 100% because I've never hatched murphy patternless before. From the pics I've seen, the MP babies have more pattern than that. All the blizzards I've hatched have had no pattern though. Honestly, that would be a good pet no matter which it is. But since the breeder didn't even know what they had, I would not suggest breeding that gecko.

Ruvik · May 25, 2015

That gecko is a pet. I am not breeding either of my two geckos. I got them to see how I liked them and if i could take care of them properly. Almost like Testers. They are now my babies and I adore them with all my heart. I was just trying to figure out if she sent me the right gecko or not.

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