1st post - Orange in tail after Shed....

[mypreludeisred]

hey
I have had my leopard gecko for about 8 months now. It is around a year and 2 months old. Female. It is straight up your average leopard gecko. I will get a pic but i think everyone here can get a very sharp image in there head.

So anyway, she just shed and now has some orange in her tail. Never ever had any orange ever. Stripes are long long long gone. But there is orange invading the tail haha.

Is this normal? Does this mean it has some sort of genetic trait?

thanks, If pics will help lemme know.


Mark

 

[GeckoMandi]

I'd like to see pics, I think people could tell better.

I have 2 normals and they have a good bit of carrot in their tails.

 

[mypreludeisred]

I had pics but I will have to get a sharper photo for you guys on the forum. Should have it tomorrow

 

[mypreludeisred]

Here Is a PIC!



click to make big

 

[leopardgecko95]

I cant see the pic.

 

[mypreludeisred]

Pic is up!

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

No, I wouldn't consider it any special morph... just a pretty tail!

 

[mypreludeisred]

Oh i knew it wasnt some exotic morph but is this going to continue - this orange every shed>

 

[Stitch]

It could get some more orange with its next few sheds. A leos pattern and color can change up to two years old. He won't be a true carrot tail but he may end up with some orange in it, this happened to my nephews gecko.

 

[mypreludeisred]

Thanks! Its a she by the way and i did anticipate breeding her. Do you suppose this may carry on with offspring?

 

[Stitch]

Thanks! Its a she by the way and i did anticipate breeding her. Do you suppose this may carry on with offspring?

Only if the gecko you breed her with has the genetics to do so. You can't breed a gecko with carrot tail (CT) to a normal gecko and expect the babies to come out with CT. Both have to have the genes for CT.

 

[Kotsay1414]

Only if the gecko you breed her with has the genetics to do so. You can't breed a gecko with carrot tail (CT) to a normal gecko and expect the babies to come out with CT. Both have to have the genes for CT.

So CT is recessive?

 

[Stitch]

After looking into your question Kotsay1414, CT is actually a line bred trait. Sort of like if you breed a CT to a non-CT the offspring should have less CT then the parent, but that does not always hold true. If you breed a 2nd generation CT to another non-CT you should get even less CT, again this does not always hold true.

Some one correct me if I'm wrong, I'm not too good with genetics.

 

[Kotsay1414]

After looking into your question Kotsay1414, CT is actually a line bred trait. Sort of like if you breed a CT to a non-CT the offspring should have less CT then the parent, but that does not always hold true. If you breed a 2nd generation CT to another non-CT you should get even less CT, again this does not always hold true.

Some one correct me if I'm wrong, I'm not too good with genetics.

Thank you for the information, does the samething work with Snows?

 

[PrototypeGeckos]

Thank you for the information, does the samething work with Snows?

With the line bred Snows, yes, but the Co Dominant Snows such as Macks and Gems, you can breed them to anything and get 50% of your offspring being Snows! Hope that helps.

 

[Stitch]

With the line bred Snows, yes, but the Co Dominant Snows such as Macks and Gems, you can breed them to anything and get 50% of your offspring being Snows! Hope that helps.

Ditto.