Fishbone
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Hi all, my name is Dave, and I just happened upon my first leos today. I am a long time reptile keeper, over 20 years, mostly boas and pythons, more recently beardies.
So I answered an ad on craigslist, with two 40 gal breeder tanks and a stand for both, which I wanted, a juvenile golden tegu, which I wanted, and 3 leos, which honestly, I really didn't. Kind of a fire sale. We've gotta move/go outta town, and need to sell. But i've never found an animal, especially a reptile, i didn't love. And I've got a house full of rodents, crickets, phoenix worms, silkworms, butterworms, and sometimes supers, waxworms and hornworms, plus calcium,vitamns, etc... So I figure i can read up and provide them with a good home until I find someone who likes and/or breeds geckos.
So I get everything home and set up, and actually watch them. And thier really pretty, and really cool behaviorally. Which was a bit surprising for me. And they are not normals. There's a male, which is at the least a very nice normal. One female appears to be a bell albino, maybe something else too, im not sure. And the other female appears to be a very dark patternless, possibly with the eclipse eye morph. I havent taken her back out to look closely as I'm leaving them be to get adjusted for now. She actually looks similar to what someone was selling as a "black patternless" on kingsnake. Thats just my guess as of yet, 2 days ago I didn't know the names of any of the leo morphs.
So after 20 years, i may keep, and eventually possibly breed, some geckos. Which is how I got here. I figured I'd introduce myself as i was searching and pilfering info from your site:main_cool3: They all seem very well and alert, and look healthy. The guy selling them seemed to know what he was doing, with the exception of having a bunch of crickets hopping around in there. I need to play with the heating a bit, the cool side of the tank is in the mid 70's. But im actually going to do a caging shuffle, so I should get all that worked out tomorrow. Ill post a few pics when I can. I'd love to know what that female is, as that leopardgeckowiki site gave me a headache after a while. Im sure it's probably obvious to a skilled eye.
Thanks for having this forum up, searching the old threads has already answered most of my questions
Dave
So I answered an ad on craigslist, with two 40 gal breeder tanks and a stand for both, which I wanted, a juvenile golden tegu, which I wanted, and 3 leos, which honestly, I really didn't. Kind of a fire sale. We've gotta move/go outta town, and need to sell. But i've never found an animal, especially a reptile, i didn't love. And I've got a house full of rodents, crickets, phoenix worms, silkworms, butterworms, and sometimes supers, waxworms and hornworms, plus calcium,vitamns, etc... So I figure i can read up and provide them with a good home until I find someone who likes and/or breeds geckos.
So I get everything home and set up, and actually watch them. And thier really pretty, and really cool behaviorally. Which was a bit surprising for me. And they are not normals. There's a male, which is at the least a very nice normal. One female appears to be a bell albino, maybe something else too, im not sure. And the other female appears to be a very dark patternless, possibly with the eclipse eye morph. I havent taken her back out to look closely as I'm leaving them be to get adjusted for now. She actually looks similar to what someone was selling as a "black patternless" on kingsnake. Thats just my guess as of yet, 2 days ago I didn't know the names of any of the leo morphs.
So after 20 years, i may keep, and eventually possibly breed, some geckos. Which is how I got here. I figured I'd introduce myself as i was searching and pilfering info from your site:main_cool3: They all seem very well and alert, and look healthy. The guy selling them seemed to know what he was doing, with the exception of having a bunch of crickets hopping around in there. I need to play with the heating a bit, the cool side of the tank is in the mid 70's. But im actually going to do a caging shuffle, so I should get all that worked out tomorrow. Ill post a few pics when I can. I'd love to know what that female is, as that leopardgeckowiki site gave me a headache after a while. Im sure it's probably obvious to a skilled eye.
Thanks for having this forum up, searching the old threads has already answered most of my questions
Dave