Chain store gecko morph?

[Tony C]

This is my girlfriend's first gecko, from everybody's favorite big chain store. Not my favorite place to buy animals, but he looked healthy and she instantly fell in love, so he followed us home. :main_rolleyes: Any idea what morph he is? I would guess high yellow, but I'm new to geckos so any input from the more experienced crowd is welcome. Is there any reasonable way to find out if he is het for anything? She wants to breed leos now but I am hesitant to just throw unknown lizards together and make mutts.

 

[JordanAng420]

That is a really pretty little gecko! I would label this gecko as a normal, others might call it a high yellow, but personally i'd wait until it's a bit older to be able to tell...and there's something really crazy going on with those eyes...and her feet are a little dark, so it looks like she might have been a little cold at the pet store. Make sure her temps are okay too. Beautiful new addition!

 

[Tony C]

His eyes are trippy, they look like the pics I've seen of Enigmas, but I can't imagine that one would be sitting at ********. Temps are good now, and he is a visible male.

 

[sunshinegeckofarm]

I would say its a Jungle since its body and tail dont have bands like a normal would. Very pretty and a nice find.

 

[robin]

His eyes are trippy, they look like the pics I've seen of Enigmas, but I can't imagine that one would be sitting at ********. Temps are good now, and he is a visible male.

enigmas have orange eyes

 

[robin]

nice pick up by the way! looks nice and healthy

 

[robin]

I would say its a Jungle since its body and tail dont have bands like a normal would. Very pretty and a nice find.

yeah i was thinking a jungle when i saw him too. very subtle but a jungle

 

[Tony C]

enigmas have orange eyes

Well they both looked all crazy and veiny, but good to know. I'm a frogger, all these crazy gecko morphs are Greek to me.

 

[cassadaga]

I definitely consider that a jungle.

 

[Randycooke]

It looks like it has a little jungle in him.Nice leo!!

 

[T-ReXx]

I agree; jungle. The only real way to prove him out for hets would bed to test breed to various genetically proven females(blizzard, tremper, etc). Or you could just get a female jungle and continue with that line.

 

[Tony C]

Jungle it is, thanks everyone. :main_thumbsup:

 

[Sandyballs]

damm yesterday I went to pet to the co and there was this leopard with shed stuck in his eyes......It was a horrible sight.......... Geckos there would problaby be 10x healthier if they just had 1 humid hide......

 

[leoman777]

nice leo! does it have a tail kink or is it just the angle of the picture??

 

[Coils]

Wow, what a beautiful little guy! I got my first gecko out of a pet store too, I've been told he's pretty for a pet store pic up.

 

[Tony C]

nice leo! does it have a tail kink or is it just the angle of the picture??

He does have a little kink at the end of his tail.

 

[Coils]

He does have a little kink at the end of his tail.

Shouldn't you not breed him if there is a kink?? (since u said something about starting to breed and figure out his genetics)

 

[Tony C]

Is the kink a genetic trait? My personal inclination is not to breed him regardless since his genetics are unknown, but convincing my girlfriend is another matter.

 

[Allee Toler]

Tail kinks have been genetic. But some may not be.

Main reason not to breed an unknown genetic leo is simply that, unknown genetics. He could be 6 times inbred (siblings inbred, take those babies breed them together, then breed their babies together, etc) and you wouldn't know. They could have multiple albinism hets. etc. There's a ton more reasons but it's late and I'm scatter brained.

My friend Kayla decided to breed her "rescued" leos from craigslist. 100% healthy leos, just came from pet stores. Most of her babies have some kind of deformity. Whether it's a tail kink, one small eye, hunch back, undeveloped tail, crooked spine, or an underbite. Now she's stuck with nearly 30 gentically deformed leos. With my mindset, I would never ever ever adopt those out, or even sell them. She's trying to sell them. If I bred a pair, incubated the eggs, then popped out a deformed leo, it's 100% my responsibility to care for it for the rest of it's life.

So just tell your girlfriend you'll buy her some really nice leos to breed from breeders on here. That'll make her happy. =D You can get some great deals from the breeders here. Even albinos.

 

[Tony C]

I convinced her, this guy will be a pet only. I'm building a list in my head of morphs that I want to work with, and I'm sure I'll hit up some breeders here. We're moving in December, once we're settled in I will be building a rack and a collection.