good news, bad news

[acpart]

Thanks for the info. I have a jar lid with mealies right outside her humid hide. She does seem to be thriving. I've had a hatch from the next clutch yesterday who looks fine.

Aliza

 

[acpart]

Here are the best pictures I could get of my special needs gecko. In the first picture you can see how beautiful she is and can get an idea of her front legs. In the second picture you can see how her left front leg kind of turns in and the little stub you see from the top of her right leg is about all there is. She seems to be able to bear weight on her longer front leg, but the foot seems to be useless.

On another note, I hatched the next clutch from this same pairing. One, the albino, is fine and the other who hatched a few minutes ago has a deformed right front leg but it's not nearly as bad as the one in the picture. The leg bows out a bit and the foot has only 2 toes, but she seems to be able to walk normally. All these deformities have come from the same pairing, both parents het for albino. Interestingly (but maybe only coincidence), all the albinos have looked normal and the non-albinos have had the deformities. Last year I hatched 3 from this pairing (2 albino) who were all normal. This year 7 have hatched: 3 normal (2 of them albino), 3 with deformities including one who I found dead in the incubator and one that I also found dead in the incubator that seemed to be normal.

Any thoughts as to what's causing these abnormalities? It is interesting that the male of this pairing is the only breeder who eats mealworms exclusively, but I raise my own mealworms (and have had no problems with production) and use progeckos gutload.

ALiza

 

[gage]

that is a weird deformity that sucks tho at least he is doing well and thriving

 

[cwazy]

shes precious!!! I have talked with my wife and she wanted to know if there would be an adoption fee and if so how much... and if not and if she makes it to the maine show we would deffenitly love to add her to our family... if there is just let me know and ill talk it over with my wife :main_yes: also ill be contacting you about a couple things threw pm... im off to do that now... thanks for showing some pics!!! loving the tail with the faint stripe... i hope she makes it :main_thumbsup:

 

[cwazy]

ONE MORE WEEK!!!! is everything still going good? i gotta get to the city and find some tile!!! i got her a tank and a 1-5 uth as recomended... now just gotta find some tile im ancious to see her in person... i hope she does well for us too!! a lil bummed as funds are not working as well as hoped wich means my bday gecko is more than likely out of the question... but still stoked about this one... any more news???

 

[acpart]

She seems to be doing really well. I don't see her eat, but she goes across the cage to the bathroom area and leaves me a present every day. Last week when I weighed her she was 5 grams, but she looks as if she's growing well. What size viv do you have for her? If it's a 10 gallon, measure the **outside** width and let me know. I am getting tiles for my set-ups and will get an extra set but I need to know if the width is just 10" or a little over or under (there are 2 tank makers and one makes the 10's a little narrower which affects what tile to get).

Aliza

 

[cwazy]

apon a quick measurement it measures about 10 and 1/8" wide and 20" long... does that sound right if not ill go back and re-measure... i measured the tank its self, not the black edgeing thanks a ton for all of your help!!!

 

[acpart]

If it's 10 1/4" wide, it can take a standard tile that claims to be 10" (but is really about 9 3/4"). Unfortunately, Home Depot just stopped carrying all the tile sizes that work best for a 10 gallon tank --10x3, 8x10, 6x8. I just ordered three 10x20" tiles and have an extra. I'll bring it and we'll see if it fits.

Aliza

 

[leonut]

she dosent look too bad shes a very cute little gecko. :main_thumbsup:

 

[cwazy]

yeah, the tank was a lil low... it looked like between 1/4 and 1/8... so im sure its a 1/4... again thanks so much!!!