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[azgeckoguy4288]

Ok so i posted a picture of my female albino and 25 people looked at it but supplied no info or input. but just now i came across exactly what she looks like and its not even an albino. do i have the same thing or is mine just an albino. this one is what they are calling a striped tangerine

 

[fuzzylogix]

yours looks like a tremper albino, and that second pic is also a tremper albino

 

[azgeckoguy4288]

see but they are calling that a banded tangerine giant one designergeckos.com

 

[fuzzylogix]

the banding and tangerine traits are polygenic though. it's still a Giant tremper albino. if you could post some clear pics of your gecko and possibly an eye shot, we could tell you for sure.

 

[azgeckoguy4288]

give me like 5 mins and i have it up

 

[fuzzylogix]

 

[azgeckoguy4288]

here is a few eyes shots

 

[fuzzylogix]

yeah, looks like a tremper albino to me. nice and healthy too

 

[azgeckoguy4288]

oh she is a fatty im trying so hard to get a picture of her belly so you guys can tell me if you think she is gravid. and while i have you here is it ok to put vermiculite in for her moist hide/lay box

 

[fuzzylogix]

some people use vermiculite for the moist hides, but it gets messy. i use orchid moss. if the moist hide access is on the top, it would be less messy though

 

[azgeckoguy4288]

so the guy i bought this from said he was a tangerine but he looks nothing like a tangerine i have seen

 

[fuzzylogix]

it looks like it has some tang influence, but its a hypo normal

 

[azgeckoguy4288]

so is this really a tangerine

check it tell me what you think

 

[azgeckoguy4288]

so if thats a hypo normal and i bred him to my tremper female what do i get

 

[fuzzylogix]

normals het tremper

 

[Jordan]

i use vermiculite at the moment for my moist hides (until i get more moss), and it is fine but as mentioned it can be messy as they will kick it everywhere.
Other than that, its fine. Makes a good lay box too.

 

[azgeckoguy4288]

ok so i called the dude i bought him from and he swears up and down that he is a tangerine. said its not a really high end tangerine but it is by no means a hypo or a normal i think otherwise. im on the phone with the dude trying to see if i can get him to take him back from me and give me my money back

 

[fuzzylogix]

well it has more orange than a normal, so it could be considered a hypo tang i guess, but it looks normal to me

 

[Jordan]

there is no need to demand a refund.
To be honest, with low end tangerine's it can be a matter of opinion whether or not it is a tangerine or not.
Some people need less orange to classify it as a tangerine, some need it to be quite bright.

And beside's it won't make too much difference to your pairing.
There are no genetic recessive or dominant gene's in making a tangerine, its just a colour thats come from a parent which may have had more orange than normal.
So really, all tangerine's are just a colour variation of normals...

 

[azgeckoguy4288]

ok well im headed down to the store right now to buy a few new females. what would be a good choice to pair with him