help me..

[geckonewbie213]

ok so im new to having geckos and im curious as to what kind of gecko i have, can anyone identify her?

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[fuzzylogix]

looks like a hypo normal. do you have a moist hide in her enclosure? seems like she has a lot of stuck shed on her toes

 

[roger]

looks like TUGS line of hypo snow

 

[geckonewbie213]

i do have a moist hide, ive been trying to help her get the shed off by soaking her feet and what not but whenver i try to rub off the shed she jumps.

 

[Euphillia]

My guy doesn't like when I try to help either, but I found that putting him in a big container on top of a heating pad to keep the water warm keeps him from getting far. I use a qtip to roll the skin off. Pretty gecko.

 

[TokayKeeper]

tweezers and lots of patience. I strongly recommend either a really nice pair from the womens health and beauty aid section at the anti-christ (Wal-Mart) or a small swiss army knife. The small swiss army knives come with a knife, scissors, and file/flat tip screw driver. BUT also included is typically a plastic toothpick and a pair of metal tweezers. I absolutely love the small tweezers for doing detailed first-aid work, like pulling out small cactus spines (I live in the desert...), splinters, or in this case stuck toe sheds.

Soak her in luke warm water (it should just barely be warm to the touch with the BACK of your hand) and then gently try removing the stuck skin. If it doesn't easily come off, soak her a little longer. Be patient though, this coming from someone that's about as patient as a gnat's attention span. If you rush, or attempt to remove the skin without ease, you'll run the risk of ripping off the healthy, fully developed dermal layer of the toes or even possibly the nail. Doing so can lead to bleeding and possible secondary infections if the toes don't remain clean. Lastly, don't sweat the stuck shed too much, but do be vigilant on getting it removed. Stuck sheds happen to even the best, experienced keepers once in a while.

As for her appaearance, she looks like a possible, Ray Hine-line derived hypo. Ray Hine was european leopard gecko breeder and the originator of the non-selectively bred hypo and subsequent carrot-tails. At a sub-adult or juvie age, as your gecko appears, they'd have a little dorsal spotting. Over time some to all (nice examples of the trait) would be completely spotless except for on the head and tail. She should be a nice looking gecko as more and more of her adult coloration/patterning comes in. And, furthermore, it looks like as a baby shed use to have what is called a circle-back pattern.

The attached photos are of a Hine-line hypo carrot-tail I purchased from Albey Scholl in 2003 and one of her offspring from breeding her to my male Rainwater albino.

 

[Adinar]

Tweezers for the win! Takes time and patience as others have stated. Nice to have around should the need arise. Has helped many, many times with ours.

Generally what I do is soak them first and then use the tweezers. If the gecko is not used to me doing this type of stuff with stuck shed, I will either let it sit on the front of my shirt while at a desk/table with a good light source and gentle hold the animal still while I pick at the shed. They will move their feet quite a bit, so give them a break every couple minutes to left them walk around on your hands so they don't get overly stressed.

One of our males came home with 3-4 layers of stuck on shed on his toes and they were PURPLE that's how bad it was cutting off his circulation. Same method I used, and he wasn't used to me...I jused did a little at a time and in about a week it was all off and he has all digits accounted for.

 

[fuzzylogix]

As for her appaearance, she looks like a possible, Ray Hine-line derived hypo. Ray Hine was european leopard gecko breeder and the originator of the non-selectively bred hypo and subsequent carrot-tails. At a sub-adult or juvie age, as your gecko appears, they'd have a little dorsal spotting. Over time some to all (nice examples of the trait) would be completely spotless except for on the head and tail. She should be a nice looking gecko as more and more of her adult coloration/patterning comes in. And, furthermore, it looks like as a baby shed use to have what is called a circle-back pattern.

The attached photos are of a Hine-line hypo carrot-tail I purchased from Albey Scholl in 2003 and one of her offspring from breeding her to my male Rainwater albino.

i have a male that look EXACTLY like the leo on the right. he was one of my first and is named Monster...

this was the day i got him. he's nearly 80 grams now and one of my most handleable geckos. he was also the sire to my first ever hatchling as well