It's been a LONG time for Cotten pics

[Chewbecca]

This little girl started ovulating VERY shortly after I received her.
She went on an ovulation hunger strike for almost 2 months.
She had me worried sick. I called the vet, and my husband BEGGED me to give it until the end of the week because he KNEW why she wasn't eating, and I'm glad I did.
She started eating again, and now she's putting back on some of the 6 grams she lost during that hunger strike.

I love her very much. She just has one of the most precious leo faces EVER.
She's normally a small gecko as it is (she's just generally smaller in size, including length), so when that hunger strike hit, I got really worried about her.

Anyway, I brought her upstairs today and snapped some shots.

I love this one of her. You cannot tell me that is not one of the most precious leo faces ever.

Thanks for looking.

 

[rawson5084]

She is beautiful!!

 

[Malibu Barbie]

She looks darling

 

[Kristi23]

I love her face! She's a beautiful gecko and I'm glad she's eating for you again.

 

[gitrdone0420]

She is gorgeous =]

 

[T&KBrouse]

Aw! I love seeing pictures of Cotton! Shes such a cutie.
I'm so glad shes eating for you. What a relief!

 

[Chewbecca]

Thanks, guys!
I, too, am very glad she's eating again.
I HATE worrying about ones that are on hunger strikes!

 

[gekko.gurl]

Very pretty photos. Glad she's doing well now

 

[Neo.Reptiliac]

Great photos. Your gecko is really cute. What kind of camera do you use?

 

[Chewbecca]

Thanks, guys!

Great photos. Your gecko is really cute. What kind of camera do you use?

Thank you.
I use a Nikon D300 and that lens is a 60mm macro f2.8 AF-S lens.

 

[ziggyg]

aw what a pretty face, gotta love the smile

 

[kaseyx]

Wow, awesome shots. She's so pretty! She looks like a human, haha.

 

[Chewbecca]

Thank you, guys!!!
She's my pretty little girl.
So gentle and sweet.

 

[gothra]

She is absolutely gorgeous!! I love her random spots!

 

[Neo.Reptiliac]

:cry2:

Thanks, guys!



Thank you.
I use a Nikon D300 and that lens is a 60mm macro f2.8 AF-S lens.

wew expensive

 

[Chewbecca]

:cry2:wew expensive

Well, I had to save a bit for it. And as I collect lenses, I sell off what I find I don't use and use that to fund either new lenses that I want or...geckos.:main_laugh:

 

[Gecko Ranch]

Thanks for taking such good care of my pretty girl!

 

[dragonlvr64]

She is absolutely beautiful! I do so love her face!!

 

[Chewbecca]

Thanks, guys!!!

Also, I don't want any of you to think that I don't know how to spell cotton.
I named this gecko after folk musician, Elizabeth Cotten.

Interesting facts:
Ever hear of the term "Cotton picking"? or ever have someone say "Just you wait one cotton picking second"?

A lot of people associate that saying with the slaves picking cotton, and it has become an inappropriate saying.

But in all honesty, the term really is "Cotten picking" because Elizabeth Cotten coined the term from her unique guitar and banjo pickin' style.
She grew up very poor and taught herself how to play the banjo at 8 years old and then the guitar at 12 (that's also when she wrote her first song). If I'm remembering correctly that's the order and ages in which she taught herself how to play. She was left handed and had to learn how to play these instruments upside down.
Which, really, is an amazing talent, I think.

I learned all of this when I did a research paper and presentation on folk music for my Humanities class in college.

She was a brilliant and gifted musician and one of my favorites.

heh, sorry, I added all of that in there. I just think it's so interesting.

 

[GeckoNub]

I think that 3rd pic has to be one of the best leo smiles ive seen She is indeed very precious

Really glad she is eating now and hope she can carry on smiling for years to come