Golden Gate Geckos
Mean Old Gecko Lady
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This had been a tough year for me with the loss of 3 of my beloved geckos, and I guess that is to be expected when someone has so many and has had them for as long as I have, but it doesn't make it any easier when one dies. I love every one of my leos, each for their own individual character and personality. Yesterday I had to say goodbye to one of my original breeders... Lorna.
I got Lorna at a reptile show in Spring of 1999, and she was already a full-grown adult of unknown age. She was one of the most remarkable geckos for the time; a very pretty reverse-stripe tangerine. Over the years she has produced some amazing offspring, and I'm sure many of you have admired them. She was the mother of all of my tangerine stripes and jungles, as well as some fantastic pinstripes. I deeply regret that I never kept a single one.
I didn't breed Lorna in the 2006 season, as she had a difficult time recovering from a prolific '05 breeding season. I kept her with my 'old gals' in their own naturalistic retirement enclosure where she could live out her days in a country club environment.
Over the summer she began to decline, although her appetite was still fierce. I weighed her the day before yesterday, and she was a whisper of 27 grams. As I was getting the scale out, I put her on my chest expecting her to climb up on my shoulder as all geckos do... but she was too weak to even hold on. I knew it was time to let her go.
I will truly miss Lorna's engaging smile and big, gentle eyes. Goodbye sweet girl.
I got Lorna at a reptile show in Spring of 1999, and she was already a full-grown adult of unknown age. She was one of the most remarkable geckos for the time; a very pretty reverse-stripe tangerine. Over the years she has produced some amazing offspring, and I'm sure many of you have admired them. She was the mother of all of my tangerine stripes and jungles, as well as some fantastic pinstripes. I deeply regret that I never kept a single one.
I didn't breed Lorna in the 2006 season, as she had a difficult time recovering from a prolific '05 breeding season. I kept her with my 'old gals' in their own naturalistic retirement enclosure where she could live out her days in a country club environment.
Over the summer she began to decline, although her appetite was still fierce. I weighed her the day before yesterday, and she was a whisper of 27 grams. As I was getting the scale out, I put her on my chest expecting her to climb up on my shoulder as all geckos do... but she was too weak to even hold on. I knew it was time to let her go.
I will truly miss Lorna's engaging smile and big, gentle eyes. Goodbye sweet girl.
