I have a young leopard gecko maybe a few months old and she has lost a lot of her color she waa so bright when I first got her I have had her about 2 months she has shed twice , she eats a ton and poop is good , her temps are good so what's the problem even after a shed she still looks dark?
loss of color!
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Leopard geckos go through a lot of changes as they grow up. Depending on what morph she is, this could just be her becoming her adult color. Pictures could help. Also they can be dark colored when they are cold.
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It could be one of a few things:
--I find with my hatchlings that at a certain stage in development at a young age (like maybe about 6 weeks to 2 months) they can be really vivid orange, for example, and then it tones down
--some geckos change color depending on mood, temperature and substrate color. I had a tangerine gecko that could range from dull brown to light orange depending on some of these factors.
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--I find with my hatchlings that at a certain stage in development at a young age (like maybe about 6 weeks to 2 months) they can be really vivid orange, for example, and then it tones down
--some geckos change color depending on mood, temperature and substrate color. I had a tangerine gecko that could range from dull brown to light orange depending on some of these factors.
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It's my understanding that tail kinks can sometimes be due to malnutrition. My malnourished crocodile gecko had a pretty obvious one when I got him, but it seems to have since straightened out. Do you feed her a leopard gecko calcium + vitamin supplement? Does she have some available to her in her cage?
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Then I doubt that's the issue. I'm honestly not sure what causes kinks; I just know that I had read it can sometimes be malnutrition, but if it's not, then I really don't know. Maybe someone else more educated can give you another idea. But if you're concerned about it, you should just take her to the vet - or maybe even just call and ask.
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Im sorry, I did not intend to make you stress about his tail, I was just making in observation. The gecko appears to be healthy. As long as your providing the gecko with the proper temps, supplementation, and diet, you should be fine.
As far as how it got the kink, If it had a kink from birth it could be that at some point in the incubation process there was a temperature issue. Other times it could be genetic.
If the kink happened all of a sudden I would lean towards an injury of some sort. Something like accidentally closing its tail in a hide or maybe a fall.
As far as how it got the kink, If it had a kink from birth it could be that at some point in the incubation process there was a temperature issue. Other times it could be genetic.
If the kink happened all of a sudden I would lean towards an injury of some sort. Something like accidentally closing its tail in a hide or maybe a fall.
Oh I wasn't worried but curious now that someone mentioned it could be due to lack of supplements. But she gets her calcium and a wide variety of feeders. I don't think she fell from anywhere and she didnt have it at birth. I honestly don't know how it happened but I don't want her to be under supplemented. I am going to give her some dubia and crickets for a while since they gutload a lot better then meals.
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