Moose World Famous Super Giant

[gaparicio]

That stinks! I think a necropsy is certain. They're going to want to know what happened to moose. Whether we'll know about the results is another story. RIP Moose:sad2:

 

[dprince]

RIP Moose.

 

[bittner_344]

R.I.P Moose. big little guy

 

[ShaffersExoticHerps]

R.I.P. Moose.:main_no:

 

[gothra]

RIP Moose...this is quite a shocking news to me, I hope the short life span has nothing to do with the giant gene...

 

[DAWNoftheLEO]

RIP Moose...this is quite a shocking news to me, I hope the short life span has nothing to do with the giant gene...

Yeah, but people don't wanna discuss that.

 

[Sandra]

Giants wouldn't disappear even if it was proved that their lifespan is shorter... Just like large dog breeds, they live less years but are equally beautiful and can live enjoyable lives. I'm sure there would be still lots of people willing to work with them.

Even if Moose's necropsy isn't published to the public, if anybody in the forums has a giant that dies for unknown reasons, it would be interesting that he/she published the necropsy results or at least told us how old it was when it died.

The more we know about these animals, the better.

RIP Moose

 

[SanDiegoLeos]

wow i went on ron trempers site and taht pop up came up....so damn horrible...such an incredible animal...well at least hes shared his bloodlines with us and he will live on...

 

[BluGnat]

RIP Moose...this is quite a shocking news to me, I hope the short life span has nothing to do with the giant gene...

That's what I was thinking when I saw the sales email this morning from Tremper that Moose died - but you can still buy his offspring. I sure hope my Opus doesn't only live for what - 6 years?

 

[Tanga]

I'm guessing Moose's death has a lot to do with his size. I'm no expert on leopard gecko's by any means, but even people who are diagnosed with "giantism" (abnormally big humans) die very young because their heart cannot maintain such a large body structure. I'm supposing the same goes for giant leopard geckos?

 

[SaSobek]

i have moose's clutch mate he is still alive and still doing great and im sure he had a harder life so far then moose did. Moose bit of two of his toes as a baby, he lost his tail at one point and survived a fire. i dont think the giantism had any thing to do with his death. imo

 

[yellermelon]

Wow

 

[Baysidegeckos]

i have moose's clutch mate he is still alive and still doing great and im sure he had a harder life so far then moose did. Moose bit of two of his toes as a baby, he lost his tail at one point and survived a fire. i dont think the giantism had any thing to do with his death. imo

How much does he weigh?, and do you have a pic?, it would be cool to see.

 

[lizard-king]

You have his cluitch mate? I would also love to see pics of your guy to..

 

[gecko geek]

R.I.P Moose

 

[robin]

what if, lets say this trempers "giants" are not true giants in the sense of what we think of in humans, giantism but rather an animal who was selectively bred for a larger size with the help of a larger subspecies gecko. now i would suspect that IF that were the case the geckos from this line would live as just as long a life as any other leopard gecko. from the photos i have seen of moose he looked awfully obese and fatty liver disease in reptiles is VERY common.

 

[GeckoStud]

RIP big guy.

 

[Brhaco]

Moose's death is a real mystery. i saw him personally a couple of weeks beforehand, and he seemed his normal, bright-eyed self. Everyone who knew him is quite shocked and saddened. Besides being quite an important animal genetically, he was also quite a great gecko-very friendly and calm.

I honestly don't believe obesity had anything to do with it, as he had just gone through a long breeding season, and was actually, to all appearances, rather svelte. My personal belief is that he was bitten by a black or brown widow spider-this is not at all an unlikely occurence here in the SW Texas ranch country, and of course no pesticides are used anywhere near the gecko colony.

Since he was found after a period when everyone had been away for a long weekend, I don't believe a necropsy was possible, unfortunately.

Brad Chambers

 

[LadyGecko]

what if, lets say this trempers "giants" are not true giants in the sense of what we think of in humans, giantism but rather an animal who was selectively bred for a larger size with the help of a larger subspecies gecko. now i would suspect that IF that were the case the geckos from this line would live as just as long a life as any other leopard gecko. from the photos i have seen of moose he looked awfully obese and fatty liver disease in reptiles is VERY common.

Robin-that is a very good point !!

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