New gecko and update. :D

geckoluver4evr

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Pepper, my beloved petco girl, is doing great! It's been 6.5 months since I bought her and she is doing amazingly. :D She lost half a toe in a shedding incident and accidentally bit the tip of her tail off in a different shed, but she is doing great. Very healthy, nice fat tail, and she just looks great. :D Her colors are awesome! Updated pics in her album. She is living in a 10 gallon tank with UTH and 2 hides, plus a climbing rock, water dish, calcium dish, etc. She eats mainly mealworms, sometimes crickets with the occasional waxworm. :)
We all know how addictive leo's are. :D <3 Like potato chips! And I've been dying for another one for 3 months. Well today I talked to my dad about it, and I convinced him to let me get another one. :) I don't know what her morph is, but I'm really hoping she's a bell albino. She is from petco, just like Pepper. She's around 1.5 months old, about 4.5 inches long or so. She is in good health, no missing toes or stuck shed. I saw her and loved her immediately! :D She's gorgeous and adorable. Very sweet already, she had no trouble being held at the store or by me as I took her out of the box. Right now, since I didn't have anything bigger, she is in a 3 gallon. Just for growout! After she's big enough to be put with Pepper, I'll save up for a 20 gallon or something about that size, and she and Pepper will be tankmates. :) She has a UTH and a hide, plus a water dish and calcium dish. And she already ate a mealworm for me! She's sleeping happily right now. Please let me know what you think of her and what her morph is?
I'm soo excited to finally have 2 leo's! :D And Pepper is just so healthy and big and gorgeous, I am so excited that I get to raise another.
Pictures in my album! :D
 

LZRDGRL

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Congrats for your second pet! :main_thumbsup: Another addicted gecko lover. Welcome to Gecko-Lovers Anonymous :main_laugh:

I think your second baby is a Tremper Albino. They look very much like Bells color-wise and pattern-wise, but their eyes are less pink. A bit hard to tell from the pics, but maybe someone else will chime in.

20g tanks work fine for two females. I got one for my Tangs, too. Wait for Petco to have a sale, and you should get one cheap. Too bad you didn't get one on Black Friday already!! My local Petco had lots of stuff for 50% off :main_yes: After Christmas, you might get a tank for less....

Chrissy
 

geckoluver4evr

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Awwww, a tremper albino! Awesome! Chrissy - Thank you! Yes, they are addicting. I never thought I'd want more than 1 betta fish. Now I have 3. :) Got Pepper totally as a surprise, wasn't planning it, why in the world would I want another? :D Now I have 2 gorgeous babies! <3 Yeah, her eyes don't have any pink, they're almost completely black with a little gray.
Phoenix - Thank you!
I wanted a bell, I love how much pink and yellow they have... I saw this lil baby and saw alot of the pink on her head, and the yellows on her body and the brown spots instead of black... what will she look like when she is all grown up? :D Colorwise...?
Thank youu!
 

artes

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Your new one is awesome looking, and Pepper is looking great as well! I second Chrissy's opinion on Tremper Albino. I love how quickly they grow up, and how much they change. It seems like only yesterday our little babies barely registered on a food scale...

Edit: Hestia is not quite a Tremper albino - she's a Tremper Mack Snow. But I imagine your baby will look similar to Hestia when she grows up. Hestia is the one not covered in spots.

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geckoluver4evr

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Aww! Thank you! And IK. I got Pepper has a barely 3 week old hatchling from petco, watching her grow up is just adorable! <3 I miss her as a lil munchkin but now she's a big chunky girl and I love her! She's great with handling too. It's sooooo cute, Pepper and no name have their tanks close together, and both were out at the same time and they both saw each other and walked over to the glass to investigate. They both had their nose to the glass just looking, no tail waving, no signs of aggression. I hope they get along when I start introducing them! :D
Hestia is just GORGEOUS. :D Love her!
 

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