questions: het color and humid hide use

[HepCatMoe]

ok having just recieved my first het today i noticed he was alot lighter in color than my normal female.

has anybody else noticed this? are your hets lighter than your normals?

also, i just switched over to paper towels for my substrate (from peat moss) and so i now have to use a humid hide.

its a tupper ware container about 3 inches high, i have a hole cut in the top, and its filled with damp peat moss.

i havent seen her use it at all, i dont think she even realizes its there. she just wanders around it. or maybe its too tall for her to climb onto?

 

[Stitch]

The hide may be too tall for her. You can add a rock or something for her to climb onto the hide. Place her in or on top of the hide, you may have to do that a couple of times for her to get the point.

Unless the gene is co-dominant like the Mack Snows, hets do not show any physical differences from a normal. Het amels and/or stripes will look just like normals.

 

[Stitch]

When will we see some pics!?

 

[bittner_344]

Unless the gene is co-dominant like the Mack Snows, hets do not show any physical differences from a normal. Het amels and/or stripes will look just like normals.

i do not think this is true. imo aft hets are alot lighter then normals. if we can see some pics, it would help.

 

[ReptileMan27]

I use plastic butter tubs for my humid hides. I would also reccomend using paper towels in the humid hide or rap the moss or whatever in paper towels.

 

[Gecko]

A bit off topic, but I've found beta carotienoids (spelling?) do seem to make a bit of difference in the diet for color.

 

[HepCatMoe]

lol pics will come as soon as i buy myself a digital camera!!

 

[Stitch]

i do not think this is true. imo aft hets are alot lighter then normals. if we can see some pics, it would help.

When I bought my het amel from a breeder he had about 8-10 that were all 100% het for amel. They all varied in color. I wish I had pics but i did not take my camera that day.

Here is what my female looks like next to my Amel male, she was one of the lighter colored ones and that's why I chose her.

 

[moosassah]

I use plastic butter tubs for my humid hides. I would also reccomend using paper towels in the humid hide or rap the moss or whatever in paper towels.

May I ask why the moss should be wrapped? Trying to do the best I can for Hidey. I don't have the moss wrapped. Thanks.

The picture of your female (or what she looks like if that one isn't yours) is really nice. I love the coloring.

 

[Stitch]

I had a young leo die from moss impaction. It's rare for that to happen, but it happened to me. Sand is usually the culprit for impactions. I suggest to people to wrap the moss in paper towels at least until the gecko's an adult. The only hides that I have loose moss in are egg laying chambers that are less likely for crix to get into. I feel that my gecko was going after a crix hiding in the moss and accidently ingested the moss.

Thanks for the compliment on Nala, I like her color too.

 

[moosassah]

thanks for the explanation.