What morph do I have?

[Sbosco10]

Hey guys! Im new to the forum! I just purchased a juvenile leopard gecko. Hes a boy and hes around 3 to 4 months old. (as petsmart had said). What morph do you think he will turn out to be!?

 

[Sbosco10]

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[acpart]

Welcome to GF.

I think he will likely be either a hypo tangerine if he loses most of his body spots or a superhypo tangerine if he loses all his spots. Incidentally, I know you're really anxious for a response (I always am), but bumping your post after less than 2 hours isn't really going to get you a response any quicker and will probably annoy the more sensitive among us (I'm not one of those).

ALiza

 

[Dimidiata]

lol looks like my lil hypo tang but mines 2 months and has brown bands istead of grey and has already gotten to mid morph between adult an juvi. Are you sure thats 4 months? he looks WAY to small unless hes a dwarf(if they exsist)

 

[Sbosco10]

lol looks like my lil hypo tang but mines 2 months and has brown bands istead of grey and has already gotten to mid morph between adult an juvi. Are you sure thats 4 months? he looks WAY to small unless hes a dwarf(if they exsist)

petsmart said he was 3-4 months old which i think is a load of bull..

 

[Dimidiata]

" back it up back it up, ok now set it down gentely" "heres that load of bull you ordered sir, sign here."

 

[lillith]

An over-generalization:
Pet store geckos are sometimes small for their age because of being kept in large, competitive, stressful groupings. They don't grow as fast because they may not eat as well as a gecko singly kept. So it's possible that's the age of your leo. It's also possible that he's closer to 2-3 months rather than 3-4 months.

He's a cute little hypo. Looks like he might get some nice orange on his tail, too, although I'm not sure it'll be enough to call carrot tail.

Did they set you up with calcium and vitamins to dust your bugs with? Growing leos do need those. Good luck! And welcome to the forums. =)

 

[Sbosco10]

they said they got my leo in only a few days ago at petsmart. One person online said ti might be a week old. and yah i have calcium and stuff

 

[subjectivereality]

Pet store geckos are sometimes small for their age because of being kept in large, competitive, stressful groupings. They don't grow as fast because they may not eat as well as a gecko singly kept. So it's possible that's the age of your leo. It's also possible that he's closer to 2-3 months rather than 3-4 months.

You could sometimes be pleasantly surprised. Phate and I bought Gonzo from petsmart when he was 1 month old. He was the largest one in the group, and now, at 11 months has ballooned to a total of 11 inches and weighs between 100-110 grams.

 

[lillith]

You could sometimes be pleasantly surprised. Phate and I bought Gonzo from petsmart when he was 1 month old. He was the largest one in the group, and now, at 11 months has ballooned to a total of 11 inches and weighs between 100-110 grams.

You missed the part where I said over-generalization, did you?

I know some Petsmarts are run better than others, to say nothing of the truckloads of AWESOME one can find at independently run mom-and-pop petstores.

It could also be that you inadvertently got the one in the group that has giant genetics.

 

[Dimidiata]

An over-generalization:
Pet store geckos are sometimes small for their age because of being kept in large, competitive, stressful groupings. They don't grow as fast because they may not eat as well as a gecko singly kept. So it's possible that's the age of your leo. It's also possible that he's closer to 2-3 months rather than 3-4 months.

He's a cute little hypo. Looks like he might get some nice orange on his tail, too, although I'm not sure it'll be enough to call carrot tail.

Did they set you up with calcium and vitamins to dust your bugs with? Growing leos do need those. Good luck! And welcome to the forums. =)

I didnt even think about that but it makes good sense, theres been a BP at my lfs for a few months thats barley grown(its young or so i think) But still that lil guy is prob in the 2 month range like you said. Just keep him in health and hopefuly hell show us his potential.

 

[Sbosco10]

I didnt even think about that but it makes good sense, theres been a BP at my lfs for a few months thats barley grown(its young or so i think) But still that lil guy is prob in the 2 month range like you said. Just keep him in health and hopefuly hell show us his potential.

hmmm yah i really dont know what to believe. thats the problem. Some people are saying its a week old some ares saying its 2 months old. :/

 

[Dimidiata]

by appearence alone he looks like hes in his first month imo BUT again with the stunting.

 

[Sbosco10]

by appearence alone he looks like hes in his first month imo BUT again with the stunting.

Alright.. hmm cuz other people said that if he was one month old he wuld be alot bigger because the morph i have grows alot in one month?

 

[Dimidiata]

hes a hypo tang from the looks, ive had mine since 2 weeks, looks the same as he did at 3weeks-5weeks.

 

[acpart]

I've definitely seen a relationship between size and color development. I occasionally get a hatchling that grows very slowly and consequently changes color very slowly. Last season I had 2 Mack snows that got stuck at 5 grams for a few months. They remained nice and white as well. For some reason, after a few months they really took off and started gaining weight really fast and then also started yellowing up really fast.

Aliza