http://leopardgeckoblog.com Leopard gecko care, news and fun. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:52:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today I took some new pictures of our tangerine leopard gecko breeding pair. Halloween, the male is the hypomelanistic one. Midnight is darker and more plump. Both are very sweet and friendly. [caption id="attachment_96" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Halloween and Midnight"][/caption] http://leopardgeckoblog.com/leopard-gecko-pets/new-pictures-of-halloween-and-midnight Introduced 2 pairs of leopard geckos yesterday. The first are 2 albinos that were sold to me as Bell albinos. However, the folks at geckoforums.net thought that they were plain old Tremper albinos. My plan is to breed the male, Winston, with Bella, the possible Bell albino, and to breed ... http://leopardgeckoblog.com/leopard-gecko-care/two-more-breeding-projects It has been 10 days since Lemon Drop laid 2 eggs. I looked at them this morning and one was starting to mold. When I touched it, I noticed it was soft. The other egg is nice and firm though. I removed the dud, spritzed the perlite with a little ... http://leopardgeckoblog.com/leopard-gecko-care/feb-4-update-one-egg-a-dud Last week I determined that my RAPTOR female was gravid. Her belly was big and I could see 2 eggs. I put her back together with Henry, the RAPTOR male. They had been together for a week in early January. After making sure the egg-laying hide (lay box) had sufficient moist ... http://leopardgeckoblog.com/leopard-gecko-pets/first-eggs-of-2010 I know, I'm a bit late with the "Happy New Year". I'm also a bit late with an update to this blog. Well I'm back and planning to make more frequent updates in this new year. Well, the geckos are doing great. Growing and getting more beautiful. I guess I never finished ... http://leopardgeckoblog.com/leopard-gecko-pets/happy-new-year Looking for a good source of mealworm feeders for your geckos? I now have enough geckos that the cost of buying mealworms at the pet store in containers of 500 worms is getting expensive. I did some research and found several vendors that carry mealworm feeders. Here are some sources that ... http://leopardgeckoblog.com/leopard-gecko-care/where-to-buy-mealworms-online After laying on top of her humid hide/lay box for about 24 hours, my Bell Albino, Bella crawled inside last night. This morning there were 2 eggs in the coconut fiber. Since I wasn't really expecting to have eggs so soon I don't have an incubator. You see, I purchased ... http://leopardgeckoblog.com/leopard-gecko-care/first-two-eggs This week I discovered that one of the female leopard geckos I purchased last weekend at a reptile expo is gravid. I noticed she was strangely plump but only 40 grams. Then I noticed that there was a white egg-shaped object in her abdomen. I am a little concerned because ... http://leopardgeckoblog.com/leopard-gecko-care/new-gecko-is-going-to-lay-an-egg I took a few more pictures this morning. Here is a carrot tail stripe, a Mack Snow and a hypo tangerine. Also added a picture of the Bell albino male with the snake eyes. [caption id="attachment_67" align="aligncenter" width="277" caption="Stripe Carrot Tail Male - he wasn't too happy about being woke up."][/caption] [caption ... http://leopardgeckoblog.com/leopard-gecko-pets/more-gecko-pictures Had my daughter help me get some pictures of the geckos. A couple are shedding today so I'll get their pictures up in a day or two. [caption id="attachment_45" align="aligncenter" width="238" caption="Mack Snow Male"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_47" align="aligncenter" width="214" caption="Bell Albino Male"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_48" align="aligncenter" width="238" caption="Bell Albino Female"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_49" align="aligncenter" width="297" caption="SHTCTB Female ... http://leopardgeckoblog.com/leopard-gecko-pets/pictures-of-my-geckos