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Beardie Baby · Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 11:21 pm Post subject: Meet Honey!!

Hi all,

Just thought I'd introduce you to my baby Leo. I've named her Honey, and she is such a little sweetie. Got her a couple of weeks ago, and she's about 3 and a half months old - 31g, and app. 7inches long. She's my first Leopard Gecko, and so I have a feeding question.
She has only eaten a few crickets since I got her, but really seems to love the little meal worms, which she devours, and also the odd wax worm (I know waxies are quite fattening, so she's only had a few so far). Is it a problem that she's only really eating mealworms at the moment? I know that lizards can have a problem with the chitin (spelling?), so I am concerned that she seems to ignore the crickets. I even tried her on little hoppers, but she ignored them too.

Thanks in advance.

Kel

trueviper_UK · Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 11:29 pm Post subject:

Thats a beautiful animal Smile

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dangermouse · Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 2:58 am Post subject:

has she got a problem with her back leg and foot or is it just the photo. she has some gorgeous colouring to her
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Beardie Baby · Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 9:51 am Post subject:

Thanks Trueviper.

Dangermouse - Don't think she has a problem with her back leg, think it's just the way she's standing in the photo. I love her colouring too. I meant to ask the breeder what morph she was, as I don't actually know much about that sort of thing. Maybe somebody here could tell me.

Kel

stubeanz · Key Member Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 350 Location: herts

she looks like a hypo tangerine carrot tail but might be a super hypo depends on what people class as a super hypo. i think a super hypo is a gecko without spots on the body but it can have them on the head and some peopel say different.
but anyway a beautiful gecko Very Happy

stu

mcfluffin · CaptiveBred Addict! Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Posts: 943

Lovely. Always wanted a leo and never got one yet. She's a really beautiful specimen though (whatever morph that be Very Happy

), good luck with her!

Beardie Baby · Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 5:20 pm Post subject:

Thanks Stubeanz, for the info on her morph. I should hopefully see the breeder next weekend, so will ask him to confirm (should really have asked when I bought her, but just chose her because she looked really healthy, and her colours were lovely).

McFluffin - she's such a wee darlin', and got to say I adore her already. She's still quite skittish when being handled, although she seems to calm down one minute, then all of a sudden moves like lighting!! Sure she will calm down in time.

Kel

kroakykaren · Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 8:20 pm Post subject:

She is beautiful Kel a real little stunner, my leos love mealies, infact i would say they eat more mealies than anything else and they seem to be thriving Very Happy

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lol93 · Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 8:23 pm Post subject:

What a sweetie! She's lovely, Kel. Very Happy

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Beardie Baby · Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 8:49 pm Post subject:

Thanks Karen, that's put my mind at rest about the mealies. I will keep trying with the crickets too though, even though they're really horrible little things!

Thanks Louise - I got Honey at the SEAS meeting last month, as I couldn't resist her Very Happy

Had already decided to get a Leo at some point, just not that soon!

Kel