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[Bird Man]

Here are my latest additions as of last night. I was only gonna get the one, but I couldn't leave the other there, they were looking so sad on wood shavings. Also these were taken about 10am. What color morphs are they?


This one maybe a dalmation of some sort, also missing the tail

She? didn't want to take photo's so that's it for her.


This may be a young male(hopefully) with tail

Also, since I don't want to make a 4th pic thread in 1 day I'll add these guys in here too...


A Green anole, and a bahama anole. The bahama is a male, the green may be female, but not planning on breeding them. She actually has a broken leg, looks like someone was munching on it and she doesn't use it, but gets around fine, She also just molted, but had problems getting it off that leg, I had to help

just the bahama, he's kinda skinny, but is now being well fed.

She loves this plant and only leaves to eat

Ok back to the crested, I saw a website about calcium deposits, and how to check inside their mouths for it. I checked the dalmatianish one, and only has a tiny speck on one side, didn't even bother to check the other, But I've got the crested gecko diet powder stuff, and I shake n baked about 2 dozen sm crickets with it, the tailless one ate most of them, I only saw the guy eat like 2-3. I also mixed some power with water like it said, and he dove into that right away, he had his front legs and face in it licking it up like crazy, He looks much better this morning, was looking a little on the skinny side last night.

They were housed with a few leo's and NO powder/powder mix at all, the only food was a bunch of already dead meal worms(petco feeds them to all their reptiles it seems). So question is, do I just continue with this good diet, or is there something else I can do to boost their calcium? gonna pick up some baby food tonight, any special brands/different fruits they like best?

 

[halfwaynowhere]

you don't need to feed them baby food. just mix up the crested gecko diet with water, and leave it in a dish. You can supplement with calcium powder if you'd like, but the crested gecko diet is a complete meal for them.

They were housed WITH the leopard geckos? As in, same tank? That's crazy. The worst I've seem from a petco was letting the ball pythons and red tail boas live together because the divider between the two was broken, and they were too lazy to fix it.

 

[Bird Man]

Yes they were in the same enclosure, it was the two of them, with about 7 leo's. I've been going kinda often and I watch them every time, they have been stuck in their molts for a couple weeks now. The one with the tail, still has molt on his tail, and toes. I took some off because he was trying, but it wouldn't come off, but now with a proper place to live, he's gotten a bit more skin off him. None seemed happy at all, the leo's were just laying there, not moving, one looked near death, real skinny, and so did a anole in the cage under them. I told the girl who helped me, who was a manager, and she simply said she would leave a note for the lady who was in charge of the reptile area for the morning. Meaning nothing is going to happen.

 

[Bird Man]

So any help as to what morphs they are?

 

[Talkenlate04]

The first one almost has a tiger pattern going on but not quite, cute little spots though.
The second one looks like a harlequin with a very small percentage of pinstripes.

 

[equuskat]

The first one almost has a tiger pattern going on but not quite, cute little spots though.
The second one looks like a harlequin with a very small percentage of pinstripes.

I think that they both look a little tiger-y, but not vividly. The second one does have some partial pinning, but I don't think that it looks harlequin at all - it lacks the leg coloration of a harley and doesn't have the distinct patterning on the sides. It looks like a flame.

 

[Talkenlate04]

Hey ya I see it now. I had to go look at some more pictures for comparison (still learning).

 

[equuskat]

The best thing about harleys are those awesome leg outlines. I love it.

 

[Talkenlate04]

So if the leg outline is missing it is not a harly?

 

[equuskat]

That's the way I understand it. The leg outlining is supposed to be a trademark of a harlequin. I have always seen it go hand-in-hand with the markings on the sides, though. I've never seen ONLY side markings except in a flame or tiger, but those markings aren't quite the same. I'm no expert, but this is from what I've read and my personal observations.

 

[Talkenlate04]

Cool I'll have to start paying more attention to details like that. Thanks for the pointers.

 

[equuskat]

No problem. I need to start doing more reading on them, too. There are many different opinions on how to describe crested gecko colorations, since there are SO many variations!

 

[Talkenlate04]

I am going to get some shots of this male I have and Ill post them in my thread, tell me what you think.

 

[equuskat]

I am going to get some shots of this male I have and Ill post them in my thread, tell me what you think.

Will look when I get back later. I've got to head out. Looking forward to seeing the pics though!

 

[JoeRossi]

Katy etc....

Katy, "That's the way I understand it. The leg outlining is supposed to be a trademark of a harlequin" I just put up some information on morph identification here:http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=149387&page=4 etc... hope this helps,

Joe

 

[equuskat]

Joe, I have seen that link and while it is helpful, I think it lacks some detail. What I heard about the leg striping came from ciliatus.com forums.

 

[JoeRossi]

Lacking

100% agree, but it gives some good basics, no blondie, moonglow etc...But a good start. Also that link is Ciliatus and you can get to the forum through that link. Good site

Joe

 

[Bird Man]

Thanks everyone. I'll try and get some pics tonight of them fired up, The ones I posted were taken at 10am I think.