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Lol,

I got this Super Hypo Tangerine carrotail "Baldy" about 6 weeks ago, and look............. its not bald

She is a beaut and i think she is so pretty!

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>>I got this Super Hypo Tangerine carrotail "Baldy" about 6 weeks ago, and look............. its not bald
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>>She is a beaut and i think she is so pretty!
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Jeanne

. . . well, more like a suspicion.

I have seen this happen before - with larger/older geckos than that. Baldies and Super duper hypos all of a sudden getting tons of spots.

I wonder if it has anything to do with temperature? I do a night drop on my gecos - most of them at least - and I do know that a tremper albino that's white will darken up (at least some of them I've seen) if exposed to cooler temps. RT even told me that (if I remember right).

I wonder if there are a lot of people temp-color cooking those eggs - are producing baldy/hypos that see melanin production increasing when they encounter cooler temps.

This is no accusation - heck I played around with that temp-color deal with some albinos - but I've always wondered about that.
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Monte Meyer
Powergeckos
Email

Mealworms . . . .you can't eat just one

Temperature, mood, and substrate color play a large contributing factor in the colors of Leopard Geckos. I have found that the lighter the substrate, the warmer and happpier they are, the better their colors. Aso, I have see the melanin develop more during breeding... especially females after a season or two.
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Marcia McGuiness
Golden Gate Geckos
www.goldengategeckos.com

I have also noticed the same thing. I have had a couple of hypos develop spots. I have not however had a super hypo develop body spots after breeding. I am guessing hormonal changes affect melanin production. As well as normal aging. Sure hope my Nitro stays just the way she is!