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My newest male

LauraV Oct 28, 2003 08:24 PM

When I purchased an incredibly expensive male and within six weeks of having him, he was at death's door (if you use antibiotics on your leos and sell them right after, please inform the buyers, so they have something to tell the vet if things go wrong), I knew I needed a back up male "just in case".

So, with no further adieu, here he is (drum roll please...):

I don't know who said Leos don't eat greens...nobody bothered to tell this male that...he's been licking all over the fake plants in his tank, hoping they were edible. (wish's I could've gotten a pic of that!

PS - my other male is putting his weight back on and will hopefully make a full recovery. After weeks of false diagnosis (no fecal matter to go on as he wouldn't eat), it was discovered that he had a huge yeast infection (much more dangerous to a leo than an irritating itch...)Vet said he'd never seen so much yeast in any lizard and the only way he could have gotten so much would have been to a prolonged antibiotic use or a high dosage. If we had known he had been on antibiotics to begin with, we could have treated him before he was at death's door. (sigh)
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Leo Lover Oct 28, 2003 10:19 PM

SHAME ON YOU!!!!! I had to do all I could to rip my poor females off the computer screen. They were going nuts after seeing that handsome little fellow. LOL I'm just kidding, next time put a warning in the subject line! He he he he

He's very beautiful Laura, where did you get him?

You sure do have some beautiful leos for the '04 breeding season.

Shayna
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Shayna
www.LeoLoversLizardLounge.com

LauraV Oct 28, 2003 10:46 PM

I do have great hopes for this coming season. Of course, I lost more than I hatched last year due to some incubator problems. Fortunately, I didn't have many of these ones to work with, so it wasn't so painfull. This male came from Geckos By Design. I wanted his $550 male, but I was 5 min. too late. (sigh) But, this guy is very nice and I'm thrilled.

Did you get the email I returned to you? I hope to hear back to you on that.

I guess some boys just take awhile to come into their manhood, up until today I thought this little cutie was a female. In the last 1.5 weeks (since the last time I cage cleaned and photographed), he finally dropped.

Boy was I surprised, I haven't had a boy pop up in forever! I am hoping he will go super hypo...He's more orange and less yellow than in the pic - the dark navy blue background seems to have a yellowing effect. Too bad I didn't do my site in emerald green instead of royal blue! The green really brings out the orange! But, my name is Starlight...The night's sky may be black, blue , or purple (bruise colored by the sound of it!! ), but it is certainly not green...(sigh)
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jeanne Oct 29, 2003 09:41 AM

>>SHAME ON YOU!!!!! I had to do all I could to rip my poor females off the computer screen. They were going nuts after seeing that handsome little fellow. LOL I'm just kidding, next time put a warning in the subject line! He he he he
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>>He's very beautiful Laura, where did you get him?
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>>You sure do have some beautiful leos for the '04 breeding season.
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>>Shayna
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>>Shayna
>>www.LeoLoversLizardLounge.com
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Jeanne Leary

Leo Lover Oct 29, 2003 01:17 PM
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