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This little gal continues to amaze me. Her name is Princess Leo, or just Princess for short. I am still working on getting her to act a little more lady like, she's quite a spunky little gal.

This pic was taken the day I got her last month. I've posted her pics before. She was the one I originally didn't want because of her blah coloration, but I'd bought the two girls she was living with and felt bad leaving her all alone.

I was happy when she shed about a week later and started looking a little better...

This pic was taken on Christmas Day, she's trying out her new Chrismas present (the hammock). I'm completely shocked at how much she has colored up!

She has an orangish ring on her back, and various little orange dots, plus some pretty orange on her tail. I think she definitely qualifies as a high yellow now.

I mentioned her spunky side. She's the only Leo in my collection to ever bite me, although she's only actually bitten me twice so far, but threatened on several other occasions. She was not handled much during her first 6 months of life. I handle her, and the two other females she came with, several times a week. Hoping they will eventually mellow out and not be so skittish.

She has not yet drawn any blood. Not sure if it's because she is still young, or if she just isn't trying to bite me that hard. She doesn't do the "death grip" type of bite, just little nips.

If nothing else, she keeps me on my toes! Hope you enjoyed the pics
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www.LynsLair.com
4.8 Leopard Geckos
(Trouble, Scooter, Simba, Firenze, Buttercup, Nala, Mystique, Jewel, Freckles, Dotty, Zipper, Princess)
1.0 Carpet Python
(Bear)
5.1 Ferrets
(Wolf, Shadow, Roland, Verdell, Boo, Sullivan)
0.1 Cat
(Mia)
0.0.1 White's Tree Frog (Coming Soon)
(Trevor)
1.0.5 Assorted Tropical Fish
(Nemo, Whiskers, Eenie, Meenie, Minie, Mo)

Leopard Gecko's can't draw blood even when they're full grown??

A full grown leo can deliver quite a bite. Back when I hand fed my leos, my big male went after my finger rather than the cricket. That bite bled quite a bit. I now do all my hand feedin with forceps.

BTW, great pictures of Princess!

-Alice

There was def. blood and looked rather painful...hopefully they'll post the pic again for ya.

How much did you get that for? Looks like you have a hypo tangerine tail not much color but you could definitly breed it and get better results. I don't know much about colors but those are definitly nice.

I can't remember exactly how much I paid, but it was around $20 or $25. She has too many spots to be hypo right now, but there is a chance some will fade. I'm fussy on the Tangerine label, think it should be reserved for ones that are really orange. I'm content to think of her as a High Yellow. She is 100% het for Rainwater and poss het for Patternless. I'll be breeding her to my Patternless Rainwater male to produce Double Hets, Rainwaters het for Patternless, and if she is het patternless then I might luck out and get some Patternless Rainwaters too!

Here are Princess's friends... This is Dotty (Dot) the day I got her in November...

Here is Dot on Christmas Day...

Zipper in November...

And Zipper on Christmas Day...

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www.LynsLair.com
4.8 Leopard Geckos
(Trouble, Scooter, Simba, Firenze, Buttercup, Nala, Mystique, Jewel, Freckles, Dotty, Zipper, Princess)
1.0 Carpet Python
(Bear)
5.1 Ferrets
(Wolf, Shadow, Roland, Verdell, Boo, Sullivan)
0.1 Cat
(Mia)
0.0.1 White's Tree Frog (Coming Soon)
(Trevor)
1.0.5 Assorted Tropical Fish
(Nemo, Whiskers, Eenie, Meenie, Minie, Mo)

well i.m.o she turned out the prettiest, hehe dont you feel happy you bought her now?

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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Lizards

1.3.0 leopard geckos - diego, libby, jaws, and sobe
0.1 bearded dragon - sydney
0.1 king snake & 0.2.3 corn snakes
2 red eye tree frogs, 3 green tree frogs, 2 firebelly toads
5 anoles,8.0 bettas & numerous tropicals
1.2 dogs (dachshund-pepper, brittany spaniel-jenni, lab-kaci)
1 hubby & 2 boys

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