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here are the pictures...i hope i get this rite...like i previously said...morph on baby = ?...and the 5 month old is a hypo-golden...correct? thanks ;D

-S1N

>>here are the pictures...i hope i get this rite...like i previously said...morph on baby = ?...and the 5 month old is a hypo-golden...correct? thanks ;D
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>>-S1N

the baby is a tremper albino, is it kept on sand? i noticed the feet where kind of reddish, if so i would advise yopu to use papertowel,carpet or tile as a substrate, sand causes impaction and can kill the baby

the other looks like a hypo
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Breeder of Leopard geckos
Bearded Dragons
And soon Knob tail geckos

Dan Quinn
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yes the baby is kept in sand along with the older gecko...the older gecko is actually a lot more yellow than the pictures tell...i'll look into new housing for him...thankx!

S1N

wow, for any future owners reading this i suggest not keeping 2 disimilarily sized leos together.
remember a while back, when an inch size difference for this one guy lead to the little one being eaten by the larger

hmm i'll keep an eye on them...thus far they've been cohabitating very well actually...they hide under the rock-type water basin for a good portion of the day...coming out to eat or waiting untill food comes to them...i'll most definately keep a closer watch on them though...thanks!!

S1N

Just asking, do you use calc supplements,what do you feed,can you post a pic of current tank, what are you using for heating,etc...=)

I know this topic comes up very often, but as snarks said the baby leo shouldn't be kept on sand...I learned the hard way. Our first leo we bought from the pet store and were told to keep them on sand, and we lost that leo to impaction. Not a good idea. And the size difference is a big no no too. The big one can eat the small one, even if you haven't seen any bad behavior out of them. Do you know the sex of the two leos? I would change them from sand to paper towel or tile and separate them. We now have 31 happy fat leos and they all live on papertowel. Here is picture of 5 females that we keep together in a very large tank. This is during cage cleaning time.

I would defiantley keep a VERY close eye on the two of them, even better i would seperate them completely. Size difference can cause big problems in any animal, and sometimes they can act fine and then one morning you wake up to only one leo. Not trying to scare you, but it does happen. What happened to the tip of the albinos tail?
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1.0 green iguana-Deitrich
1.1 Common Boa-Un-Named, Ursula
1.0 Ball Python-Anabell (go figure!)
1.0 Red Tegu-Uteg
1.0 Albino Cal King-Pig
0.1 Mexican Black King-Morticia
1.1 Bearded Dragons-Unnamed, Hanabil
1.0 Albino San Diego Gopher-Unnamed
0.1 Hermans tort-Esio
1.1 JCP-Milton, Medusa
1.1 Reverse Okeetee Corn-Unnamed
0.1 Snow Corn-Unnamed
1.0 Hypo Okeetee Corn-Unnamed
0.1 Motley Okeetee-Unnamed
1.0 Western Hoggie-Wyrm
0.0.1 Rose Hair Taruntla-Unnamed
2.0 Leopard Geckos-Reptar, Pogo
4.1 cats-Tucker,Poe,Abhib,Emerald, Felicity
0.1 Bullmastiff-Asha

as far as calc supplements go we don't use any...any specific brand anyone would recommend? we feed them gut-loaded crickets and mealworms...24 hrs a day we run a UV night lamp...i know we need to get a day lamp for them (not sure if it has to be uv or just incandecent) but i do kno we need one...here is a picture of the set-up we have...

if you notice the left side of the cage under the light..the rock/water basin type object...that's where they hide pretty much all the time...

what is impaction? my g/f has had her leo in sand since she bought him and he seems healthy...what size terrarium would you guys recommend for the baby? could i pass with a 10 gal. w/ tile (what kind?) or paper towels (again what kind?)?

i'm not sure what the baby's sex is...i think it's still 2 early to tell...and the larger leo is a female (the pre-vent prominate V isn't anywhere in sight.) as far as the albino's tail goes...he was on my shoulder blade and i picked him up wrong leaving his tail in my fingers and him on the kitchen table i'm patiently waiting for it to grow back ;]

i keep an eye on them daily...the baby is jumpy so i try not too handle him/her 2 much...as far as the larger leo (named Skizzert lol) she's pretty docile and easy to handle...that baby bites 2...litle thing packs a bite let me tell you lol

thanks guys!!

-S1N

10 gallon is fine for the baby. Any kind of papertowel can be used to the best of my knowledge. Impaction is caused from them eating their food and getting sand along with it, or from them eating the sand trying to get the proper amount of calcium. I never thought my leo could get impacted because we fed her out of a dish and her food was dusted with calcium...but she did and like I said before we learned the hard way. Now our leos have a dish of calcium in their cages at all times. We no longer have sand in any of our tanks, because in my opinion it is better to be safe than sorry.

OK, the calcuin matter is prebably one of the most important, if not the most important when it comes to any reptile, the lack of calcium causes a horrible disease call metabolic bone disease, their bones become very rubbery and eventually they will die,

thei food should be dusted with cacium at every feeding, drop the crickets in a bag, put come calcium in and shake lightly so that the crickets are coated in the calcium, use calcium with viramin D3 2-3 times a month

the best calcuim to use would be Repcal, but you can find calcium supplements at petstores

reptical
jurassic cal
and more

i cannot stress this enough, you must use calcium it is ver important
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Breeder of Leopard geckos
Bearded Dragons
And soon Knob tail geckos

Dan Quinn
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