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my leo has got a white patch on its head and a few white specks above its top jaw. anybody any ideas. ther ewa sa guy who posted a pic of a leo with a big white thing on its head im wondering if mine could be similar. ill post a pic if you look between the eyes you can just make it out but i swear it wasnt there before its shed. anybody any ideas. you can only see the splodge a little bit nand hte specs not at all

that pic dotn show ote sorry but it is there its not huge iw as wondeirng if you had any ideas?

I don't think you have mites. If your leo did have mites they would be red, or black. If he does have them, you will see the mites crawling on your hands after handling your leo.

well they dotn move they just white specks. and there are only abuot 5 or so

Its probably just new color coming in from shedding. If the spots arent moving then they arent mites.

Thanks,
Andrew

cheers all its muchly apreciated. just wanted to check. but whats white doing? have you guys seen thepicof the guy with the gecko with a white head. color is coming through like that

Oh, are you talking about that guy who claimed he had a "piebald" leopard gecko?

Here's a pic:

Using the Kingsnake Search of archives is a pain in the butt, though I finally managed to find the posts:

forums.kingsnake.com/viewarch.php?id=787045,787045&key=2005
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0.1.0 Normal Leopard Gecko: Mala Ala
1.0.0 Tangerine Leopard Gecko: Lazar
2.1.0 White's Tree Frogs: Wabo, Mermit, and (no name yet)
0.1.0 Bearded Dragon: Igor
3.0.0 Bettas: Ghost, Misty, and Cobalt

no post
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Too many Leos
1.0 feline "Spot"
0.1 canine "Tika"

no post
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Too many Leos
1.0 feline "Spot"
0.1 canine "Tika"

From other posts in the thread about piebalds:

Albey believes it's a genetic trait, and it's supposedly a wild caught leo.
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0.1.0 Normal Leopard Gecko: Mala Ala
1.0.0 Tangerine Leopard Gecko: Lazar
2.1.0 White's Tree Frogs: Wabo, Mermit, and (no name yet)
0.1.0 Bearded Dragon: Igor
3.0.0 Bettas: Ghost, Misty, and Cobalt

it aperes to have arived over the last shed. and its basicly a thin line down between the eyes in the same place. if it comes out like the one in the pic im going to breed it with another leo. then breed it back to its offspring and see if it is genetic or what. never bred before but it seems kinda rare and not being bred as it is so id like to try it. i dunno ill tell you after hte next sehd if the ares has increased or not. would be cool if it had. just cos its differant. hey would you guys say that is a pi-bald neways?