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Does light pupils mean an albino???

because my Leo has light pupils but looks like a bright patturnless.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/itzniiick/gecko.jpg
This is the most recent photo i have..

and would this be to light for him??
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/itzniiick/setup.jpg
her setup

should i change it to a red light or a blue one???

THANX !!

SO CUTE! That's a patty (patternless). And yes, she is albino. Nice leo.

I don't know what heat lamps/lights you're using...but it looks a bit too bright for any leo if that's the constant - regardless of genetics.

I would say: use a red, nocturnal heat light. The geckos can't see the red so they think they're in a darker environment and feel safer (little do they know...) Plus, the "red" heat lights produce more heat than the "blue/black" moonlight heat bulbs. Just never use UV's...they don't need it and it'll stress 'em. If those are UV's, take em out.

(I use flexwatt I fixed as undercage heat...that's cool too and I think you could replicate the belly heat with a few decent heat pads)

Where did you find your little gecko? Doesn't look like "pet-store fare"...
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Too many Leos
1.0 feline "Spot"
0.1 canine "Tika"

Thanx!
well i am going to buy a red light..
do you know what watt?..

and i got her at petco..
she was kinda skinny...
but i got her up to weight..
with some silks and crickets.

Nice patternless! Baby patternless albinos will have white tails with a pinkish cast. The slightly gray caste to your baby's tail means that it is just a nice light patternless.

-Alice

Alice made a good point - yes, there are Patternless leos with normal dark eyes, and then there are Tremper albino patty's and finally the brightest Las Vegas albino patty's.

But...

Yeah, the picture's not great, but the baby non-albino patty's I've experienced tend to have very grey heads, grey mottled blotches where this one has a dominant yellow coloration, and grey-ish tails.

If this pet store leo has a LIGHT eye coloration and its that bright* at that age (mottling/pattern still that intact), then it still looks like a Tremper albino patty to me.

I'd imagine non-albino patty's at the pet store would be quite dark - not kept in the breeder's colony - so perhaps this is a "duller" Tremp. AP?

I think we need an eye shot and a new pic!

* well, my use of "bright" is relative here - its not a neon LVAP! That's for sure.
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Too many Leos
1.0 feline "Spot"
0.1 canine "Tika"

Our local Petco routinely gets in patties. They tend to be fairly light and fade early (look exactly like the one pictured). The mottling and how fast it fades seems to depend a lot on the parentage. I've been breeding regular patties for over five years now and most of my babies fade fairly rapidly. An eye shot would really be helpful, but from the tail color I'm fairly certain it isn't an albino.

-Alice