Adopted a leopard gecko

[Carloscruz]

I was at pet smart and they had a leopard gecko with three legs that was up for adoption They said that when they got there leopard geckos shed around its foot and it was turning different colors so they Took him to the vet and the vet said they needed to be amputated.

 

[kinyonga]

Good that you gave it a home in spite of the leg!
How does it walk? Is the missing leg bothering it much?

 

[Carloscruz]

she is walking pretty good it kind of bothers him

 

[DocZ]

Love my Leo
Thanks for giving him a good home

 

[Carloscruz]

I am concern about his weight he only weighs 12 g and looks to be a month or two old

 

[MissSkittles]

Congrats and bless you for giving this sweetie a good home. I have no experience with anything other than adult leos, but the tail is nice and chubby and the body is well formed. I’ve noticed crazy variation in the weight of my leos. One of my boys is 54 Gm and the other is 81 Gm and my girl falls in between.

 

[kinyonga]

I am concern about his weight he only weighs 12 g and looks to be a month or two old

Looks ok to me.

 

[Carloscruz]

He weight now is 15g

 

[Carloscruz]

She is doing amazing she is a great eater I am thinking about getting a third leopard gecko

 

[MissSkittles]

Ahh…you determined gender. Yay! Where are the pics? We need pics! Leopard geckos are incredible little animals and if I had the time, I’d have a houseful of them.

 

[Carloscruz]

Here you go

 

[MissSkittles]

Here you go

Thank you! Going to be a beauty!

 

[Carloscruz]

I was wondering if you knew how to do background right now I just have those pictures that you would use for Aquariums but I What something more naturalist.

 

[MissSkittles]

I did a faux background with expanding foam on the glass of one of my Leo tanks. On the other two I just bought some backgrounds. There are a lot of great videos on YouTube that you may find inspiring.
Of course it doesn’t look as good anymore…many plants died, some grew too big and I had to remove. If I were to do another, I’d make sure to include more ledges for climbing.

To try and have a somewhat more natural looking hide, I made the rock thing on the left from expanding foam.

 

[kinyonga]

Very nice @MissSkittles !!!

 

[Carloscruz]

I got a update on them I am excited to see what her colors are going to be

 

[Carloscruz]

I have been thinking about breeding them I am not sure though.

 

[MissSkittles]

I have been thinking about breeding them I am not sure though.

I would suggest breeding one of the less common geckos, like Chinese cave geckos or African Fat tails.

 

[Carloscruz]

I would suggest breeding one of the less common geckos, like Chinese cave geckos or African Fat tails.

I have been thinking about that there’s a reptile show next weekend am going to have to think about it.

 

[MissSkittles]

I love the African Fat tails and if I were about 15 years younger would try my hand at breeding them.