FedEx and OnlineGeckos.com 2017 Holiday Shipping Schedule

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2017 holiday shopping season is here!  Holiday shipping delays have become more common in the recent years.  Extra caution must be taken to ensure the safe arrival of live animals.   With leopard geckos and african fat-tails, they require Priority Overnight shipping.  See below for FedEx’s 2017 holiday shipping schedule for Express shipping:

Thursday Nov 23rd:  FedEx Express is closed

Monday Dec 25th:  FedEx Express is closed

Monday Jan 1st:  FedEx Express is closed

On these days, FedEx will not ship or deliver at all. Continue reading “FedEx and OnlineGeckos.com 2017 Holiday Shipping Schedule”

Hatchling Update and Leopard Geckos For Sale

In this hatchling update, we have many new hatchling pictures to share with you.  We are also planning on posting some 2016 releases and 2017 leopard gecko hatchlings toward the end of September and early October.  Please check our Available Leopard Geckos for Sale page for new geckos in the upcoming months.  We’ve already posted a beautiful Bell Blazing Blizzard female for sale.

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Hatchling Update September 18th 2017

Our hatchling racks are at near full capacity.  The way we handle new leopard gecko hatchlings is we leave them be and allow them to eat and grow for at least 2-3 months.  These early months are crucial to their development and health.  Gecko hatchlings that don’t eat well early on could develop metabolic bone disease (MBD), or other physical developmental issues such as being smaller and underdeveloped.  This is why even though we know people are eager to purchase these cute baby geckos, we do our best to not bother them too much during the first few months.

But as promised, we know folks like to see more gecko pictures.  We have plenty of hatchling pictures to share with you during this hatchling update.  First we’d like to show you a couple of before & after pictures.  Here’s a radar female born on 7-3-2017:

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And here she is 2 months after, with a much more developed tail, and a more intense orange body color: Continue reading “Hatchling Update and Leopard Geckos For Sale”

How To Deal With Picky Eaters – Leopard Gecko Feeding

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“How should I deal with picky eaters?”  You have a leopard gecko who is a picky eater, and you are seeking advice on how to get your gecko to feed.  In this article we will explore some ways to help get your gecko to start eating.  Over the years we’ve found some tricks that may help you jump start your gecko’s feeding.  They are by no means guaranteed methods, as your results may vary.  But it won’t hurt to give them a try.

How to deal with picky eaters?

First thing first, you should read our “My leopard gecko won’t eat” article.  It’s a comprehensive article that will help you figure out why your leopard gecko won’t eat.  In this article however, we assume your leopard gecko is healthy and your husbandry is sound.  We also assume your gecko isn’t going through breeding season blues or sexual maturity.

Dealing with healthy picky eaters require a different approach.  You aren’t trying to figure out why your leopard gecko won’t eat, but rather you are trying to simply get your gecko to eat more.  Here are some tricks we’ve found over the years that should help you deal with picky eaters. Continue reading “How To Deal With Picky Eaters – Leopard Gecko Feeding”

Do Leopard Geckos Bite? Herpetophobia

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Do leopard geckos bite?  We see this question pop up every now and then.  It is a fair & valid question.  Perhaps you are a concerned guardian looking for information on leopard geckos before purchasing one.  Or maybe you are wanting to get into reptiles but you don’t like reptiles that bite.  Some people even have fear of reptiles, called herpetophobia.  It is a rather common animal phobia.  Herpetophobia is a condition that can be managed and cured with proper clinical treatment.

Do leopard geckos bite?  The answer

Yes, leopard geckos can bite.  But it’s not common for leopard geckos to bite.  When scared or threatened, leopard geckos most often choose to flee rather than fight.  When leopard geckos do bite, sometimes there are reasons for it.  We’ll go through some of the reasons below so you can be informed and perhaps avoid getting bit in the future.

1.  Male leopard geckos can get territorial

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Super Hypo Tangerine Carrot-tail Hatchlings Have Arrived!

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Our super hypo tangerine carrot-tail hatchlings of 2017 have arrived!  These two leopard gecko clutch-mates hatched within the same day.  We caught one of them with just her head out of the egg, it was so cute.

Super Hypo Tangerine Carrot-tail Hatchlings of 2017

Initially we waited for awhile to see if she would come out of the egg on her own.  When she didn’t, we took the opportunity for a photo shoot.  Here’s a pic of this cute super hypo tangerine carrot-tail hatchling still in the egg, on the palm of my hand.

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And here she is right after she slipped out of the egg.  We have a beautiful, healthy leopard gecko hatchling!

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Super Hypo Tangerine Carrot-tail Hatchlings – Leopard Gecko Genetics

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Hello Bell Albinos! Leopard Gecko Radar Hatchlings of 2017

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Right on schedule, the Radar hatchlings are here!  At OnlineGeckos.com, we were having a race to see whether our Tremper or Bell projects were going to hatch first.  The eggs were laid roughly at the same time.  The Tremper projects won as last week two beautiful super giant leopard gecko hatchlings were born.  Once that happened, we knew the Bell albino projects were coming next.

First Radar Hatchlings of 2017

These are not clutchmates (one male one female), but they share similar traits as both are from the same parents.  You’ll notice the very distinct reverse stripes down their backs.  This is a trait passed down from our male breeder, Kronos.  We absolutely love the reverse stripes, and we breed for it specifically.

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Radar Hatchlings – Genetics

Radar is Bell Albino + Eclipse.  This combination gives them ruby red eyes.  We love working with Bell Albinos.  When we first got into breeding in 2011, the very first leopard gecko we hatched was a bell albino het radar.  So we’ve been working with Bell albinos since the very beginning.  We still have our first boy, he’s quite photogenic, you may have seen him on our site before. Continue reading “Hello Bell Albinos! Leopard Gecko Radar Hatchlings of 2017”