My New Leos from the Hamburg Show!! VERY Pic Heavy!

I bought two pairs of Leos today! I want to start to do some breeding w/ these little guys, and since both females appear to be gravid, it'll be happening sooner than later. :O So here they are!

Blizzard Male

http://www.glassreptiles.com/picture...rd061408_1.jpg

http://www.glassreptiles.com/picture...rd061408_2.jpg

Blizzard Female

http://www.glassreptiles.com/picture...rd061408_1.jpg

http://www.glassreptiles.com/picture...rd061408_2.jpg

Sunglow Male

http://www.glassreptiles.com/picture...ow061408_1.jpg

http://www.glassreptiles.com/picture...ow061408_2.jpg

Sunglow Female

http://www.glassreptiles.com/picture...ow061408_1.jpg

http://www.glassreptiles.com/picture...ow061408_2.jpg

A lot of pics, I know... But they're just such great animals and so photogenic :P :D

very pretty :) i love leos!

Hot! Now I get to breed some mealworms! :)

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Originally Posted by jglass38

Hot! Now I get to breed some mealworms! :)

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Don't forget the crickets also!....You guys are really herping it up....whats next?...Salt Water Crocs in the backyard?

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Originally Posted by monk90222

Don't forget the crickets also!....You guys are really herping it up....whats next?...Salt Water Crocs in the backyard?

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Hell no on the crickets! LOL

They eat pinkies when they get bigger.....why no crickets?

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Originally Posted by monk90222

They eat pinkies when they get bigger.....why no crickets?

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Smelly... and they like to escape and keep you awake at night... :)

I actually had a community of feral crickets in my basement for a year after I gave away my Leo's....kinda makes you feel like your always camping.

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I actually had a community of feral crickets in my basement for a year after I gave away my Leo's....kinda makes you feel like your always camping.

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Feral crickets, huh? We have one in the walls in the basement now. Its miserable. When we got some new rats the other night for breeding they sent us home with them in empty cricket boxes. Well almost empty!

Unless you get lucky (you may well get by with a little help from your friends) there is a National mealworm shortage going on and they wont be available for a couple of months. You may have to choose between superworms or crickets until then. I am glad that I have a 15qt mealworm farm going. I have been breeding 1.2 shtctb leos this year. One female has layed only infertile eggs. The other has only layed only 3 good eggs so far. One has hatched and 2 are in the incubator. I understand that you shouldn't expect much out of a female in the 1st year of egg production. I have a large blizzard female that I have considered getting a male to go with also. I like your choices of sunglow and blizzard, both nice to look at.

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Originally Posted by dsirkle

Unless you get lucky (you may well get by with a little help from your friends) there is a National mealworm shortage going on and they wont be available for a couple of months. You may have to choose between superworms or crickets until then. I am glad that I have a 15qt mealworm farm going. I have been breeding 1.2 shtctb leos this year. One female has layed only infertile eggs. The other has only layed only 3 good eggs so far. One has hatched and 2 are in the incubator. I understand that you shouldn't expect much out of a female in the 1st year of egg production. I have a large blizzard female that I have considered getting a male to go with also. I like your choices of sunglow and blizzard, both nice to look at.

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We got 1000 at the show today. Started the mealworm farm. From what I hear though mealworms will be back in stock in the next few weeks. These Leos are pretty damn cool!

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Originally Posted by dsirkle

Unless you get lucky (you may well get by with a little help from your friends) there is a National mealworm shortage going on and they wont be available for a couple of months. You may have to choose between superworms or crickets until then. I am glad that I have a 15qt mealworm farm going. I have been breeding 1.2 shtctb leos this year. One female has layed only infertile eggs. The other has only layed only 3 good eggs so far. One has hatched and 2 are in the incubator. I understand that you shouldn't expect much out of a female in the 1st year of egg production. I have a large blizzard female that I have considered getting a male to go with also. I like your choices of sunglow and blizzard, both nice to look at.

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The mealworm shortage thing sucks... Hopefully we have enough to get a small homebred thing goin. I'll do crickets if I must :P From what I understand all 4 are proven breeders, so hopefully we'll get lucky the first time! Thanks for the comment! I really wasn't completely sure what I was going to get until I got there but as I predicted, some things just called out to me and that's how I ended up with these choices.

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Originally Posted by jglass38

We got 1000 at the show today. Started the mealworm farm. From what I hear though mealworms will be back in stock in the next few weeks. These Leos are pretty damn cool!

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Once they get going, it's nice to have clean odorless mealworms on hand. I buy crickets as a treat and for nutritional variety every once in a while, but only what can be eaten immediately. They poop in the cages, stink, make noise and die if you try to keep them around. Leo's are pretty cool. Mine run to the door of their cages and want to come out and climb on me when they see me. I know how foolish that sounds but they really do.

Hello Amy,
this is glenn, the guy you bought the blizzard and sunglow pairs from. Glad to see that you are enjoying them. :) let me know if you need anything else, or any help.

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The mealworm shortage thing sucks... Hopefully we have enough to get a small homebred thing goin. I'll do crickets if I must :P From what I understand all 4 are proven breeders, so hopefully we'll get lucky the first time! Thanks for the comment! I really wasn't completely sure what I was going to get until I got there but as I predicted, some things just called out to me and that's how I ended up with these choices.

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If you have a thousand mealworms you are all set. Sunglows are about the nicest looking leos around.

nice leos. I like the sunglows, they look so bright. hope you have baby leo's soon. I didn't see you guys there, must have missed you while walking around. I was there around 10 or so.

Awesome animals! :gj: Im not very good with my leo genetics, but what would you get from a blizzard x sunglow? Besides and awesome looking gecko! :P;):salute:

Congrats on your new additions! They're very pretty! :cool:

I'm using mostly superworms for my adults during the shortage - the geckos seem to be very excited about the change.

Thanks for the comments! And thanks Glen for the awesome leos ;). They haven't eaten any mealworms yet... hopefully they'll find them soon and the dishes aren't too high for them. I'm happy to have gotten them.

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Originally Posted by jglass38

These Leos are pretty damn cool!

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HA HA You're getting the leo bug too. They rock!!

Thats a couple sweet pairs by the way

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Originally Posted by Larry Suttles

HA HA You're getting the leo bug too. They rock!!

Thats a couple sweet pairs by the way

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I tried not to but they are very cool! The Leos are Amy's project though. I'll stick with Ball Pythons! :D

Awesome!! my daughter says, why do they always look like they are smiling.. LOL

I was curious to know, How can you tell when the females are Gravid??

I have 2 females... I got about 3 weeks ago. Thanks

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Originally Posted by reptile3

Awesome!! my daughter says, why do they always look like they are smiling.. LOL

I was curious to know, How can you tell when the females are Gravid??

I have 2 females... I got about 3 weeks ago. Thanks

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They do have a grin don't they? :P If you look at the females belly -- two eggs on either side of the body.