Can anyone help me identify my leopard geckos morph? I think he’s some sort of albino but I don’t know how to distinguish. He’s young and we’ve had him for less than 6 months, but I’m fairly certain he’s a male. I’m not necessarily happy with the size of his tail, so I’d appreciate any advice from avid owners as I’ve just been feeding him according to google and PetSmart employees
Yup, an albino. There’s no real way to distinguish the 3 different strains apart tho.
As far as feeding goes, he doesn’t look too bad. Yes they store excess nutrients in the tail but a lot of Leos can get overweight easily as well. Since he’s still growing a little more weight would still be fine but keep an eye on his armpits. They store more excess fat under the armpits and it looks like a bubble or blister when they do.
As long as he’s eating regularly and getting a mix of vitamins and calcium he should be fine. I tend to use mealworms or roaches as the main food source for mine. A few mealworms can be left in a dish easy enough with a dust of vitamin or calcium on the bottom. Just make sure to change the dust out or clean it regularly.
I tend to offer roaches a couple days a week and leave some mealworms on the in between days. If they start getting a bit too chunky I’ll leave out the mealworms and only offer a few roaches or mealworms 4 days a week.
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