Long Island Geckos

End of the 2012 Season

Justin Hansen — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 20:05:35 +0000

I know that there hasn’t been a lot of updates since the baby pictures and that is because none of the few babies that I hatched this year survived. I have tracked the problem down to supplementation and have changed the supplement that I use along with the frequency and I believe that will fix the problem. I’m hoping that there is nothing genetically wrong with the particular male that I was using but this was to be his second year breeding after a very successful first year.

I want to thank those of you that I have been following me, I will try to post more on Facebook and keep you updated. There will be some new racks coming in as well as an incubator that I am currently building. I’ll also be getting some new animals and I’ll be sure to post pictures. Hopefully in 2013 I’ll be able to offer you some awesome animals!

2012 Season Recap

Justin Hansen — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:48:54 +0000

Unfortunately the 2012 season has been a total loss. We are setting up for the 2013 season and hope to offer you some exciting geckos.

If you are looking for us to hatch anything in particular please contact us.

Launch of Our New Website

Justin Hansen — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:24:41 +0000

I’d like to welcome you to our new home on the internet. This will be where you can come and check out our the list of our available Leopard Geckos and check up on our latest projects. I’m very excited about some of the features we are going to have including on site auctions, a list of exactly what we have incubating and some other features that are currently in the works. I’d really like this to be an interactive site so we know what our fans and customers want to see and buy. Please comment on our posts as well as use our Contact Us form to let us know when you have questions or concerns and we will respond ASAP.

Also, Don’t forget to login with Facebook using the button at the top of the page to gain free access to member only specials and events.

2011 Holdbacks

Justin Hansen — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:50:02 +0000

2011 was my first year producing Leopard Geckos since 2000 and it wasn’t as successful as I would have liked. The combination of a group of first year breeders and a little rust on my part only produced six hatchlings. While that isn’t a two of those six turned out to be pretty interesting and we proved out Mack Snow breeder to be Het Tremper Albino in the process.

Surprise it’s an Albino!

Probably the nicest Leopard Gecko we’ve produced so far is this Sunglow RAPTOR from our Sunglow het RAPTOR male (The Dude) and our Mack Snow Eclipse het Tremper Albino female (Dot). In fact we didn’t know that Dot was het for Tremper until this beauty showed up in our incubator. I was hoping it would be a Snowglow RAPTOR but after a few months it doesn’t look like any of the Mack genes came along for the ride.

Interesting Pattern

The combination of our SHTCTB female (Shiny) and our male Sunglow het RAPTOR (The Dude) combined to make this Super Hypo with and interesting pattern on the back. I’m not sure where it came from since Shiny is only slightly banded and The Dude is completely patternless. It’s possible that the pattern will fade but I can’t see it leaving completely, only time will tell.

Sunglows

Justin Hansen — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:09:07 +0000

The bright yellows and oranges of the Sunglow morph are amazing. Combined with the Eclipse gene you get a stunning Sunglow RAPTOR. All the Sunglows we offer are built on the Tremper Albino gene and are bred to highlight the color and contrast that has made this morph a standard in the hobby.

Meet Our Sunglow Breeders

The Dude – Male

He is one of the original four geckos that I got in October 2010 from Granite State Reptiles and my only male at the time. His color has gotten brighter over time and the lavender in his tail has gotten more pronounced. He also carries the Eclipse gene so we hope to hit on some RAPTORS as well

KC – Female

KC is from Garrick over at CrestedGecko.com and was purchased after winning an auction supporting KillCrypto.com. As you can see she is bright yellow and patternless and will make a great partner to The Dude. What you can’t see it that she is also het RAPTOR making the future very bright for this pair.