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Shannon’s “Quickie Interview” with . . . Shannon!

I know what you are thinking. “Who does this guy think he is? Interviewing himself?” Bear with me now. It has been a rough first full year back breeding Leos. Last year was only a partial year of breeding. Things were newer, fresher and more fun. More

by Shannon Hiatt October 2, 2012, 9:00 am
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Keeping Records and Marking Breeder Trays: Do I Have To?

One of my personal strengths is that I am very good at organization. One of my personal failings is that I am poor on following through with all the items I’ve organized. That can present a problem. Let me share with you how I got my breeding records and Gecko room organized for the 2012 breeding season. More

by Shannon Hiatt September 18, 2012, 9:00 am
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To Pinkie or Not to Pinkie

I chose to write an article on whether or not it is “OK” to feed pinkie mice to adult leopard geckos. Not only have I had experience with feeding pinkie mice, but I have also contacted herpetoculturist Ron Tremper. Ron Tremper is the former curator of reptiles at the Chaffee Zoological Gardens (Fresno, Ca) and is a world recognized authority on the selective breeding of leopard geckos.
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by Jennifer Millman September 4, 2012, 9:00 am
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Breeder Chronicles: Season Comes to a Difficult End

So I can finally announce this breeding season as a complete failure. My final clutch of eggs hatched and I had a nice Jungle RAPTOR and Tremper Albino hatchling. They were squealing and running around but I decided to keep them in the incubator for a few extra days just to be sure all was well. After checking on them daily I went to move them into tubs on the third day to find the Jungle RAPTOR dead but the Tremper doing just fine.

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by Justin Hansen August 21, 2012, 9:00 am
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Reptile Calculator: Information and Review

With the number of new genetic mutations that have exploded for some gecko species, the question comes up more and more frequently: “What will I get if I pair up . . . “ This was a simple question to answer years ago when the genetic combinations were limited and largely restricted to recessive and dominant traits. More

by Aliza July 24, 2012, 9:00 am
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Breeder Chronicle: Heating your Racks

Still waiting. I can’t help but look inside the incubator at the 5 remaining eggs looking at the two single-egg clutches that are due to hatch around the same time. It should be any day now. In the meantime I’ve been feeding the geckos and cleaning the cages but other than that there hasn’t been a lot to report.
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by Justin Hansen July 19, 2012, 9:00 am
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Breeder Chronicles: Another Breeder Weighs In

Since our usual leopard gecko breeder, Justin, was unavailable for this month’s installment of his breeding saga, I thought I would take the opportunity to comment on my breeding successes and failures for this, my eighth season.

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by Aliza July 17, 2012, 9:50 am
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How To Incubate Leopard Gecko Eggs

There is a variety of methods for successfully incubating leopard gecko eggs. This is the method that I have been using. I have had a lot of success with it and I hope you will too.

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by Brian Magnusson July 3, 2012, 9:00 am
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Breeder Chronicles: Gecko Management Tips

In many ways the past month has been like the start of a new season. After I lost all my eggs I’ve been waiting for the couple of geckos that are still laying to give me a few last clutches but for the most part the big season that I’ve been preparing for isn’t going to happen. Such is life when you work with animals.

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by Justin Hansen June 19, 2012, 9:00 am
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Breeder Chronicles: Incubator Issues

This has been one of the hardest months that I’ve had as a breeder. I was very excited about having clutches laid early in the season and having 5 in the incubator at one time. Unfortunately I had two eggs hatch very late, after 45 days, and found two very weak geckos with their yolk sacs still attached. More

by Justin Hansen May 22, 2012, 10:05 am
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A Potpourri of Readers’ Questions Answered

We asked readers to submit questions for this week’s Readers’ Questions Answered and received quite a variety of responses. We’ve also received some good answers from gecko experts. We hope this is helpful and educational. More

by Aliza May 8, 2012, 9:00 am
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Breeder Chronicle: Bad News Good News

Gecko breeding always has its highs and lows but this month has had some big swings. I’ll start with the bad news. More

by Justin Hansen April 17, 2012, 9:00 am

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