Pepper and Biffles update!

Pepper is HUGE. Fatty patty baby. :P She's almost 10" long, I tried to get her to straighten out on top of a ruler, but we all know how leo's are here. I wish I could measure her weight! Sadly, I don't have a gram scale. ;/ Buuuuut she's huge. Just sayin. I love the smiley face on her head! And biffles is growing bigger and bigger! Her pics were taken just a day after she shed, so she was nice and bright, and fat from her skin and her gobbling up mealworms. :P Silly goose.
Also just a tiny update on their tank - it now has better calcium powder and a digital thermometer heat probe for the hot side. Yay!

very nice leo's you have there

wow they are lovely!
so bright and they are both growing so much!
Keep you the great work!

Thanks so much! <3 I love them. <3 They are both just awesome.

Biffles... cute name, great looking animals but I notice from your pix biffles has pockets behind her left leg. What's your diet and calcium supplimenting program like?

Thanks! My best guy friend named her. He calls me biffles, which is what BFFL (best friends for life) would sound like if it were a word. :P And yes, I am cutting down on her diet. I feed primarily mealworms, occasionally crickets. Pepper is the one with fat pockets though. :P
Thank you.

Just thought this was cuteeeee.

Pepper is the bright one with no spotting? She doesn't look over weight, those are either calcium or protein pockets. If its a mealies staple you might want to include a higher fat feeder like butter worms, and bump up to super worms instead of mealies. My adult male usually eats 2-3 supers 3x a week and he's a chunk. So depending on what your suppliment schedule is I can't rightly say if its protein or calcium deposits.

Yes, sorry! I posted the pics in the wrong order. >_< Pepper is the SHTCT. I named her that when I knew nothing about leopard gecko coloration, and I was expecting one that was all covered in spots. Silly. Hehe. They may be calcium pockets. I keep calcium in the tank at all times and dust every other feeding... I'll cut back to dusting maybe 2-3 times a week? The only place to buy food in my area is petco/petsmart. Do they sell butterworms there?
Just out of curiosity, how many leo's do you have?

I just have my 1 leo, we went thru bubbles too with him. First I figured calcium since I dusted with repashy calcium plus all in 1 suppliment plus had a dish of pure calcium in his viv. Took out the pure calcium from the viv and just dusted every other feeding with the repashy since he was a sub adult, he didn't need so much supplementing any more. The bubble went down alot but not completely after about a month and a half, so then I figured whatever was left was from excessive protein so I started seriously varying his diet, now its almost completely gone, just a little bulge instead of an obvious bubble but you obviously can't feed a completely protein free diet so that took quite a bit longer to dissolve. So what I do now with eros since he's gonna be 2 in march is I leave calcium in his viv 24/7 and dust with the repashy once a week to ensure he gets his proper D3 and vitamins. The rest of that bubble should be gone in no time but its taken a good 4-5 months to get it where it is now. He only eats usually 2 bugs, occasionally 4, 3x a week so def not over fed. Hope some of that helps

That did help actually! Aww, that's cute. <3 I thought 1 leo would be enough for me. Nopee! Lol. Talked my dad into letting my buy biffles. <3 Thank goodness he agreed. She's so much fun! I'll work on getting the supplements right and varying their diets more.