They Arrive (early July 2007)

There are two options when purchasing a baby Leopard Gecko.

1. Pet Store
   

• Pros - can drive to store and pick one out, no shipping cost



• Cons - less variety of color to select from, often very young babies, some pet stores may not properly care for them
  

1. Breeder
   

• Pros - will make sure gecko is eating well and old enough to be sold (about 2 weeks old or more), huge variety of colors, you can get good advice from the breeder
  


• Cons - shipping cost is usually $50, you must be home when they arrive next day
  
  
  

I decided to buy my geckos from a breeder. Kingsnake.com classifieds has a listing of geckos for sale from breeders. I found a great selection of baby leopard geckos at Crestedgecko.com. I contacted the breeder Garrick DeMeyer via email to check the availability of the two I had my eye on. I had decided to get a Banana Blizzard and a Las Vegas Patternless Albino. Both had to be female if they were going to live together. Two males would fight, and a male and female could mate. These geckos were incubated to be female. Garrick and I spoke on the phone about a shipping day that worked for us. By 10:30am the next day air delivered a small package to my front door.

Gwyn is a banana blizzard

Cyra is a Las Vegas Patternless Albino

Leopard Geckos change as they become adults. As Cyra gets older she will lose the pattern she has now. Gwyn will look slightly different as well.