Hello,
I am glad you found the tutorials easy to use.
For those interested, LeeMack's gallery is here:
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I need your expert opinion, is Shadow a Blizzard and is Mango a super hypo tangerine?
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Just so you know, we don't have any "experts' on HC. If you come across anyone claiming to be an expert with any species, turn and run. lol
Shadow is indeed a blizzard according to the picture. ( I would actually call it a Leusistic.)
Mango appears to be a super hypo carrot tail. She could even be called a super hypo tangerine carrot tail. The oranges on the body are where the tangerine name comes from and the exuberant orange at the base of the tail, creates the carrot tail morph. The rule of thumb is that the tail should have at least 15% of deep orange accumulation at the base before it should be considered a carrot tail. It appears yours has more than that.
Of course, these are just my opinions.
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I went through your pictures and found a commonality between them that I want to address. You may already know that I am referring to the calci-sand they are housed on. lol Calci-sand is a death trap. It is made up of calcium carbonate and while the bag says it is 100% digestible, they are inaccurately portraying how much is actually digested. On average, only 30% of the ingested substrate will actually be digested.
Believe it or not, but fine grain sand is actually safer than calci-sand. Calcium carbonate neutralizes the stomach acid. (like tums.) That means the gecko has a higher chance at an impaction than it would if it ate the sand.
Needless to say, I will just cut and paste what I know of sand and other particulate substrates:
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Granular substrates have been known to cause impactions in leopard geckos. There are two types of impaction that could occur. The first is called an Acute Impaction. An acute impaction is when the Leo swallows a large amount of substrate and it blocks the vital organs used to process food. (Stomach, intestinal tract, etc.) The results of this type of impaction will lead to lethargy, lack of appetite, lack of bowel movements, sand in the stool, etc.
The other type of impaction, and often the most deadly form, is the chronic impaction. A chronic impaction is the slow accumulation of sand that binds to the lining of the intestinal tract. Over time, and often years, it will create a blockage. This blockage will also have the same detrimental effects as an acute impaction. The biggest problem with this type of impaction is that when it is discovered, it is most often too late to cure.
To prevent the possibility of this happening to your leopard gecko, avoid all granular substrates. None of them is as digestible as they claim and each poses the CHANCE that your gecko could become a victim of an impaction.
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