Albino Behavior

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I only have 2 giant albinos, both acquired 2-3 months ago, one male (from Kelli) and one female (from Shawn Aubrey). I have to say, these are by far the tamest & calmest of all my Leos, and have been like this from day one. The male is spoiled rotten, I cannot put my hand in his tank in the evenings without him scurrying over and climbing on my hand. He loves to come out for a nightly romp on the couch. He is quite a character for a Gecko LOL My female is just sweet as can be, not jumpy at all, and also loves her nightly romp out of her enclosure.

My male seems to be much more sensitive to light, he definately prefers dimmer lighting at all times. The female doesn't seem to react to light any different than my other Leos.

I also think the level of aggression depends on the gecko. I have 2 adult Tremper albinos who together gave me 10 babies last season. In one case, I had clutchmates hatch and my notes about one says "fiesty". They were brought up together in the same enclosure (both incubated for female and both turned out to be female). I sold them to someone who had a 40 gallon tank available for them. I set it up with plenty of hides and separate food dishes. A few months later I had to separate them because the fiesty one was bullying the other one. When I took her back, while I was moving her from the deli cup to the scale and then to her enclosure she bit me 3 times. The other one was amazingly sweet (I had her for a few weeks by herself to get her weight up).