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cooling & browning???

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KelliH said:
Tremper told me that once his albinos reach a certain age, their color is pretty much "locked in" and they will not darken as much if they are cooled after they reach this age.
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Can someone explain to me what "cooled" and "browning"
is? I've heard these terms before but I'm absolutely clueless
about it..

TIA
 
Trempers animals are always pictured as being bright orange, yellow, or even one of the two with large amounts of almost red scattered throughout their bodies. Alot of the time, this isn't going to be the case as the animal matures.

The "Browning" part comes into play with the fact that for some reason this certain blood line tends to turn to a darker looking albino as the animal matures... Alot of the time it's either the pink or the white that turns to a muddy brown color (from what I've seen anyway).

Cooling is when you lower the temperatures that your geckos are accustomed to. This tends to act like a winter cooling period, and thus some breeders do this so that their animals have a better breeding season. As the geckos get colder their colors tend to darken up as well.

Hope this made sense...
 
It can happen to all morphs to an extent... The actual breeding season can cause a very, very bright colored gecko to darken up a variable extent.
 
Muddy Brown?

Hi- I have been reading this thread with much interest as i have a trio of tremper albionos that have not darkened up with age.
The older two m/f are a little over a year old. The second female in the trio is aprox. 9 months old and here are their pics?
At what age do the Leos previously referred to start to darken up?
Just wondering
Sandy
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i baught this female a while ago, she was 4 months old when she was purchased
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after the thermostat broke the temps went to 79*f for about a month, and this is how she looks now...she's an ugly greyish color which i dont like but..what are you gonna do...
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lol everyone says that, it just dissapoints me..i wanted her to stay light..she would've looked so awesome..
 
Tokay_Dude said:
i baught this female a while ago, she was 4 months old when she was purchased.
after the thermostat broke the temps went to 79*f for about a month, and this is how she looks now...she's an ugly greyish color which i dont like but..what are you gonna do...
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This is exactly why I'm hesistant on purchasing an albino/tremper.
Like you, I don't appreciate nor like the dark colors.

Thank you for posting..

As of today, I've yet to see one picture of an adult albino tremper staying white. I think Marcia's going to prove me wrong tho :)
 
Re: Muddy Brown?

LadyGecko said:
Hi- I have been reading this thread with much interest as i have a trio of tremper albionos that have not darkened up with age.
The older two m/f are a little over a year old. The second female in the trio is aprox. 9 months old and here are their pics?
At what age do the Leos previously referred to start to darken up?
Just wondering
Sandy
577537396105_0_ALB.jpg


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I don't think you can use the IMG tag with Ofoto accounts.
your pics are turning up red X's
:)
 
brown???

As of today, I've yet to see one picture of an adult albino tremper staying white. I think Marcia's going to prove me wrong tho
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You got it, Winston! Seeing is believing...


Here's one of my Tremper breeders:
 
this one has stayed bright and white, even after cooling

tremper jungle male from alberto
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Re: brown???

Golden Gate Geckos said:
and yet another...
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HOLY BLEEP BLEEP!!!!!!!
Marcia I'm on my way to your house NOW !!!! jk..
Seriously, that's a beautiful Leo...
 
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