Monster Female Tremper, Not Muddy Brown

[MattP]

Check this girl out, she is only 6 months old and already 76 grams.


She's also het for Jungle. She used to have no dark color, but this is after she has cooled. I think she still looks just as good...... this proves that she is line bred to look like this even if exposed to cool temps.

Now, I don't know what temp she hatched at, but does that really matter?

 

[KelliH]

She used to have no dark color, but this is after she has cooled. I think she still looks just as good...... this proves that she is line bred to look like this even if exposed to cool temps.

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. He wasn't exactly sure what that age is but I am guessing it is sometime when they are in the large juvenile stage of their growth. So in all honesty her not darkening all that much doesn't prove anything (to me).

Now, I don't know what temp she hatched at, but does that really matter?

It doesn't matter to me! She's a gorgeous gecko.

 

[MattP]

Marcia told me that the color gets locked in at about 9 months....... I think? This female is on one of my racks with no heat, she has been on it for a few months....... Here's what she looked like when I got her.

 

[Blazin]

Something I have noticed

The trempers I work with this process can happen at anytime. I have a Male from Masterpiece that I cooled after he was over a year old and he became extremely dark. On the other hand hatchlings will darken up right away after hatching if not kept at 88-90. I have personally done this. I have also put light colored juvies on less heat with no change in appearance. Nicole of K&N went over this with me a couple of years ago. I can't remember her ever saying that there was a certain age when they "HELD" their color though. I do know from experience you can go from Light to dark but with the trempers I have its never gone the other way around. Anyway. Nice gecko Matt

 

[KelliH]

Yeah she is a really pretty gecko. And to be fair I have not had any experience with the Trempers turning brown from cooling them. I am just going by what Tremper told me, which is that they do but only up until a certain age.

 

[MattP]

I have hatched out trempers in the past, but none of them had this coloring. All of my ones in the past have turned brown because of 84 degree temps or below......... Whether it be incubation or after, but these don't seem to be affected as much. Look at this girl she has been exposed to cooler temps, but hasn't changed at all

 

[KelliH]

Aww she's pretty too. Very nice geckos Matt.