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What makes a carrot tail a carrot tail? what is the diff between a snow & Albino? Bell... Enigma?! I have googled and have been reading my little heart out and all I ever seem to find are pictures:rolleyes:. I have visited some breeders pages and tried to educate myself and did infact learn a lot but I am still stuck. I started to just assume a carrot tail was any leo with orange on his tail?:eek: But then I come across this guy who is listed as a:

Rainwater Patternless Albino Leopard Gecko
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So this leads me to think that an Albino can carry the snow gene? but then would it not have to be listed as an Alibno het snow? I would give just about anything to understand the difference between all these guys and how to identify them. Can you have a normal carrot tail gecko? or do some breeders just toss names together:shrug01: (of course given what the parents are). Oie Vey I just gah *sits in corner frustrated*
 
First of all, figure out which genes are recessive and which are co-dom/dominant. Go to vmsherp.com and they have a whole page about leopard gecko genetics.
Now a carrot tail does have to have orange, but not just every orange tail is a carrot tail, it has to have about 30% orange, at least thats what I have heard.
Snow, albino and enigma are all different morphs. But there are three strains of albino:Tremper, rainwater, and Bell albino.
Albino can carry the snow gene, but not albino het snow. Snow is a co-dom morph, so it cant be het snow, but albino is recessive so it could be het for albino.
No in regards to having a normal carrot tail gecko, it reality I guess you could, but most carrot tails come from some from of hypo/super hypo morph of leopard gecko. And Ive heard most are line bred, so If two babies a male and female both have a high amount of orange on their tails, breed them together, and the babies will also have a high amount of orange.

Hope this helps some, ask any more you have.
Stephen
 
Thank you so much, I am going to read over that site right now. I kind of had a feeling it was going to have to do with genes etc but was not 100% sure. I will be sure to come and pick your brain again sometime/soon.
 
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