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first pic is of the new girl i got today at petco, the next set is of another girl i got from petco about 2 weeks ago
 

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Very very Nice!!!!! I can't eblieve you got those from Petco.the petco by me has some okay geckos but nothing like those 2.Just a few nicer ones here and there and then I have to think about wether or not I want to deal with the problems they may bring.Is it worth the sickness that may come with it??? Becaus eher the only nice ones are quite small.I have one now I am fighting with to get it better.It is just the prettiest little patternless female but I don't know if she is going to make it.She is on a panacur now and I hope she does make it but she is also only about 8 grams.
Robin
 
sorry to hear about your little one hope she gets better. i have 2 petcos that i go to and for some reason they always have a good selection, but i only buy them if they are a little older and i always keep them in quarintine for 30 days or more dependeing on what the vet says. i bought most of them for only 30 dollors and a few for 20
 
Zachory,
Nice animals, but something seems to be "off" in your photos..... What kind of camera are you using???? It also looks like you like to use the vita-lite for your photo lighting....
 
Sweet pics! I Love the colors on them. I took in a baby my friend had bought for his son (which I advised against!) From Petco. Anyway the poor little guy ended up getting so dehydrated & sick. They gave it to me I tried to get it back to life, but it was too late. So I went to petco & I also bought a nice looking Paternless Gecko. It looked pretty healthy, but it didn't last more than 2-3 weeks & It died the same way. I have had my 1st gecko for over a year before I thought about getting another... I made sure all of the requirements were correct. (I'm not totally new to Herps either...)



Anyway, Good luck with your new Addisions!

Steve X.
 
Congratulations! Those are some really nice looking geckos. But I have to tell you the other guys are right about it being a gamble buying from a big chain pet store like that. I am not saying for a minute that I to have never been tempted but I have learned over the years it's just not worth the time or money you could end up dishing out. About 5 years ago my wife saw a pair of Dumeril Boas at a Petco. She called me and asked if I could come down and look at them. I tried to explain how I felt about buying from them but since she was just getting into reptiles especially snakes I gave. We brought them home they both looked really good nice colors, clear eyes, no patches of unshed skin. Two days later the female died. We took her and the male to the vet. Ran several test. They had some kind of infection. He gave us some antibiotics for the male. My wife was heart broken. I went back to the store with dead snake and receipt. They would not honor it. The male never came totally out of it and even with servile more trips to the vet he still ended up dieing 8 months later. It was one of the most expensive reptiles I ever had.I wish you the best with your finds just be careful and don't forget reptiles are great at hiding illness.
 
i use a cannon powershota85 , and good eye for the lighting did not want to use the flash and scare my girls i did take the pics through the glass that mught be it i am not the greatest picture taker lol
 
i know it is a gamble, but the stores i get mine from are really good and take very good care of their animals but like you said they are very good at hiding illneses. i think for now i will stick to reputable breeders. i have seen so many nice geckos here on this forum thank you all for your comments and i will keep you up to date on my girls
 
Our latest from PetCo

Personally I try not to go into PetCo anymore cause I always seem to walk out with a new Leo. The PetCo we go to has some of the nicest herps I have seen in a petstore. Here is the latest. She is a very nice 22gr Patternless. I am guessing she is about 2 to 2.5 months old because that is how long it has been since we have gone in and all they had at that time was hatchlings.

~Jeff C.

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wow she is awesome. yeah my wife has to escort me to the petstore cause i used to do the same thing. now i am saving my money to get one from some of the great looking geckos that have been hatching on the forum
 
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