Evey, the Blizzard Leopard Gecko

Born: April 22, 2006
Purchased: July 30, 2006 from MyNewTurtle.com, a local breeder
Length: 7.35 inches (as of August 21, 2006)
Morph: Blizzard
Sex: Female
Email Address: All gecko related emails can be sent to Lucilla's email address -- stewieperry@gmail.com

This page contains information and pictures about my new leopard gecko, Evey. Evey is a leucistic gecko, commonly referred to as a blizzard morph in the trade. Thus, Evey's skin has reduced pigmentations due to either defects in pigment cell differentiation or migration from the neural crest to the skin. She has a little yellow on her body and some orange coloration at the base of her tail.

Evey currently resides in a 20 gallon "long" terrarium by herself, though the cage is right next to Lucilla's, but Lucilla's cage background prevents them from ever seeing each other. She is fed 10-12 mid-sized crickets per evening and given additional mealworms to munch on during the night. Her favorite hobbies include sleeping, eating, napping, and pretending that the fake vine in her cage actually prevents me from seeing her.

Evey is named after Natalie Portman's character in V for Vendetta.

Evey likes crickets, sleeping in her warm side hide, and Regis Philbin. Her dislikes include television shows that don't include Regis Philbin and the large beast that lives next door to her.

News

August 29, 2006: Evey completed the most difficult shed I have ever witnessed. Despite a nice humid hide, good structures to rub up against, and appropriate temperatures, Evey endured a 37-hour long shed, lasting from 7pm on Saturday, August 26 until 8:30 am on Monday morning. Trouble began from the start as she had problems removing unshed skin from her face. Over the next 12 hours, she worked to remove skin from her head, torso, and front legs, but by Sunday morning, it was clear the intervention was needed to help remove the rest of the shed. Off and on Sunday, Evey was placed in warm water that reached up to her knees, and Q-tips were used to loosen up more unshed skin. However, it was clear that fatigue was settling in for Evey. By Sunday evening, she still had skin attached to half her tail and one of her back feet. She remained in that condition Monday morning. She was placed in another soak. This time though, I placed her down on a table, and held down on a moistened flap of loose skin while she kept walking. This allowed her to "walk out" of her remaining unshed skin. After 37 hours, her long ordeal was over. She continues to recouperate and hopefully she will resume eating tonight, having not eaten in four days.

Pictures

All images on this page were taken, unless otherwise noted, with a Kodak DC265 Zoom Digital Camera. This camera is capable of taking images as large as 1536x1024 pixels in size. The camera setting allow for decent pictures with flash, but the white balance options are somewhat limited (preventing correctly balanced shots without Photoshop manipulation when not using the flash) and the lack of a macro function prevents detailed, close-up shots of a target like Evey.

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Jason Perry
Email: perry@pirl.lpl.arizona.edu
Last Updated: August 29, 2006
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