Your weekly gecko update...
Petco has Crested Geckos for 50% off right now until June 16th. Booyah.
So last Thursday I went on a "Crestie-run", aka let's go to all the Petcos in the Raleigh area.
Petco #1 didn't have any cool ones... nor did Petco #2, but the employee at the second store told me to go to Knightdale (my next stop) because they had some nice ones. Pffft, I'm there! AND THEY DID. They had quite a few very nice little cresties, but this little guy won my heart:
$25 for a cute creamy partial-pin? YES. He doesn't have a name yet and I'm totally open to suggestions!
There was a PetSmart in the next plaza over and Petco didn't have the size Kritter Keeper I wanted, so I decided to jump over there (plus, discount!). They had two cages of Cresties (I thought my store was the only one who did that...), one had two babies in it and the other had a gorgeous dark flame male! PetSmart is also having a 30% off reptile sale, so he was $48.99, plus my 15% employee discount... hmmmm sounds like a deal! So I grabbed him, lots of decor, and walked out with my wallet sobbing.
I got a surprising amount of compliments on him from people on Pangea forums. I thought he was pretty, but people are loving him! o_o He does have a decent amount of white on his sides, which I like! He is also nameless until I can find a good name!
I don't know if I shared this, but my first clutch hatched! Pam texted me on the 26th to let me know that one of my babies was here, but its clutchmate didn't make it. :( She sent me a picture- he just wasn't fully formed and didn't "cook" quite right. His egg had leaked a few weeks ago, so there was definitely something wrong. But, the other one popped out and is just wonderful! Meet Carissima!
I'm still not sure who the mother is, but it has Kuu's eyes/face. (Yes, I'm crazy) Either way, I cannot wait to meet this little bugger! I'm a little less two weeks away! And I have another clutch that should be hatching any day as well! They were laid 15 days after this one, so they should be ready soon! I also may have put Moose with Pinako a few days ago so they could "play". *cough*
I'll be bringing a shipping box to AZ just in case I find a lovely baby that I have to ship home!
Don will be joining me back in NC when I return for my van and my babies and I'm planning on making him take me to all the Petcos along I-95 and I-81 (there are ~13) to see if I can find any one else to add to the collection! Yes, we're up to 20 geckos. I have a problem.