Meet "Winky", my newest Crestie (lots of pics)

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Posted by Lyn on September 21, 2002 at 10:32:32:

Some of you may have read my postings that I was trying to obtain a breeding trio of Cresteds. The male has recently lost his tail, I'm hoping to get a discount from his $99 price. He is just tan, no special morph. One of the females has buried herself under the bedding (they are using Aspen in the store) and won't come out. Not sure if I'll get her after all. I did pick up the lightest colored female on Thursday. I named her Winky in keeping with the Harry Potter theme I started with my first two Gryffindor and Hufflepuff. Here she is, hope you like her!

She's very good about being handled, actually seems to enjoy it. She was rarely handled at the store, so I'm very happy at how well she's taken to it. She loves to lick baby food off of my fingers too!

Here is the rest of her...

Here she is getting a look at her new home...

And an upclose look at her new surroundings...

She seems to like her new home :-)

When I got her home I noticed a slight flaw that I'd overlooked at the store. The area between her hip bones and the base of her tail is not symetrical. I'll try to get a better photo of it, this one looks like she is just curled up in the deli but I've drawn lines to indicate what the problem is. Her hips line up ok, but her tail actually hangs off to an angle. It's hard to describe. What should form an even triangle from her hip bones to her tail base is an uneven triangle on Winky. The amout of skin on the right side leading to the tail is about 3 times the amount of skin that's on the left. I do not know if this was a birth defect, or a result of an old injury. It doesn't seem to bother her and the reptile manager claims she's laid fertile eggs in the past and is no older than 3 years. Has anyone else ever seen this in a gecko? Here's the best photo I can offer for demo at the time...

Like I said, she looks normal, just like she's curled up, but the lines indicate the angle of her hips compared to the angle of the top of her tail. When her body is straight her tail angles off to the left. Regardless, I love her to pieces, she's just soooo sweet!

Who could resist this face??

I love the little flaps of skin behind their back legs, must help with jumping from tree to tree in the wild, like with the flying geckos...

Hope you enjoyed the pics!

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