I have news!

[Raphael]

I'll be the first to post some news here,

Incase noones read my LJ, I'm becomming a reptile parent in RL, sadly he's not a turtle, but rather an 8 month old Leopard Gecko named Bomber.

Well today he arrived with tank and all, a little freaked out, but he's alive and healthy and trying to figure out where he is. ;D

Ok, that's all for now. ^.^

[Mars-Chan]

Dude, Raph, that's great!! I've always wanted a reptile as a pet... *cough* turtle *cough*....but I've always wound up with dogs! ;D

[zkarlette]

Me too somehow I ended up with a dog also ...

but I always used to have turtles when I was little

Congrats on your Gecko fatherhood Raph

[Raphael]

Thank you both. I wasn't really considering getting him cause I'd never had one before, but then the friend I got him from offered everything to go with him except the bedding and food, and only had to pay half of the overnight shipping, and that kind of sealed the deal.

[Cutey-Honey]

How sweet! ^_^

Do you have any pictures of him? I'd love to see what the little devil looks like.

[Leonardo]

Cool!

I've always wanted a reptile pet, but it never happened. Maybe one day I'll consider getting one.
I hope brontosauruses are easy to take care of.

[Raphael]

These were taken with a camera phone, I promise to get better ones!

This is a full body shot of Bomber perched on the side of his water dish, the dish is so big compared to him, lol.


Heres kind of a front on shot of him, he looks pinkish in both shots cause at the time the heat lamp was on, he's normally not that pink looking, lol.


I think he's becoming a camera hog, as he never moved an inch when I was taking the pics, lol.

Heres a shot of the tank itself with the heat lamp resting on top. The tank including the wood looking trim is 21" long, by 10" wide, by 7 1/2" inches high with a netted lid that can slide in and out. And yes those are mini american flags in the corner, he's our patriotic lizard cause he was born on the fourth of July. BTW, the black cord comming out the left side of the bottom is the plus to the under the tank heat pad that's on 24hours a day.


So there you go, enjoy. Hopefully better pics comming soon, lol.

[Mars-Chan]

I bet he *IS* a camera hog! XD

Looks like he's going to get pretty big or is he already his normal size?

[Raphael]

Leo's don't get huge like some lizards, on the small side of the scale they're 6 inches long, on the big end eh about 8-9 inches long. I expect him to top off around the size of his daddy who's only 6 inches long.

[Mars-Chan]

Ah....well there you go.

You learn somethin' everyday...

[Ra]

*nods* Yep, definatly a camera hog *laughs*

He looks like a very young and healthy lizard Raph. I'm sure you'll take good care of him to grow into a big 8 inch boy

[Cutey-Honey]

admin said:

Cool!
I hope brontosauruses are easy to take care of.

LOL! I think you'd need one hell of a tank, heh.

Those are some nice piccy's Raph, he looks so cute! ^_^

[Raphael]

I have some better pics of the little brat who refused to sit still for pics this time, lol. I appologize if they stretch the post, I can try resizing them if they're too big. o.o

Blurry(and small):


Side body shot:


Body shot from above:


These are after a couple of sheds, so enjoy.

[Leonardo]

What a cute little guy! He's adorable. ^_^

What kinda of trouble has he gotten into lately? Or is he a good li'l lizard? ;D

[Raphael]

Thank you! He is, hehehe.

Oh nothing much, he's getting better at being handled, atleast once you get him in your hands. ;p Still working on the climbing onto my hand, lol.