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Is it normal for stress to cause change of color?

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Hi Everyone,

Last sunday (Nov 27) I picked up a couple of leos, (1.1) from different breeders. They are both super hypos, and the female has a decent amount of carrot tail. She was a fairly rich tang on her body. I've noticed since she came home she has gone a few shades more brown, and was not sure if this is something related to stress, or if it could be something else. The breeder I bought her from is very reputable, so I don't suspect anything weird there, she's eating, not as much as she probably could, but eating a couple mealworms every other day (I know it's not enough, but she won't take anymore, which is reasonably normal for her situation). She hatched last April (2005), and weighs about 55g.

The male I bought at the show is doing just fine, no color change, and he's hitting crickets like he hasn't seen food all his life. He hatched July 2004 and weighs 62g.

I have been housing her in a 20G, the exact same way that I have kept my other two females for the past 8 months with no complaints or worries from them.

My first guess would be that it's from stress from being at the show, and then moving into somewhere new, but if anyone has any suggestions, I'm all ears!

Sorry, I haven't taken any pics yet because I don't want to add any additional stress. Perhaps in a couple days.

Thanks for any help/insight!
 
Amanda, stress can cause a gecko's color to dull, but so can low temperatures and dark substrate color. Give her a few days and see if she brightens up once she's settled in.
 
Thanks Marcia

Her temps shouldn't be too low, she has a warm side of 85-88F, and a cool side around 75F, lower at night. Perhaps this should be raised? My other girls have been doing fine at these temps, so I just continued with them. She does stay in the warmest hide whenever I see her.

When they are stressed, do they require more heat? Could this be why? Also, the substrate isn't dark, it's paper towel.

At what point should I start to be concerned? Tomorrow will be her seventh day with me. I realize it can take them up to a month to settle if they are really stressed, but does the color generally stay dull for a while afterwards, or come back sooner?

Thanks again Marcia!
Cheers,
 
Oh mine did the same thing. I keep my temps now at 88-92 on the warmside 80 for cool. She was dark for a while and I knew she was stressed. Well I kept her with another gecko so I moved her into her own cage. Then a week later she started to lighten up. Also I made sure her cage was dark because I figure the lights would startle her. Then I gave her 2 hides. Since on my juviniles and sub adults I keep them in a 12-15 qt containers there isn't enough room for hides. So I misted the towel underneath everyother day. She lighted right up on the next shed.
 
Golden Gate Geckos said:
Personally, I keep my warm sides at around 92-94 degrees.
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wow...I thought anything above 90F was getting into No-No territory. I guess I shouldn't trust everything I read. What are your cool sides?

I will bump up the heat a bit. There are several hides in the tank, so she can choose which one she likes the best.

Another question. Does the color ever go back to the original?

Thanks again,
 
Right on 90 degrees is perfect for the warm side and yes stress plays a vital role in the color of your geckos as well as temperature.
 
well on hypo tangerines they do go back to normal. I know albino's once cooled they stay dark. But I think on hypos they go back to normal majority of the time
 
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