g-017 · Eddie
Black Base Tri-Color Harlequin Snowflake
Geckistry
/ˈɡɛk.ɪ.strē/noun[ gecko + chemistry ]
- 1.The science of crested gecko genetics: how base colour, pattern and structure pass from two parents to every egg.
- 2.A small breeding program in Tyler, Texas, where every pairing, weight and outcome gets written down.
“Decoding lineage one sticky toe at a time.”
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Field notes
From the gecko room
Me in the gecko room 
The gecko room today 
Eggs in the incubation box 
Candling an egg 
Matcha
33 entries · graded A to D
The elements of a crested gecko
Every gene I track, laid out like a periodic table and pulled from the Morph Library I keep on Gecktopia. Each one carries a grade for how well its inheritance is actually supported, because a lot of morph names are a look, not a gene.
- Marked tile
- In my geckos
- Plain tile
- In the library
- B
- Evidence grade
Axanthic
Strips out most yellow, orange and red, leaving greys, blacks and white.
- Inheritance
- Recessive, within a line
- Grade
- B, Breeder-supported
- In my geckos
- 1 gecko: Monty
- Base colour
- Colour modifier
- Pattern
- Pattern colour
- Structure
A note from me
My first geckos were an accident. I'd built a bioactive setup inside an IKEA Rudsta cabinet, and it needed someone living in it. I went to my first expo for one gecko and drove home with Espresso, Matcha and Chai.
That was 2024. Now there are 27 of them in the gecko room, each housed on its own in a bioactive setup with its own feeders and clean-up crew, and handled regularly. This season there's one pairing, Kahlua and Question Mark, and I'm keeping it small on purpose.
I don't do this for the money. If one of mine goes home with you, I want to hear how they're doing.
Dusty
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