Hi all! I was persuaded to join up over here by BT, and just wanted to introduce myself and the gang!
My husband Matthew and I do some small time breeding of bearded dragons, and I am branching back out into the world of leo breeding next fall. I have kept leos for about 5 years now however, and we have quite the little collection going now. Actually, my first ever herp was my leo Olina, and she is my pride and joy (and spoiled brat LOL). Although we are thinning out the collection a bit to add more room for breeders in the fall, right now I am holding onto about 43 leos total.
But anyhow, onto the good stuff - PICTURES (although I need to take new ones)!

A few of the ones we are keeping -

Olina, my high yellow female (of course, she will never go anywhere)
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk11/KordekFamily/Reptiles/Leopard%20Geckos/Olina/04-23-08/DSC00001.jpg

Lemonhead, my LVPA male - from Crestedgecko.com stock
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk11/KordekFamily/Reptiles/Leopard%20Geckos/Lemonhead/4-23-08/DSC00012.jpg

I need pics of these guys yet - my 6 breeder females for the fall of 09. Any suggestions for males to go with them?

#1 - High Yellow 100% Het (Tremper)Albino and Jungle50% Het Raptor/Eclipse and Blizzard Hatch Date 8-26-08
#2 - Pastel 100% Het (Tremper) Albino and Jungle 50% Het Raptor/Eclipse and Blizzard Hatched 9-09-08
#3 - Giant Hypo Pastel 100% Het (Tremper) Albino and Jungle 50% Het Raptor/Eclipse and Blizzard Hatch Date 7-21-08
#4 - Partial Stripe Hypo Tang Jungle 100% Het (Tremper) Albino 50% Het Raptor/Eclipse Hatch 8-31-08
#5 - (Tremper) Partial reverse stripe sunglow jungle 50% Het Raptor/Eclipse Hatch Date 8-17-08
#6 - Giant Chocolate (Tremper) Albino 100% Het Jungle 50% Het Raptor/Eclipse Hatch Date 5-17-08

Some of the ones we are possibly getting rid of to make space -

Ricotta (Tremper Albino female) - this pic is really old, but the newer ones I have don't show her off properly. She was rescued from a PetCo that was going to put her down simply because she was not selling. They had her in a cage with about 30 babies, but she never went near one of them as food. She was gravid when she came home with us, but we did not know it!
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk11/KordekFamily/Reptiles/Leopard%20Geckos/Ricotta/04-18-07/DSC00062.jpg

BB (blazing blizzard female from crestedgecko.com stock) -
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk11/KordekFamily/Reptiles/Leopard%20Geckos/BB/4-23-08/DSC00005.jpg

Blaze (blizzard female from cg.com stock) -
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk11/KordekFamily/Reptiles/Leopard%20Geckos/Blaze/4-23-08/DSC00002.jpg

Cheese, a rescue girl we rehabbed, named after the character on Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (on Nickelodeon) -
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk11/KordekFamily/Reptiles/Leopard%20Geckos/Cheese/4-23-08/DSC00002.jpg

Cutie, our first ever hatchling. She is Ricotta's daughter, and was unexpected (Ricotta was gravid when she was rescued)-
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk11/KordekFamily/Reptiles/Leopard%20Geckos/Cutie/4-23-08/DSC00008.jpg

Freak, a rescue from a cousin who had no idea how to keep these guys. Named because she is a total freak when you put your hand in the cage, and is a little fiesty girl.
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk11/KordekFamily/Reptiles/Leopard%20Geckos/Freak/4-23-08/DSC00005.jpg

Sebastian, our blizzard male. One of the most laid back leos I have ever seen! He is a total monster that weighs in around 75-80 grams, but just doesn't seem to like the ladies, or we would keep him.
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk11/KordekFamily/Reptiles/Leopard%20Geckos/Sebastian/4-23-08/DSC00011.jpg

I also have 24 more babies with insane genetics that I am looking to offload here later, but no pics. They were a deal with another breeder, but the 6 future breeder females I have were picked from this group.

So that's the gang of leos in the house right now. I also have 17 beardies, a mali uro, 2 pale agamas, 2 BPs, a couple of hermit crabs, 4 carnival goldfish that are getting too big, and, oh yeah, 5 kids!

I look forward to seeing you guys around and sharing info!

Kelly Kordek

Grear collection you have growing over there...Love Lemonhead and that BB is a little hottie...:cheers:

Nice looking Leos Kelly.. I love em, we could use more Leo people like us running round here..

Kelly, welcome to the forum and I hope you didn't let BT twist your arm too hard :welcome:

That's a nice bunch of Leos you've got there.

Quig

Thanks guys! Yeah, I sorta like these little buggers, but Matthew could care less. He is into the "big" lizards (mainly the beardies), and doesn't much care for my little guys. I keep trying to bring him around, but no such luck.
Larry, I agree, we need more leo people into it more than just the "hey, I got 2 leos, I'm gonna breed 'em and sell 'em and get rich" type of people. Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with breaking into the hobby, but some of these kids piss me off when I hear that. I mod over on another forum, and am constantly pushing that it is NOT that simple, it most likely WON'T make you money at first, and it is TOUGH to break into things. But that's another rant LOL.
Quig, nah, BT didn't twist my arm too hard. I kinda like the guys - it must be the accents they have LOL

very nice pictures

My daughter has been wanting to get some leos. I think I'm going to get her a pair but she's going to have to do the Reading for Reptiles program to earn them. You have some smokers Kelly. Thanks for sharing.

Alan