Spot the Gecko

The title is not a competition; it's an introduction.

Meet Spot, who's a leopard gecko.

When Luc went to the rescue centre to discuss adopting bearded dragons (not breaded dragons, which is a mis-typing and an entirely different concept) there was a tail-less leopard gecko there as well - and when I say tail-less I don't mean that it was broken off and in the process of regrowing; I mean it is totally gone, will never regrow, and he has a - well, blob - where it should be. Which means he isn't exactly a hot certainty for adoption.

We got the vivarium ready for the two new bearded dragons last week and, at the same time, set up a small holding tank .....

On Saturday we drove out to the rescue centre and collected the two bearded dragons, Bruce and Sheila, who are beautiful. Then we just happened to say "If you ever think of rehoming the leopard gecko.."

We didn't get to finish the sentence.

"Do you want him?"

So Spot came home with us as well. As you can see from the photograph, he's really handsome, with wonderful eyes and perfect leopard markings. He just happens to have a blob rather than a tail.

And as the lady in the rescue centre pointed out, the pale centre of the blob is heart-shaped.