Is he a leatherback?

[ofcourseilikepasta]

Hi everyone! New addition. Couldn't resist saving Roger from Petco. Is he a leatherback possibly?

 

[AHBD]

Yes he is.

 

[ofcourseilikepasta]

Omg awesome thank you!! We saw him and we were like.... Is that a leatherback?! And of course the lady at petco doesn't even know what that is lol so we were like we'll take him! Only $30

 

[AHBD]

He's really pretty, with great markings like so many of them have. Roger is a smooth little dragon. Nice size, too. Is he settling in O.K.and eating yet ?

 

[ofcourseilikepasta]

Not eating yet. But he's sitting up nice and tall! He's a strong little guy, and very friendly! He would rather be holding onto us than in his tank! We think he's going to do wonderfully. So happy to have him with the family we're going to take him to the vet in a few weeks for a routine fecal test since we got Gary from Petco and he had parasites before. We just can't resist saving this little guys from that place. I can't believe they had a leatherback. The lady didn't even know what that was!

 

[AHBD]

Leathers are common enough now that some of the store suppliers breed them for their stores. Some stores label them as fancy. If you breed a leather with a normal scaled dragon you will get a percentage of leathers in every clutch.

 

[ofcourseilikepasta]

Well I think usually they charge more for the "fancies", right? He was in the back, they hadn't brought him out yet. Just so glad we grabbed him when we could. We will take excellent care of him unlike most people who buy from Petco!