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Hobbyist breeder of crested geckos, focussing on tigers, brindles, super dals, and some funky stuff!

06/26/2023

I had planned to be in bed by 10pm, and just as I was closing down the lights, I peeked into the egg box and saw this charming little tiger peeking up at me. Of course, that turned into setting up a hatchling tub, playing musical enclosures to shuffle a few fast-growing juveniles around, and creating a profile for this little one in my favorite lineage tracking app. Now it’s almost midnight!

This hatchling marks the first out of Rhiana and Bengal. I wanted tigers this season, and I’m hatching them! 🥳🐯

06/22/2023

I’m very excited to welcome Jackal into our program here at Ruckus Reptiles.

Jackal is a 50% Het Axanthic, produced by Kryptiles out of Kodachrome and Moana.

05/31/2023

✨ Then and now 🐉

Although Ruckus is best known for working with Crested geckos, I actually very much enjoy working with a variety of Asian species that I grew up with, saw in the wild, and which peak my enthusiasm, such as Vietnamese Blue Beauties, Rein Rat Snakes, and Chinese Water Dragons.

I had the very good fortune of stumbling across this male Chinese Water Dragon at NARBC Tinley last autumn. As the species had been pegged for CITES, I took the chance to pick up this boy.

He wasn’t in the best shape, but that’s the gamble one takes with a wild-caught animal. As much as I was racked by guilt in purchasing him for a meager $40, I thought that I might be able to contribute some good by helping to boost captive-bred specimens.

Knowing that they would become more scarce within the community, and rapidly so, I took the chance on him, and I am so glad that I did. With a little TLC, a quality diet, a spacious Zen Habitats enclosure (whose enclosures are expandable!) and a little patience, this little one has flourished in 7 months.

Kumandra is the most handlable of any Chinese water dragon I’ve had the pleasure of keeping, and he is the proud father of 8 eggs currently incubating. If all goes well, they should hatch sometime in mid-July, and his female, Namaari, is currently eating as much as I’ll allow her. She looks as though she may lay more eggs in another 15 days.

I’m a stout believer that if one can, one should try to do some good. I’m not anticipating any money to be made from my dragons. Much like Beardies, you’ll likely spend far more in raising them than you will in selling them, but if I can at least help other captive breeders of this wonderful species diversify their bloodlines, I’ll be a very happy Em.

05/29/2023

It’s another confirmed pairing! 🥚

I was delighted to find 2 good eggs from Bengal and Henna yesterday. Upon candling, I can confirm two strong looking red cheerios, indicating that the eggs are fertile and that an embryo is growing within each.

I can’t wait to see what kinds of funky babies these two produce. What do you think they’ll look like?

05/24/2023

Looking to ✈️

Scandal was produced by NatureBox Pet Emporium in Denver, CO. He does not have lineage.

Scandal is a smaller boy. At 3 years old, he rarely gets more than 40g. He will dip to between 33g and 37g during the mating season, then steadily regains during cooling. Right now, he’s 35g and is focussed entirely on the ladies.

Not great for handling - he is skittish and will waggle his tail, but he is not shy with females and wastes no time with them. He is persistent and hasn’t been intimidated by the larger ladies.

He enjoys all flavors of Pangea.

5️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ + ship.

DM with any questions you may have.

Will be hitting MM soon 🙂

05/19/2023

✨ It’s Glow Up time! ✨

This is Sorbet, produced by Kryptiles out of Sherbert and Viral. Sorbet has developed into the most gorgeous tricolor lilly white, with some icy whites and some beautiful raised scales.

I’ve been raising him up since August of 2021, and he’s finally ready for his first season with female. For his first ever pairing, I’ve paired him with Kanji, my dark Pangea girl. Let’s see if we get some funky tri colors and phantom lilly’s!

05/19/2023

The next generation 🐅
These little ones are all the future of Ruckus tiger and brindle projects. Who is your favorite? ⬇️

Top left: Mr. Swanky (Tara Leigh's Cresties)
Top right: Mehendi (Canvas Geckos)
Bottom left: Muse (Fringemorphs)
Bottom right: Ominis (Houston Gecko)

05/18/2023

I mean.. it would have been rude *not* to.
My next confirme pairing is:
Sire: Quill
Dam: Jubilee

They had one juvenile drown in the egg after pipping, but they have 2 more sets currently cooking in the egg box! 🥚

I think it’s safe to say that we can expect spots from these two.

05/18/2023

Another confirmed pair!
Sire: Scandal (Nature Box Pet Emporium)
Dam: Temari (Pangea Reptile)

I was hoping to produce some yellow Lilly White geckos this season. let’s hope the babies are as gorgeous as their parents! 💛🤍

Do you likey? ⬇️

05/18/2023

Another confirmed pairing:
Sire: Bengal (Pangea Reptile)
Dam: Rhiana (Kryptiles) Produced out of Xan and Lola.
I’m very excited for these stripy kids! 🐅

05/18/2023

I’m kicking off my confirmed 2023 pairs with:
Sire: Revere (Scaredy Cat Geckos)
Dam: ASBO (Pangea Reptile)

I currently have one set of good eggs from this pair. ASBO laid on Mother’s Day! 💐

This season, Revere has been paired to two ladies. If the other dam lays fertiles, I’ll share which female she is 🤫

05/17/2023

Shipping success! 🎉

StxSu02 the crested gecko has arrived safely in their new home in Minnesota.

With thanks to Celestial Exotics for advice on packing up this little one safely.

Shipped via FedEx priority mail with Reptiles2You.

05/17/2023

I love the variation between these hatchlings. 🔥They’re all from the same pairing, Steele (LW male) and Sunrise, the dark yellow female.

I purchased Sunrise when she was gravid and towards the end of laying for the season. She went on to lay 4 more eggs, but one was sadly a dud.

Yesterday, the gorgeous red and cream juvenile flew the nest to head to their new life in Minesota. If all goes well, they should be arriving to the FedEx hub in the next 30 minutes. ☺️🤞🏻

They’re also the first gekco I’ve ever shipped! ✈️

Goodluck, StXSu02!

05/17/2023

Then and Now 👀
What a glow up! This is StXSr02. You could knock me down with a feather with these progression pictures! All of the Sunrise X Steele hatchlings came out *so* differently.
StXSr02 has flown ✈️ to their new home in Minnesota. Good luck, baby!

05/17/2023

You never forget your first 🥹

Today I packed and shipped out a gecko for the first time. I can’t begin to tell you how outdated and unintuitive many aspects of shipping reptiles are on YouTube. Thankfully, Maddie Smith over at Celestial Exotics was on hand to walk me through the shipping process step by step.

This little one is StXSu02. They should be arriving safely in Minnesota tomorrow morning. No delays so far! 🤞🏻

05/17/2023

It was such an honor to be the moderator for the social media panel at Flora Fauna Conference. What an amazing group of panelists. I can’t wait to return next year!

05/17/2023

Thank you for visiting our page!

I‘m Em, the human behind Ruckus Reptiles.

I bred my first “oopsie” geckos back in 2013 when I bought my first crested geckos off of Reptile Forums UK, affectionately known as ’RFUK’ among the Brits.

After a time, I found myself in the USA, and I purchased a large, retired breeder gecko from the Whiteplains NY Expo. He had neurological issues form a breeding injury he self-sustained, which left him with one permanently dilated pupil. I named him Ziggy. Ziggy was put to sleep in 2019 after a long battle with seizures, and it wasn’t until late 2020 that I decided to take my love for crested geckos to a new level, and began my breeding journey.

I hope to create bold stripe tigers, brindles, funky dorsals, pixels, yellows, yellow lilly whites, tricolors, and super dals.

Let’s see if I achieve my goals and produce some beautiful geckos we can all make a Ruckus about!

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