Derek’s Geckos

17/02/2024

Up next 2nd female to pair for test green project (female on the left). Again wanting that green tint to come in stronger 🤞

17/02/2024

Next up to breed, test project. Hoping to intensify that green color coming through. 🙌

16/02/2024

Officially first confirmed pair of 2024 🙌 Mack Snow Radar x Mack Snow Radar. 🦎🦎

16/02/2024

Yes 🤣

😂😂😂😂 yeah !

09/02/2024

Yup 🤣😂

😭😭🤣🤣

09/02/2024

First up to breed this year Mack snow radar x Mack Snow radar (photo credit to J5 geckos for the female). If you are looking for a gecko and interested send me a dm to and be put on the waiting list. This pair should throw great babies, hoping for a super radar.

05/11/2023

There are a handful of geckos that are still looking for homes and ready to ✈️ https://www.morphmarket.com/stores/dereks_geckos/

02/11/2023

Be sure to check out morph market for updated availability!

Derek’s Geckos on MorphMarket is owned by Derek Collette and located in Rutland, Massachusetts. I’m a small scale leopard gecko breeder who focuses on quality genetics.

29/10/2023

Thank you to everyone who came to see and support the expo, it was a great day. I especially want to thank the families who bought from me, I am so happy you found your new family member and it was a pleasure meeting everyone!

29/10/2023

My first show selling. If you are around be sure to stop by!

04/10/2023

A few of my personal favorites from this year! Pic #1 Radar, pic #2 Mack Snow radar, pic #3 Normal het radar 🙌

29/07/2023

A nice little normal wild type het radar decided to surprise me this morning!

11/07/2023

First babies of the year! A Mack snow eclipse het bell and and a radar ( has red eyes) also possible Mack snow

18/06/2023

Another clutch. Single egg, From June x Murray
This makes clutch #7 for the year

05/06/2023

Another successful lock from the black knight tangerine pair 🙌

02/06/2023

Came home to Murray x Bev eggs (Mack snow bell het eclipse x Abyssinian het bell)

30/05/2023

14/04/2023

Black night Tangerines

04/04/2023

Sorry this is so long, but there is no way to explain this without it being long.

People often argue when breeders, or others, say that leopard geckos with unknown genetics should not be bred. I wanted to share an example of why that is true.

Yoda here was produced by me. His father was a bold snow with no hets. His mother was a bold snow, with possible hets of Eclipse and Tremper. That means that neither of her parents were Eclipse or Tremper, but one or both was either possible or 100% het for one or both of these traits. (That's where the percentage of possibility comes in, and I'm not going there right now). So when I rehomed him, I told the breeder that he was ph for both eclipse and tremper. He proved out both. So he is now 100% for both.

This is where the issue comes in. What if that breeder didn't want to have ANY Eclipse or Tremper offspring, and I hadn't told her that he was possible? That could have ruined her project for the year. On top of that, because Yoda did produce both, we know he is het. But...what if he didn't? That wouldn't make him less het, it would just have meant that he hadn't passed on those genes...YET. You cannot prove something IS NOT in science, you can only prove what IS. If it hasn't happened, it doesn't mean that it will never.

That is just one example of how breeding leos with unknown genetics is irresponsible, and can totally mess up a project that someone has time and money invested in.

Myth: It was cause birth defects to breed unknown genetics or to cross albino strains. Not true at all. But...what is true is that if a Tremper albino is paired with a Bell albino, you won't have any idea what hets the offspring have. They will not look albino, they will look normal, and be 100% het for both. That really muddies up the genetic pool.

So why does it matter? Because this is a hobby, and for most of us, it is about seeing what is produced: The brightest, the lightest, the stripiest, the whatever. But, no matter what people want to believe, there is little to no money to be made for the vast majority of us. Just trying to recoup our investments and upkeep, so we can continue to do what we love, is the goal. And some people have very large investments. Imagine paying $1000 + for animals and something shows up that shouldn't have been there? :o Now you have $40 geckos babies from a pair you paid over maybe $2000 for. Ugh. 0

Then, there is the thought that, "But I'm not a breeder. I just want to have babies once." Don't. Just don't. There are enough geckos looking for homes. That's like breeding 2 dogs with unknown genetics to have puppies. GO to a shelter and see if anymore mixed breeds without homes, waiting to be put to sleep, are needed. Spoiler: They're not.

Please, for the sake of the hobby, do not breed with unknown genetics. I've given only a couple of reasons why it shouldn't be done. There are many more. Just say no.

24/03/2023

First lock of 2023! Mack snow eclipse x Mack Snow Eclipse het bell albino

05/10/2022

New 1.1 black knight mandarin tangerine for 2023. Thank you Bearded Dragons - kidsanddragons

02/10/2022

Update on the Mack snow eclipse baby…

30/07/2022

Beautiful Temperature sexed male. Pairing: Mack Snow Eclipse x Mack Snow eclipse het bell
= Mack Snow Eclipse 50% het bell baby. Hatched on 7/29/22

25/06/2022

Another great clutch. From my Mack snow eclipse x Mack snow eclipse het bell albino

30/05/2022

Another clutch from my 1:2 Abyssinian het bell x Mack Snow bell het eclipse. Excited to see the outcome!

18/05/2022

Another beautiful clutch! (1:2 Abyssinian het bell x Ms bell het eclipse!) 🤞🙏

27/04/2022

Another two clutches from my 1:2 Abyssinian het bell x Mack Snow Bell het eclipse ( both clutches had one infertile egg not pictured)

29/03/2022

Another clutch from my 1:2 Abyssinian het bell albino crossed to Mack snow bell albino het eclipse.

29/03/2022

Another clutch from my Mack snow eclipse project!