Our journey, honestly tracked.
A node only lights up here when it's genuinely happened — no promised dates, no fake inventory numbers. Just the milestones we've actually reached, drawn as a timeline that grows as we do.
4 of 11 milestones reached so far · 2 happening right now. Cheer Otto on ↓
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Otto arrives
reachedOur founding gecko came home and started settling in — the very first step of Heart & Hatch.
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Brand born
reachedHeart & Hatch got its name, its Leaf Heart mark, and its promise: grown with care, hatched with heart.
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Site live
reachedheartandhatch.com went live — honest listings, a waitlist, and a place to follow along.
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Females home
reachedThe search paid off — we brought home two females: Asta, a super dalmatian on a yellow base, and Liva, a lily white.
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Quarantine
Happening nowAsta and Liva are settling in with a careful quarantine before any introductions, to keep every gecko healthy.
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Gifted eggs hatch
Alongside the road, not on itThe clutch gifted to us by the girls' breeder started hatching — two tiny geckos, on 23 and 26 July 2026. They're not from a pairing of ours, so we claim no lineage for them, but they are the first eggs to hatch in our care, and we're learning an enormous amount from them.
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Otto is a girl
Alongside the road, not on itA surprise, and an honest one: Otto — bought as a male, and called "he" on this site for months — is female. It means our whole plan shifts, because we now have three girls and no male at all. We've corrected every page rather than quietly editing the past.
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Find a male
Happening nowThe search that has to come first: a healthy, well-structured male to pair with one of the girls. We're looking now, and we'll only bring one home when it's genuinely the right animal — not the first available one.
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Pairing
When we have a male and the time is right, we'll introduce him to one of the girls.
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Our first eggs
Our own very first clutch — from a Heart & Hatch pairing — laid and cared for.
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Incubation
Weeks of patient waiting while the eggs develop.
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Homebred hatch
The moment we've been building toward — our first hatchling from a pairing of ours, with parents we know and lineage we can honestly document.
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First homes
Healthy, well-started hatchlings heading to their new keepers.
Walk the road with us.
The journey above is more fun with company. Leave Otto a note of encouragement, or — if you'd like — chip in toward the geckos' care. Both are optional, and following along is more than enough.
Cheer Otto on
Send a little encouragement for the road ahead. We read every note, and the kind ones get pinned to the wall below.
Chip in toward their care
Asta and Liva have joined Otto, and settling in well takes vet checks, careful quarantine, and good food. If you'd like to help, a small one-off gift goes toward looking after them.
Chip in on Ko-fi ↗A parent receives and manages every contribution — you'll only ever deal with an adult. Never expected, always appreciated.
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