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    Crested Gecko and 1st time reptile owner

    To answer your question correctly, we need a lot more information from you. For instance: Approximate age: hatchling, juvenile, adult? Weight? Are you feeding Crested Gecko Diet? Has it eaten before? How long have you had the gecko? You may want to describe your cage setup and...
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    Taming a Crestie

    Many geckos need time to adjust to their new home. There are new sights, sounds, and smells that it needs to get used to. This is a very scary time for a gecko. Give it a couple weeks without handling (if you can avoid it - i know it's hard sometimes) to allow it to settle in. I would put...
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    Gargoyle vs. Chahoua Gecko

    This is the worst way to buy a pet....lol. Many a pet-store gecko has suffered the fate of impulse buyers. Quite honestly if this is your first gecko, go with a cheaper, hardier, and most importantly, easier-to-care-for gecko. In all of these, a gargoyle is better. If you decide you...
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    My Little Cresty!

    Of course the wild is a bigger place. Most cresties (and all animals for that matter) either die of starvation (because they can't find food) or predation before reaching adulthood. If you can give them a better chance of being healthy with a smaller cage, why not do it? Keeping them in a...
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    how much/many

    Dalmatian Dalmatian isn't a morph, but rather an independent trait, so it generally goes by the following convention: [primary morph] with dalmatian spotting: < 25 spots and/or insignificant sized spots Dalmatian: 25+ spots Super Dalmatian: 100+ spots, generally a significant amount of...
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    Sex please lol

    If the gecko weights over 20g, it's probably a female. If you want to be sure, you'll have to look more closely for pores. If they are there, they should be located in the highlighted area:
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    My Little Cresty!

    Yeah, 17C (62.6F) would be too cool, so it looks like you need the light. Generally, geckos are best kept in small enclosures until they grow older. They can be kept in kritter keepers (< 5 gal) until they are 10g or even 15g in mass. Large tanks make it more difficult for young geckos to...
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    Size?

    Many people would like this. Unfortunately, there isn't. :( Growth in crested geckos can be highly individualized, regardless of diet and living conditions. Generally, crested geckos eating insects as part of their diet will grow much faster than those eating just CGD. That said, faster...
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    What is going on here?

    A couple of my cresties are very heavy sleepers - I can take them out of their cages and they won't even wake up until I flip them over, haha. And yeah, they kinda stay in the same position for awhile. But the situation you're describing does sound a bit more serious than heavy sleeping...
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    cerstie next on my list

    Many keep their geckos in critter keepers (less than 4 gallons) until they reach a size of 10 or 15 grams. After that, you can upsize to a larger cage. I've never heard a case of a mealworm damaging the jaw of a crested. If that was the case, every time a gecko missed a cricket they'd be...
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    POOP

    They do pretty much poop wherever they are when nature calls. Therefore poop can be found almost anywhere. That said, you usually won't find it in one and only one place, but it might be two places, or three, or more. From what I've noticed in my own collection, each has certain "favorite"...
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    CLICK HERE...to enter into a world of beauty

    Wow, what's your address and at what time(s) will nobody be home? Haha j/k. She is very nice - where'd you get her from?
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    housing two females together?

    I kept 2 females together fine for about a year when I started hear and see them fighting, leaving bite marks on their skin. I used to think it was "cute" that the two of them would always be near each other, including when they were sleeping. This can actually be a form of bullying - one...
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    zoo med eco carpet?

    EcoCarpet is best for causing a loss of toenails in reptiles, due to snags. I've seen leos get their nails (and even teeth) stuck in it while walking or trying to eat live feeders. I can imagine cresteds would have the same problem with their toenails. Probably teeth too, if live feeders...
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    Apparently I have no willpower...

    Look forward to seeing them. :) Yeah, it can be hard to get fired-up pics sometimes.
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