MY FIRST CRESTED

[Jorgevill]

Hey guys, these is my first crested, I bought him to a local seller, he has a great color I think he is a Harlequin, what you guys think? I would be buying a female, she will arrive in 15 days, so Ill wait. He has a temporary house, I am building a bigger one, let me know what you think, I hope that in some time I got a lot of Crested, specially extreme reds. (I'll buy later an extreme red dal pair from Crowned Reptiles). His name is Jose Antonio

Also a question, what weight they need to breed.

Temporary House

Here you can see his weight and full color.

 

[Kristi23]

He's really nice!

 

[SnakeKeeper]

Sorry I can't help with the morph, but I think he's gorgeous! Congrats! :main_thumbsup::main_thumbsup:

 

[Adinar]

Ooh, very pretty!

 

[Jorgevill]

Thanks guys, I'll try to take some pictures to him at night

 

[Kilikina]

that's a really good looking gecko!

 

[Deko Gecko]

Yes !!!! thats a harley (male)...... and very nice!!!!

 

[darkridder]

I personally would call him a flame with some nice dorsal pin dashes. There is not enough leg pattern to be considered a harley. This is a good example of a harley, one of my little gals

Now he does have some really nice fringe and port holes. He could have alot better crest structure, his is just OK, so if you are dead set on breeding him, find a female with outstanding crests to help off set his OK structure, remember cresteds geckos are known for those crests!

As far as breeding goes, wait at least a year. This is your first crestie, give it time to set in to know for sure this is something you want to do, babies are alot of work and dont tolerate incorrect husbandry well unlike other species of geckos. But for breeding you will want a male to be 30g and the female at least 35g, obviously the larger of the female the better.

 

[Emma318]

I agree with James or Melissa (darkridder) about the crests and the flame morph, but regardless, that's a very nice looking gecko! Congrats!

 

[drpkckmurphy22]

Beautiful crestie!! Females need to be at least 35 and males need to be at least 25.

 

[darkridder]

I cant stress enough, males SHOULD BE 30g for breeding. Males can have issues with breeding also, they can have trouble retracting their hemipenes if bred to small (under 30g). Also males tend to loose weight durring breeding, a 25g male is not a fully mature male, and durring breeding season males will easily drop 3-5g, so breeding a 25g male is not in the best interest of the male.