New Owner of Cresteds

[LeopardGeckoMom52688]

I do not have one yet. But I have really been thinking about getting one. And I want to make sure before I get one I have everything I need. And I kno everything there is to know. I talked to a lady today and she told me about hers and how nice they are and everything and it really made me want one. So tomorrow I am going to buy a book and start reading up on what I need to kno. As you all kno I keep leos and afts right now. I just want one crested. I am not looking to breed. Thanks for any help!

 

[Jennie]

Sorry for the long reply! You should join http://www.forums.repashy.com/ or http://ciliatus.com/forums/index.php. They are geared more towards Crested geckos and have helped me out so much! Tons of nice people and great info and everything you'd like to know.

 

[bleeding_sarcasm]

I really like the pangea forums, www.pangeareptiles.com everything is really friendly and laid back there.

I think getting a book and reading up first is bar none the best thing you could do. do you have any specific questions about them?

 

[LeopardGeckoMom52688]

Um I was kinda looking for pictures of peoples set ups. And the basics. What do they eat, I kno they don't need heat. what are the lowest temps they can be kept at. What are the highest. And thats it. But my boyfriend and I held one at the reptile show, and now we both wanna know what we need. He has a huge tank and I told him it might be too big. I have a picture of it. Thank you!

 

[bleeding_sarcasm]

um, at the lowest, 60, at the highest 85, you generally want somewhere in the middle. There are lots of feeding options, the most nutritionally sound, and convenient is the t-rex crested gecko diet. housing.. i use 10 gallons for juveniles, and 20 gallons for adults. an 18" cube exo-terra is good, too, you could go bigger for adults, and smaller for juveniles.

I personally prefer the more "naturalistic" set up. In the book it will go in detail temperature and housing requirements. as well as all different feeding options.


I will see if I can dig up some pictures...

This was for my adult crested breeding group:

this was for a pair of goniosaurus:

Individual auriculatus:

Yearling dumerils boa:

More individual Rhac cages:

Old juvenile crested cage:

Leachianus cages:

 

[GoGo]

Does the turtle come with the crestie or is that an extra? XD