Can't get enough cresties

ooh see that's good--now we can see that she has red dalmation spots too which is very desirable you know. :D

i heart her..... *gush* What a QT! :sunny:

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Originally Posted by mlededee

ooh see that's good--now we can see that she has red dalmation spots too which is very desirable you know. :D

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Actually I didn't know.... I keep having to pull her out, and look at her. I really need to transfer to another cage. I had kept her with her clutchmate, who is twice her size. :oops:

Thanks everyone for the kind words. :sunny:

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Originally Posted by tigerlily

Actually I didn't know.... I keep having to pull her out, and look at her. I really need to transfer to another cage. I had kept her with her clutchmate, who is twice her size. :oops:

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yes, red spots are good. :gj:

once you get her out on her own or with cresteds more her size she will grow more quickly and not be a "runt". :)

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Originally Posted by mlededee

yes, red spots are good. :gj:

once you get her out on her own or with cresteds more her size she will grow more quickly and not be a "runt". :)

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Yeah for red spots! :clap:

I've only kept clutchmates together, and one always seems to grow faster than the other. Do you house all your babies individually, or do you just monitor the sizes and adjust housing as necessary? Or do you just not encounter this problem?

i almost always keep clutchmates together until one or both turn male and start to approach the age/size that they realize they are male and and either become aggressive toward other males or interested in females (the goal being to separate before this happens of course). if both are female they are kept together indefinitely or until moved into larger cages with other females or a male for breeding purposes.

every once in a while one will grow faster than the other, in which case the larger one dominates the smaller one (not intentially, but since they are bigger and stronger they get to food first, thus getting more of it, and they get any preferred spot in the cage with no contest from the smaller gecko). in this case i either put the smaller one by itself or move it into an enclosure with another similarly sized gecko that doesn't have a roommate. if put with another gecko i monitor closely to see if the situation is remedied or if the non-grower remains to be dominated, in which case i place it by itself. this hasn't happened often, but every so often i do hatch out a gecko that just is a little slower to grow for whatever reason or maybe is just a little weaker and needs to be alone in order to thrive while it grows older and stronger.

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i almost always keep clutchmates together until one or both turn male and start to approach the age/size that they realize they are male and and either become aggressive toward other males or interested in females (the goal being to separate before this happens of course). if both are female they are kept together indefinitely or until moved into larger cages with other females or a male for breeding purposes.

every once in a while one will grow faster than the other, in which case the larger one dominates the smaller one (not intentially, but since they are bigger and stronger they get to food first, thus getting more of it, and they get any preferred spot in the cage with no contest from the smaller gecko). in this case i either put the smaller one by itself or move it into an enclosure with another similarly sized gecko that doesn't have a roommate. if put with another gecko i monitor closely to see if the situation is remedied or if the non-grower remains to be dominated, in which case i place it by itself. this hasn't happened often, but every so often i do hatch out a gecko that just is a little slower to grow for whatever reason or maybe is just a little weaker and needs to be alone in order to thrive while it grows older and stronger.

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Thanks for that wonderful post. :bow:

I'll definitely see how the little one does in a different environment.