Crested Questions

+1 to everything previously said. Make sure your Gecko keeps fat calcium sacs. Metabolic Bone Disease is pretty much the only health issue they are susceptible to. http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/15/3ejy2a3y.jpg
should look like two fat white pearls at roof of their mouth. Sorry for the grainy cell shot.

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Do they let you "manhandle" them pretty easily, or is it a struggle??

Depends on the animal's individual personality. We have a female that will sit and hang out all day and a female that runs up the walls. We have a male that hangs out, a male that runs up the walls, and another male that is the most pissy/bitey animal we own.

So if the calcium sacs go down, I would need to supplement??

So long as your not breeding, I wouldnt worry about calcium sacs at all if your feeding CGD. Even when breeding, most females when fed CGD only will not need additional supplementation. We do have one girl that doesn't like her CGD too much so we toss her a dubia caked in Repashy Calcium Plus and she is good to go.

Yah... Idk it only takes a second to check. I always supplement Ca even tho I feed CGD primarily. Especially to the little ones growing in addition to the females. Better safe than sorry. Noticed some of the juveniles I was raising didn't have very full stores who were on CGD sans additional Ca. But I don't do UV so that might be a contributing factor.

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I don't think they need UV, do they??

nope. Some people use it on them tho.

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So, how does one handle a Crestie?? Where do you pick it up from, how do you hold it, how do you get it off your hand (I know geckos stick to you) and how often should you handle them??

Always be aware of what you look like to an animal. Empathize with them and realize that you are the size of a skyscraper to most.

I approach all animals from the bottom and I crouch to their level if possible/safe.

For cresteds I recommend making a V with your fingers and slowly sliding that under their chin. They will usually hop on your hand. Then you simply hand walk them like you would the snakes.

At first I'd recommend a max of 5min every other day but within two months or so you can handle them for 15min or so everyday.

My personal preference is to be as hands off as possible with any animal that it is safe to do that with. For example, the retic I just purchased needs to learn that I am not food through repeated handling. However everything else is only handled to clean cages.