Good first lizard?

Having never kept Cresties I can't compare the two. However I do keep a Leo (Spot). I can tell you that any Gecko in nocturnal varity. Are good starters. The demand for D3 and UVB is not there. I said demand on D3 it is suggested that you suplement a Leo's diet buy dusting the crickets with a Cal. dust. Leo's require a smaller setup than some. So just my :2cent: Cresties or Leo's want steer you wrong.

My first was leos and I have 3 now

My first lizard was a Bearded Dragon. I got him that full spectrum basking light and didn't have any problems. When I sold him he was large, healthy, and yellow. I fed him Romaine lettuce, carrots, dusted crickets, mealworms, canned grasshoppers, and sometimes pinky,fuzzy, or crawler mice. I thought he was a pretty easy lizard to take care of.

I have Leopard geckos now and they are extremely easy to take care of, easier than the Beardie.

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Originally Posted by mlededee

which is more high maintenance, cresteds or leos? i think that may all depend on what you define as maintenace. leos require heat no matter what, cresteds don't need it as long as your room temps are at least 68 or so. cresteds need to be fed fresh cgd and/or crickets every few days, leos can be fed a staple diet of mealworms which can be supplied in a dish every few days. leos require insects, cresteds don't, but mealworms are more easily kept and maintained than crickets.

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I agree. I raise several different feeder bugs to feed my invertebrates, and I personally find it much easier to feed a lizard "bugs" all the time than mixing diet all the time.

I was raising crested geckos at one time, decided they were too much work, sold off the entire colony, and I raise leopard geckos now.

Another thing...leo's tend to poop in the same spot. Cresties poop everywhere. With leo's I'm not dismantling the cage setup and scrubbing hanging vines like crazy :)