Some new additions

First are a trio of little yellow ackies I traded for ,These guys are extremly entertaining and fun to watch
http://www.chondrosunlimited.com/Pho...ets/Ackie1.JPG
http://www.chondrosunlimited.com/Pho...ets/Ackie2.JPG

and second I had a couple of nicey colored crested babies hatch out last night , for size reference these little guys can curl up on a dime
http://www.chondrosunlimited.com/Pho...20cresteds.JPG

aaaaaw cute!! great pics too. hey, is that cute little red crestie on the left lookin for a new home? :wink: :D :wink:

aww thier cute! congrats on the additions

Very cool! I wondered how big crestie hatchlings were, but had never seen a reference as clear as that. I'd like to hear more about the ackies, too. It doesn't seem we have many ackie keepers here.

Mlededee, it may be a possibility but I dont let any of them go until they are well established usually around 3 months old
Marla I have had some larger baby cresteds than these but not by much I almost hate transfering them to their houseing from a deli cup because they are so small and fragile in appearence
The ackies, I would say are the second best first time lizard pet and the best first time monitor to start with, best fed on a diet primarily of crickets,roaches and other feeder insects with once weekly or so helping of ground turkey 120-130 degree basking with 80-85 ambient temps They are extremely friendly and sociable really close to bearded dragons except they require either a humidty holding substrate or the very least a humid hide and weekly soaking

i'm glad that you keep the cresties until they are established. that gives me time to convince my fiance and to do some good research first anyhow. :mrgreen:

Very nice! Great pix as usual.

Robert, I can certainly understand being nervous about handling something that small. I would be too. What are you housing the babies in, critter keepers? My adults (1.1) haven't bred yet, and I think it's because they've been together this entire time, so I'm going to be making a new enclosure to house all three females together and then house the male separately.

It's great to hear that the ackies are similar to beardies in temperament. I was under the impression that there weren't any monitor species that consistently 'friendly', but apparently I was mistaken. How big do they get?

Marla , I do keep them in critter keepers with a layer of paper towels between the lid and the bottom to keep the fruit flies and crickets in as well as some extra humidity . paper towel for substrate , and a peice of egg crate or paper towel rolls for hides and climbing
The Ackies get around 2 feet in length which is quite a bit of tail

Thanks Robert, very informative! I hadn't heard the idea of paper towel just below the lid before, but that sounds like a good one.

nice additions robert, any pics of the crested parents lol i know you have at least one pic!
you're a great photographer. i saw that some of your pics made it to the chondro screensaver from damon


thanks

vaughn

I love the ackies! That is the next *medium* lizard I want to get. Are they really funnier than beardies? I had one guy say they were.

Vaughn here are the the parents
Dad
http://www.chondrosunlimited.com/Photos/geks/Dad.JPG

Mom
http://www.chondrosunlimited.com/Photos/geks/Mom.JPG
the lighing kinda throws the colors off a bit so they arent 100% accurate but then again they change color on a daily ...hourly basis any way
Bambi the ackies are a trip to watch they are much more intelligent than a beardie for sure

nice cresteds, nice pics as usual!

thanks

vaughn

Great pics of some wicked new additions sirrah! Very nice lookin little ackies!

Thanks every one for the comments .. Marla I re read the posts that were made and saw that you said you kept your cresteds together , In my experience that shouldent be a problem. One thing you may not be doing is a good cool period of about 8-12 weeks letting the cage get in to the very low 70's at night . the only heat I provide my geckos is through their flourecent fixture in their cages for day time heat during the warm season , when cooling I dont even turn it on

Robert, thanks for the tip. It's getting into the low 70's at night outside now, so it's falling into that temp range inside too. Maybe before too long they'll decide 'tis the season. :)

sweet ackies(whtever they are) they look cool i am gonna do some research on em but they6 look nice man.