My new Crested Gecko....

Here he is - thanks to Robbie Hamper. His name is "Willow" and he's 5 months old. Robbie had him labeled as a 'Pale Tan'. I'm amazed at the color change because at the show he was a very light tan - almost white. And you can see he's darker in the picture. He actually got even darker. I love his little white spots. He's so cute. He lets me hold him and isn't too jumpy. He even licked quite a bit of baby food from my finger.
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one word..............AWWW

He looks like a sweetie. Is he missing his tail, or is it just hidden by the leaf?

It's just hidden by the leaf. I didn't even notice you couldn't see it in the pic! But it's there. He's about 5 inches long from snout to tail and weighed in at 8 grams. :)

Congrats on the new addition Tigergenesis! You're getting quite a jungle over there :D

Sweet little crested you got there Tiger.

aaw! cresties are great. congrats!

congrats tiger, mine like peach babyfood right off the finger.


vaughn

Very cute! Looks like he has some nice fur, too, which will be a plus if you do want to breed him later. I like his name, too -- is it for the movie, the tree, or what?

Thanks Marla! He's named after the movie - one of my favs. What do you mean by 'fur'?

Absolutely adorable!! I think Marla is reffering to the "fringe" on his head and his spine.

Okay - so how does that help with breeding? I've not really thought about breeding so I usually don't really read about it in the caresheets, books, etc.

It really doesn't help with breeding per-se, it just means his babies would be more desirable if they inherit his "fringe". I guess the more fringe on the gecko- the better looking it is?
Or something to that effect. Anyways, an absolutely charming little fellow you have there! I love him :)

I get it now. He did have more fringe than the other Crested I was trying to choose from. I love him too! He let me hold him and he ate from my finger last night. He's adorable.

Yep, the fur is the longer crests, as Danielle said, and is a desirable trait in offspring, whereas "crestless" cresties are undesirable for breeding. It doesn't make any difference regarding health or anything like that.

he looks like a baby croc but small and cute and adorable

LOL. A Crested Gecko with lots of fringe that looks like a baby croc and tries to croak like a frog. He is adorable. Thanks.

I think they look like wingless baby dragons. :)