It's been a horrible year for me with cresties

[Kinra]

I've lost 7 crested geckos so far this year. I believe I lost most of them to heat spikes since I seem to lose them in groups. I lost 1 shortly before I moved, 2 in about June/July, 3 shortly before I moved back to supsected heat spikes and my most recent loss, the one that hurts the most, to unknown reasons. All of the ones I have lost so far are little ones, with the exception of a breeding female. I wasn't around when the adult female died so I don't know what happened there, my sister who was taking care of them called to tell me she and a little hatchling died.

My most recent loss has me realing though. My awesome little yellow hatchling that was about 2g and 2-3 months old died today. I know it was today because he looked like he just died when I went to change food and I know he was fine last night when I checked on him. My mom named him Lucky and until now has lived true to that name. Before I moved back to WI my cat knocked his cage down from about 5ft up and he survived the fall and the cat completely unharmed and I was able to find him within about an hour. I still can't believe he's gone.

[John1982]

That sucks, hope you're able to figure it out and turn things around.

[jeanus]

I am so sorry for your losses. I would suspect a virus adenovirus we lost a chameleon and some beardies we bought new beardies from a reputable breeders and made sure we scrubbed everything down with bleach and rinsed with fresh water. Get a thermostate to rule out heat spikes. Retile magazine had an article on the virus.

[Kinra]

That sucks, hope you're able to figure it out and turn things around.

Thank you, I am hoping I can turn things around. If I keep losing hatchlings I am probably going to stop breeding the cresteds. When I first got into them I was keeping them purely as pets and I managed to raise two of my little girls up from about 3-4g, but I can't seem to succeed with the babies.

I am so sorry for your losses. I would suspect a virus adenovirus we lost a chameleon and some beardies we bought new beardies from a reputable breeders and made sure we scrubbed everything down with bleach and rinsed with fresh water. Get a thermostate to rule out heat spikes. Retile magazine had an article on the virus.

Thank you, I don't think it's a virus in this case though. It's mainly hatchlings - babies that I keep losing, under 3g, and all of them were unrelated. It's only the most recent one to die that is actually one I hatched. Crested geckos can be very sensitive to heat spikes and I had 2 this summer, which is when I lost the group of 2 and the group of 3. I don't really know why I lost this one. A friend of mine thinks that maybe I have too many plants in the baby cages and they can't find their food.

[Evenstar]

I'm so sorry Rebecca. My thoughts are with you.

[BlueMoonExotics]

I also keep and breed cresteds and here in southwest Florida it can definitely be a challenge. I'm not sure of all the details on your husbandry so I'm not really sure what advice to give on that but I am sorry for your loss. I couldn't imagine losing my babies like that .