Cresties and Enclosures

[Jeanne]

This is how the are set up now, but it could change a little. Right now the male and female are in the exo terra enclosure, as you can see, we have really put alot of effort into this. Once we know what the babys sex is we can make final plans for housing. If it is a girl, we are gonna buy the biggest exo terra enclosure you can get and house the females and male together, and use the one the pair is in now for a place to put the male during a break for the girls. The small tank the baby is in right now is ok I think for getting babies started, but we also have other option in the basement.
Adult Enclosure- Top

Adult Enclosure- Bottom

Adult Enclosure- Full View, next to baby enclosure

Male

Female

Baby, shedding

Baby 2

[tigerlily]

Nice looking enclosures there Jeanne. So you have 4 cresties now? (looks like you need to update the sig ) They're adorable. I love your adult female.

[Jeanne]

Nice looking enclosures there Jeanne. So you have 4 cresties now? (looks like you need to update the sig ) They're adorable. I love your adult female.

Nope, just the 3. The male and female young adults and the baby the kids got for me. I just posted 2 pics of him/her cause in the one I caught her/him shedding and the other pic was pretty. Although, one might think the baby pics are of 2 different cresties, it is not in fact, just a different display of color.

[wolfy-hound]

I was looking at some of these today at Petco. They had a few adults in stock, and I was wondering how they are as pets? Most people who have them seem to adore them.
They told me a lamp and/or a hat pad and to feed crickets and some gel like stuff for geckos?
Is this correct? And can you handle them? I think the thign said colombian crested geckos? But could be wrong? Is there a diff type of crested?
Thanks!
Wolfy

[kavmon]

very nice setup jeanne!


cresteds are great as pets!, temps can go from low 60's to low 80's mid 70's are the target temps. they might have labeled them caledonian geckos as the come from new caledonia.


vaughn

[tigerlily]

Ha! I thought you might have sneaked another one in there. LOL!! (my mistake) Still very nice looking all around.

[Schlyne]

I was looking at some of these today at Petco. They had a few adults in stock, and I was wondering how they are as pets? Most people who have them seem to adore them.
They told me a lamp and/or a hat pad and to feed crickets and some gel like stuff for geckos?
Is this correct? And can you handle them? I think the thign said colombian crested geckos? But could be wrong? Is there a diff type of crested?
Thanks!
Wolfy

Lizards are a lot more work, but cresties are unbearably cute. Get them from a breeder, of course. I think the gel like stuff they're referring to is probably the crested gecko diet powder sold by T Rex. You can handle cresties, although babies can be very skittish. Crested geckos are not from Colombia, they're from a few islands. As far as I know there isn't any other gecko that is called crested. Heat pad or lamp is up to you, it's more of providing a small basking spot. Crested geckos do NOT do well at and above 80F. Too much more heat above 80F and they'll overheat. Cresties seem to do very well around the 75 F range.

Marla wrote up a great caresheet on them. Here's the link
http://www.ball-pythons.net/modules....ewarticle&id=6

[Jeanne]

Ha! I thought you might have sneaked another one in there. LOL!! (my mistake) Still very nice looking all around.

Nope, but my daughter came home last night talking about a crestie she saw somewhere in her teenage travels, and she has been trying to talk me into going to get it ALL day! I am beginning to think I should be sent to my room (where my cresties are) and kept away from Victoria cause she is a bad influence sometimes. HEHEHE She just knows if she can get me to that place she saw it, she has a better chance of talking me into it. So I told her that my gas was low so I did not have to go anywhere. Besides, I think right now, I got plenty of cresties, getting 3 in less than 2 weeks was a HUGE step, in fact, thats the most herps I have ever brought home at one time. And I want to wait cause I am hoping that the baby Victoria and her b/f got me is a girl so it may live with the adult pair I have now eventually (in a bigger enclosure ofcourse). Otherwise, if its a boy, he will get his own bigger cage and a mate eventually.

[mlededee]

heheheee! you cannot resist the power of the cuteness of the crestie!

[Jeanne]

heheheee! you cannot resist the power of the cuteness of the crestie!

No I cannot, I admit it, I am weak!