Substrate

[Tigergenesis]

I'm just curious what subsrate everyone prefers to use for their Crested adults?

[Jeanne]

I use spagnum moss. I like it cause it is pretty natural looking, and it was the closest thing I could come to for natural that they would not tear up. I thought about usng live sheet moss, but they like to burrow a bit instead of using thier hides, so I am afraid to use that. Although, I wish I could.

[tigerlily]

I use aspen, since I have it on hand for the bps. Mine likes to bury himself in the stuff, and is starting to use his hide more too.

[mlededee]

paper towels all the way for me. no risk of ingestion, easy clean-up, cheap and i never have to search the cage for eggs--females are provided with a lay box and don't dig or bury eggs elsewhere. since i have a lot of cages, natural looking substrate isn't a huge concern. my large adult cages are somewhat naturalistic with bamboo and foliage which i like, but i still use paper towels for them. i have tons of kritter keepers of all sizes for hatchlings and juvies and anything other than paper towels isn't even an option for all of them.

[Tigergenesis]

Thanks for sharing! For those of you that don't use paper towels, do you feed crickets on the loose substrate?

[Jeanne]

I do not use crickets at all. My geckos get CGD, Clarks, Herptivite and Rep Cal to suppliment for thier requirements.

[tigerlily]

Yup, I feed CGD too. I will occassionally supplement with crickets, but I usually feed in another tub.

[shadraak]

if you wanna do crix, why not just take the back legs off and keep them in a regular dish, that's what i do for my leo cause she's so dang lazy wont chase crap.