Thinking about getting some cresties, need some help.

[LP.]

As the title says, I'm thinking about getting a pair or so of crested geckos. Not for breeding or anything, just for personal pets. So I need/want to know a few general things.

I will house in glass tanks/aquariums/vivariums:
What will I need for heat as in temps, and sources?
Humidity?
What to feed and how often to feed?
Best substrate (depending on the size?) ?
Best size glass tank/etc for 2 (If even recommended to house together) ?
And how big do they get? In this one video I just saw on youtube, I saw 2 things that kind of looked like BIG cresties, at least an adults hand and a half big...

Anything else you guys can think of? Or, if you can send me a complete care sheet that would be awesome!

[zeke]

As the title says, I'm thinking about getting a pair or so of crested geckos. Not for breeding or anything, just for personal pets. So I need/want to know a few general things.

I will house in glass tanks/aquariums/vivariums:
What will I need for heat as in temps, and sources?
Humidity?
What to feed and how often to feed?
Best substrate (depending on the size?) ?
Best size glass tank/etc for 2 (If even recommended to house together) ?
And how big do they get? In this one video I just saw on youtube, I saw 2 things that kind of looked like BIG cresties, at least an adults hand and a half big...

Anything else you guys can think of? Or, if you can send me a complete care sheet that would be awesome!

Cresties are great I went to a show a few days back and picked up two.. www.katiscresteds.com thats where I got one of them from.. great lady and has some GREAT lookin cresties, she also has a care sheet on her site.. If you go to Rhacodactylus Geckos its a few down from this part of the forum. there is more info on cresties and pics of the one setup I made. ( but thats for when they get bigger ) I have one in a 5gal and the other in a 10gal. enjoy and welcome to the addection.. They are soooo bloody cute..



Cheers

[Stewart_Reptiles]

if you can send me a complete care sheet that would be awesome!

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[chetman7]

[QUOTE=LP.;1252524]As the title says, I'm thinking about getting a pair or so of crested geckos. Not for breeding or anything, just for personal pets. So I need/want to know a few general things.

I will house in glass tanks/aquariums/vivariums:
What will I need for heat as in temps, and sources? their temps can range of 68-83. Ranges vary by sites. I just heard of a general rule of anything over 85 degrees is very bad. Depending on where you live these temps should be attainable without any sort of heater
Humidity? I keep mine ~60-70
What to feed and how often to feed? I always keep a bowl of CGD in the cage.
Best substrate (depending on the size?) ? I use plane ol printer paper.

Best size glass tank/etc for 2 (If even recommended to house together) ?
For 2...I would say a 18x18x18 should suffice. Depending on the sex types...I wouldn't house them together. You can get away with it when they are babies...but when they get to adults...at least mine...one was picking on the other..so they had to be separated.

[chetman7]

p.s. there is a crestie specific part of the forum..they should be able to help you out