My first hatchling, and all did not go as planned....

[Royal Hijinx]

75 days after she laid it, my one and only egg hatched (I have since sold off the mom).

Here it is fresh hatched:



Then the problem... it immediately jumped out of the egg box and when my friend went to grab it, she was not thinking and...








Hopefully it will be OK. There is no blood, and it is otherwise looking nice and healthy.

So I named it FROGGER, quickest frog butt in history.

[heathers*bps]

Cute little cresties! I don't have any experience with cresties, and I know it must be hard to have them drop their tails ( I've never even experienced a tail drop with any of my leos! ) but I swear I see more cresties with dropped tails than with tails. Don't beat yourself up to hard.

Congrats on the baby, btw

[DooLittle]

Frogger is a cute name. Our gecko eggs seemed to take forever to hatch too. One of them was a grumpy little bugger, the other is sweet as pie. Funny to hear a itty bitty gecko baby hiss at you.

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[WarriorPrincess90]

I'm sure he will be fine. They lose their tails all the time...and so easily. If several hatchlings are housed together they often lose their tails too. Or so I was told. I honestly think they are cuter without their tails. Congrats on that cute little munchkin. I love the name too.

[satomi325]

Regardless of what happened, congratulations on the little tyke.
I really love how red it is. It's a really beautiful hatchling.

[EverEvolvingExotics]

Congrats!

[brooksy]

Congrats on the hatchling!
Both my adult crested geckos were tail less before I got them, my baby crestie still has its tail. They are super cute either way. They say in nature even that a huge percentage of them are tail less, so not to worry if they drop it.
Good luck with the little cutey-pie.

[Zombie]

He may even thrive more due to the tail drop, it's extra parts that don't need nutrients now...

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[Royal Hijinx]

Checked on Frogger this morning and looks no worse for wear for the tail issue. Here it is fired down (and possibly in shed), the brick red color must be fired up.

[EverEvolvingExotics]

A lot of hatchlings will have what they call baby red it may or may not stay. It will be interesting to see how it turns out. Are you planning on keep the little frog butt since it's your first?