[twitch]

im editing my last post because it was hard to give an answer so what i MEANT to say was what do you do to keep your crestie healthy and alive i have never had one before and have been reading up on them any help will great.

[lauraleellbp]

That's so vague it's hard to answer-

I will say establishing and maintaining the correct humidity cycle, feeding them properly, and housing them properly are the keys to keeping them healthy.

Do you already have your enclosure set up? If so- could you post up some pictures?

[twitch]

Originally Posted by lauraleellbp

That's so vague it's hard to answer-

I will say establishing and maintaining the correct humidity cycle, feeding them properly, and housing them properly are the keys to keeping them healthy.

Do you already have your enclosure set up? If so- could you post up some pictures?

im sorry to say i dont but since im getting it at 10 weeks 12 weeks old im getting a kritter keeper with some plants and maybe a hide with some vines when its 4 months old ill move it into the big tank that pangea gives me.

[Kristy]

Proper humidity cycle. Temps from 65F to 78F.
No baby food.
GCD daily, crickets on occasion ( I am giving crickets 2x a week)
Wipe out poo and white pee whenever you see it.
Paper towel substrate is easiest.
Climbing vines, hides, tunnel log. Make sure some surfaces are horizontal. Even though you want the gecko to have the sensation of climbing up, they need to be horizontal too. I plan to get magnaturals ledges soon.
I use a uvb light a few hours a day, some people use them more and some not at all.
Don't over handle the gecko, especially a young one.

[Clark]

temps over 85 can stress the geckos out and cuold possibly lead to death. they can withstand an overnite low in the upper 50s. they eat rotting fruit and instcts in the wild so i feed all mine dusted crickets about 3 times a week coated in calcium with d3 and vitiman supplements and cdg every other day. and mist the tank to where the humidity is elevated for a coupple hours. also right after u mist the tank it is nirmal if the crestie cant grip the glass. this is normal. generaly they will drink the water of the glass and not out of a bowl. but my females drink out of still water. get red lights for night viewing and they dont need uvb lights. the uvb light will make there colors popalso i think flukners makes vitimans with bata caratean and pigmint enhancers.

[KML585]

they all pretty much covered it. i dont use lights though unless the tanks are getting at a dangerously low temp which might happen more often due to the upcoming winter (if ur north enough to experience it.) we don't really feed our geckos crickets at all (although 3 we just rescued were fed only crickets so we have temporarily banned them so they can eat the crested gecko diet) we have the CGD MRP in their every night for 2 nights before we change it and we recently got repashy rescuecal + (for our girl with MBD and the 3 new boys). there are many forms of the meal replacement plan for the crested gecko diet and we have tested out the one petco sells but we like repashys best because without repashy the meal replacement plan wouldn't exist so that is your best bet and they have all different kinds of flavors. but the temps and humidity are posted by others but about the critter keeper if it helps you any we have 2 babies in a 30 gallon separated by plexiglass half way down the tank. and the rest have their own tanks. but out of all the geckos these are the easiest to take care of so don't stress about it too much ( not that i can talk i had a very nice freak out episode today i posted earlier about the 3 new boys