crested gecko toe problems & behavior concerns - Page 3

potatoeschicka · #21 02-03-2012, 04:13 PM

Yes he just shead this morning and i have seen him climbing twice already this morning.His toe pads look a lot better and i will get one of those digital thermometer very soon. Right now the temps are in the low to mid seventys and it goes no lower than about 65 at night but it gets slightly lower than the seventys at night. i will get some snake plants but what if he trys to eat the soil for the plants should i cover the top there the pot and soil is with some thing? How big do those plants usually get are they hard to maintain?

**Elizabeth Freer** · #22 02-03-2012, 04:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by potatoeschicka

Yes he just shead this morning and i have seen him climbing twice already this morning.His toe pads look a lot better and i will get one of those digital thermometer very soon. Right now the temps are in the low to mid seventys and it goes no lower than about 65 at night but it gets slightly lower than the seventys at night. i will get some snake plants but what if he trys to eat the soil for the plants should i cover the top there the pot and soil is with some thing? How big do those plants usually get are they hard to maintain?

Excellent to hear he shed and is climbing

. I like that a lot.

I doubt that he will try to eat the soil. Place his live food in a semi-tall container so that they won't escape.

Snake plants come in several different species. For his current tank, you'll want the short ones. If he starts climbing as he should, he should have a vertical 10 gallon. Then you'd want the taller snake plants. Snake plants like to dry out. They are a hardy plant!

potatoeschicka · #23 02-03-2012, 04:32 PM

okay thanks! i have noticed he just seems to hide under the log and cocanut and he doesnt climb much unless i have had him out. when i put him back he stands in the middle and when i close the top he runs and leaps into or on the glass and climbs then. is that usual for them to hide instead of climbing?

**Elizabeth Freer** · #24 02-03-2012, 07:23 PM

What time of day is this? Cresteds are nocturnal. He could be more active with more places to hide in addition to his regular caves.

potatoeschicka · #25 02-03-2012, 10:16 PM

okay when i wake up at night i notice him standing on top of things and jumping around. he acts like a goof he balances on the edge of the water bowl. he jumps into the glass of the tank is he supposed to do that is it a quwirk or something?

**Elizabeth Freer** · #26 02-04-2012, 01:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by potatoeschicka

okay when i wake up at night i notice him standing on top of things and jumping around. he acts like a goof he balances on the edge of the water bowl. he jumps into the glass of the tank is he supposed to do that is it a quwirk or something?

I really don't think his behavior is strange or unusual. I just added "behavior concerns" to the title of this thread so it might attract the attention of folks who have more experience with cresteds than I do.

With the snake plants, he will have more places to climb and feel safer because the tank will be fuller.

potatoeschicka · #27 02-04-2012, 01:36 PM

ok thanks i am going to get some snake plants from a friend and that will help i think he likes to jump so... i think he is fine im not too woried.

potatoeschicka · #28 02-13-2012, 05:48 PM

new pics of potatoes Pictures by lizzy2l - Photobucket

**Elizabeth Freer** · #29 02-13-2012, 05:54 PM

I vote for a snake plant and a digital thermometer as a Valentine's Day gift for Potatoes

!

lauraleellbp · #30 02-13-2012, 07:03 PM

OK I just posted over in your other thread, but I'm going to add some things here as well.

Yes, do cover over the soil (large river rocks can work) as it sounds to me like he's eating it due to not having proper food. Please be sure to pick up either Repashy or Clark brand Crested Gecko Diet ASAP.

Your gecko does NOT look fine in those pictures, and you really do need to make some changes in your husbandry- especially in getting him some proper food, but also with the enclosure changes I went through in your other thread.

I have heard of crested geckos eating paper towel only on VERY rare occasions, and those likely were accidents from people who fed crickets inside the enclosure rather than in a separate enclosure to make sure a crestie doesn't accidentally bite down on some when chasing a cricket. Most Cresties are not coordinated hunters in the least, so it's pretty common for them to chomp down and eat other things. I feed crickets only in a separate bare kritter keeper or give them bugs that cannot climb out of glass feeding bows.