crested help

[fickle]

ok i have a 4-5 month old crestie and a just had my bud at pet store see if he could get some in do you guys think it is a good idea to get another on so soon since i dontknow the sex of mine

p.s. please dont explain how males fight when kept together i know:fight:

 

[munchi]

i did that... i got one and another when i didnt know the sex. i still dont. they have been fine for the 3 months i have had them. now that they are about 7 months old im watching them more and trying to get a good pic of them so i can have someone sex them for me!! i think the are a boy and a girl though

 

[scrapmom]

if you wait just a few more months, you will be able to tell the sex of yours and go from there, but if you have the room for two potential tanks, then that is another story, I would just go for it in that case, if you end up with 2 males, then you just buy another tanks.

 

[fickle]

i have an extra tank but its only a 10 gal and my plans are to build a HUGE tank and have a harem of 1 male and 4 females

 

[scrapmom]

best bet at that point is to wait it out and buy adults or sexed juvies. Good luck!

 

[fickle]

ok i could do that

 

[mh728]

i did that... i got one and another when i didnt know the sex. i still dont. they have been fine for the 3 months i have had them. now that they are about 7 months old im watching them more and trying to get a good pic of them so i can have someone sex them for me!! i think the are a boy and a girl though

Buy a jewelers loupe, it really isn't hard to sex them, I don't know why so many people make a fuss about it. If you have virtually any crested gecko or rhacodactylus book there are probably pics of the area in which you need to look for pores. Adam Black's book and the rhac book by Repashy, Fast and deVosjoli both have said pics.

 

[scrapmom]

you can only truely sex a crested at over 8 months of age, and even then, it is still not 100% as many possible females, turn male after a year old.

 

[mh728]

you can only truely sex a crested at over 8 months of age, and even then, it is still not 100% as many possible females, turn male after a year old.

Where are you getting this? I wouldn't say "many", more like "some slow growers".

 

[Saille]

Sexing them has not much to do with age so much as it does size.
I know experts/breeders who can sex them with a loupe at 6 grams, but it gets easier at 8 grams and above.
I personally would not put Cresties together to breed until the female is at least 30+ grams. Before that size, they're still growing and breeding can deplete them of calcium, potentially creating an MBD situation.
Kind of like a teen pregnancy, they can do it, but its hard on a still growing body.
At the very least, you won't get as many healthy viable eggs.

I would keep them separated after about 12 grams.
You run the risk of tail nipping or bullying in any case, so putting two little geckos together can really depend on many factors, like how big the enclosure is, how many hides, and the personalities of the individual geckos.

I don't like to put new ones together with my established ones right away because I like quarantining new animals to make sure they're healthy.
Just my opinion.

 

[fickle]

thanx saille