I have a regular 10 gallon. I CAN'T UPGRADE. It's an old tank I'm reusing. I want a gecko/lizard. I've been thinking crested gecko. Will this work? I want it to be diurnal, but I't not mandatory. Must fit in the 10 gallon. Handling is very important to me. That means no tokay geckos or anoles. Yeah, that's it. No bugs would be nice, but I can feed them bugs if that's what they need. Cresties have CRD, YUM! LOL.
What breed should I buy?
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If you want a crested you're going to have to turn the tank on its end so it's 20" tall and 10" wide. It can be done but you have to come up with a way to enclose the front of the cage and still access the gecko. There should be instructions here on on the web. You need to do this because crested geckos are arboreal. The other obvious species to consider is a leopard gecko. One will do fine in a 10 gallon and if you want to give it more room, you can create a second level that spans part of the tank. There is a lot of care info for leopard geckos and many beautiful ones. In either case I recommend you read several care sheets, assemble your setup before buying your animal and try to get your reptile at a show or from a private breeder (or in some cases a privately owned pet store) rather than from a big chain pet store.
Aliza
Aliza
Wind Dancer
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check out this, you could use a tank done up like that for a crestie 
and as long as this hasn't changed in the last 6 months, petco(or a lot of them) gets their cresties from Allen Repashy's extras/overstocks/whatever-you-want-to-call-them, so you should be fine getting one from there as long as all the geckos in the tank are healthy if you can't find a breeder or someone near by.
hope that helps!
and as long as this hasn't changed in the last 6 months, petco(or a lot of them) gets their cresties from Allen Repashy's extras/overstocks/whatever-you-want-to-call-them, so you should be fine getting one from there as long as all the geckos in the tank are healthy if you can't find a breeder or someone near by.
hope that helps!
well, my brother has a leopard gecko, so I probably won't get one. Oh, unless I can find a white one! I think their called snow leopard geckos or something... I will check out that link Wind Dancer, but right now the board is "down for maintenance" I do have 2 non-chain pet shops, I'll check one out. The other's cresties are $300! Other than that, I've got petsmart, big als, super pet, and pj''s pets. Oh, and one reptile hop I should visit.
White leopard geckos are blizzards or patternless. There is also a diablo blanco which is white with red eyes and still somewhat expensive. The snow leopard geckos are black and white in the super form and may be yellow as well in the non-super form. You shouldn't have to pay $300 for a crestie. Good luck in your search.
Aliza
Aliza
Nocturnal geckos are best left nocturnal. Where do you live? Maybe there's going to be a show near you or there's a breeder near you.
Aliza
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i wasn't suggesting you get one from directly from allen, most online are really expensive. i was just pointing out that petco's are a good place to get cresties, a lot of people on the repashy gecko forum pick up babies from there, even the more serious hobbyist/hobby breeders;-)
leos are all i can think of that would fit in a ten gallon and can be handled.....hope you can find something!
Wind Dancer
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have you seen this thread? it looks like it might have some good info for you(not a ton, but some
)......:biggrin:
Holly12
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Berry the best and easy geckos and the leopard gecko they can be held and when they get use to you don't seem to mind it I have 2 female leos and I just got the 2 one today and I would not change them for the world so get a leopard gecko now my 2 one I got today came from a good breeder I know if you want his email I can give it to you he has alot of beautiful good looking leos my girl I got today is a RS APTOR RAPTOR her picture is on my avatar.
Holly, I simply don't want a leopard gecko because my brother has one, so I want to have something else. He's older, so he does everything first, I want to be the first owner of a breed at least. I can probably do a flip, not as complicated as in the picture though. Just some spacers on the small end, to bring balance it, and some snaps to keep the lid on.
Wind Dancer
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ooo, i just thought of another one! Gargoyle Gecko! whatcha think?
Wind Dancer
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great! where are you planning to get him or her from?