Bringing home a baby garg

[Cosmonaughty]

I've been reading about gargoyles for so long and I know the basic care, the size the terrarium should be, what to feed, the ideal temperatures (my room/house is perfect year round) and all that jazz, but..

I'm bringing home a baby, more than likely, and I don't know what I'm doing.

I know I should keep a baby in something smaller so it can find it's food and water and such and I pretty much intend on following this link for it's enclosure. Is this good enough? And is the weight-to-keeper size ratio good enough?

Is Repashy Super Foods Crested Gecko MRP good for them? How often should I feed one? I'm unsure of it's weight as I won't be shopping until Saturday*. Do you have recommendations for what to keep the food and water in? and should I keep the food on the floor or put it up higher?

Also, I've been under the impression that you should wait 2 weeks before handling (or longer if they haven't been eating regularly yet) and then to start with 5 min of handling, and slowly lengthen that time as they get used to it. Is that correct? How do you go about picking one up?

Is there anything else I should know? Thanks in advance

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*I've been planning on getting a baby from Repticon when it comes to Tampa on June 10

 

[acpart]

Here's how I keep my hatchlings:
I get a 6qt tub from Target or equivalent (costs a little over $1). I put down paper towel, a coconut shell hide (or something similar), a small piece of cork bark that I lean at an angle over the hide. This way, the hatchling can either be inside the hide, or on top of the coco bark. I use a small jar lid for water and a bottle cap for CGD. I keep the lid on and haven't found it necessary to add air holes because there's enough air exchange. I mist every evening and feed CGD (the stuff you mention is fine)3 times a week. The first few times I stick the gang's nose into it to show it what it is. It can be very disconcerting to a new garg owner to see that the CGD looks untouched. It often looks that way, yet all my cresties and gargs are growing and thriving, so they probably don't need to eat that much at first. I keep them this way till they're about 10 grams. The link you posted had the critter keepers standing upright so the long side is vertical. I don't feel this is necessary with small gargs as long as you use something that's at least 6qt or shoebox size.

Aliza