Hi! (again)

[gizmo143]

Hey everyone!!

I was a member here quite a while ago when I first got a baby leopard gecko (named Gizmo) who was also my first gecko of any kind. I loved Gizmo and as my old posts detailed, he had a lot of health issues he and I dealt with, the vet thought they came with him from where I got him from. His care was something I greatly invested myself in and when he didn't make it I couldn't imagine getting another gecko because of the fear that I would have to deal with something similar.

Now however, I am a college student studying biology and animal behavior on a pre-veterinary track. I spend time interning at a nearby veterinary hospital that has a great reputation with exotics of all kinds (I've observed turtle and beardie surgery in the last month!) and have been itching to own a herp of some kind again. So I thought I'd check back in and rejoin the gecko community as I do my research and figure out the best species for a new friend. Happy to be back

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

Welcome back, gizmo143! Good to have you on board again!

Some things are continually changing around GU; many things remain the same.

Are you looking for a different species of gecko or some other herp?

 

[gizmo143]

Hey!

Right now I'm leaning towards getting a Crested, as their temperature/habitat requirements seem most manageable for me right now. The only thing I'm worried about is having to move him back and forth with me by train/car when I head home for the summer. The temperature shouldn't be an issue on these trips as I have ac and everything but I dont wan't to add a ton of stress to their lives.

 

[Yoshi'smom]

Hey hey! Welcome back!
Cresties are great little stinkers. If you only have to move the little one every summer, you shouldn't really have a problem. I've noticed that many of the cresties I have had do well with stress/traveling. They are awesome little things.