[spottymint]

Hi

Been setting up a Crested Gecko vivarium, got them today.

Baby 1



Baby 2





Baby 3

[Raven81]

They're really cute!! 

[Yorkie]

What an amazing motion picture of #2!

How big will they eventually grow?

[spottymint]

The jumping pic was a fluke, jumped as it fired.

Around 7-9 inches with tails (which are often shed) If they shed them, they do not regrow like other gecko's.
The tail is pre-hensial, can grip with it.

Come from New Calcedonia (nr australia), thought extinct, re-discovered 1994.
Live around 10-20 years from internet searches.

Eat fruit with added artificial Crested Gecko Diet & bugs.

My hands are big as lady hands go, but they are still tiny.  

Forgot, they can cheep like little birds & the pics are of them "fired down", the colours can intensify at night/mood & change to almost black/orange. But will also change with age & colour Morph.

[arugula]

They're lovely. I bet they're fascinating to watch for ages.

[Epona_4]

wow spottymint they are gorgeous! 

[Tigerwren]

They are fab Spottymint.  How are they to look after and do they become in any way tame?/ do they enjoy being stroked?  My son is mad about lizards and geckos but so far we have avoided getting any.  Would you recommend as a pet?

[Kate and her Ducks]

They are amazing!

[spottymint]

Hi Tigerwren,

Yep, they are pretty easy providing you do your homework.

Basic care is room temps, 18 lowest to 28 highest max , but not prolonged heat as they will overheat & die. Room temps are generally fine, no heat required.

Nocturnal, don't need UV light, but many people provide it.

Humidity 60-80%, spray their viv & use eco earth as a base.

Eat crested Gecko diet, many people use the imported one's repashy/clarke's. with mashed soft fruit, not citrus or bananas.

Live food ( not everyone feeds these) dusted with nutrobol vitamins.

Can be handled, become tame, can jump, tweet like birds.

http://www.reptileforums.co.uk/forums/lizard-care-sheets/718540-crested-gecko-r-ciliatus.html 

[Tigerwren]

Hi spottymint,
thanks for the info.  I just had a look and it makes for clear and interesting info!
thanks again