I’ve had my crested gecko for about a month and in that time I’ve only been able to get her to eat a few duiba roaches when I really put them up to her face and rub them on her mouth. But now she shows zero interest in any kind of food; i’ve tried dry and powdered food as well as bananas and pears. I currently have Pangea watermelon and insect flavors coming in the mail, but she feels lighter and I’m starting to get quite worried

Note: the top down photo makes her look wider than she actually is her belly is at most 1.7 inches wide and she’s two years old

Edit: I just weighed her and she is 61 grams

Come down this morning as usual looking for where Petrie’s spawn point will be for the day. And this is it. Just a fired up butt with some toe and some tail 😭

I’ve been kinda hesitant to keep on a heater at night cause I’m scared he’ll overheat or the entire house will catch fire, but I have been getting a little anxious since it’s gettin cold where I live. Is there any way to keep him warm withour the heat lamp or can someone tell me I’m paranoid and that I can keep it on

This is my boy meatloaf, hes around 6 months old now we think, still a bit jumpy, but trying to get him used to me, he just chills most of the day in his plants

I just got my first crested gecko, super excited.

I did the research and I got a 24x18x36 tank, but I’m worried the light I did get isn’t good. my house ranges from 72-76 so I don’t believe she needs a heat source…

the light I got is hygger zoo LED UVB Reptile Light HZ034-12W. can someone help me understand if this light is good? it has several modes for UVB output, a 12 hour rotation setting and a brightness setting. I believe I have it on 5% uvb rn but it’s really hard to tell as the only change is how blue the light is.

does anyone recommend “Zoo Med ZML Bulb REPTISUN 2.5 UVB 12IN“? I know the overall recommend is Arcadia, but unfortunately its out of my budget…

I have both a digital and an analog hydrometer and they're both constantly saying the humidity is at 90 or 80%. I did just set up this bioactive enclosure.. but I have the fear it won't go down at all, especially since I still have to mist in the evening. I have a mesh top so I don't think the airflow is the problem. What can I do?

got him 2 days ago. on the first night i noticed he moved alot. but he’s just been curled up here all day and even at night. is something wrong?

For reference I’m 6’1 with fairly average-sized hands, maybe on the bigger side but he still looks considerably smaller than many other geckos of his size. So I purchased this guy sometime in early May of this year and he was 18 grams. He is now 45 grams which is from what I’ve heard, a very average adult size. But from what I’ve seen at expos and obviously YouTube and other social media he doesn’t seem nearly as big as any adult geckos I’ve seen. My question is how is he 45 grams but looks significantly smaller than many other adult geckos? Furthermore if he was 18 grams just 5 months ago he’s obviously got a lot more growing to do correct? You know because he was very recently a small juvenile? Any help on this topic is welcomed, thank you.

I officially placed the gecko I have been eyeing for about a month on hold! Does anyone have any general advice for first time owners? I feel pretty prepared but of course I want to know everything there is!

He is a he, obviously, and we plan on naming him Frodo or Pippin, both from LOTR!

YES she needs a bigger enclosure, this is just a temporary enclosure. i decided to jazz it up while we wait for her permanent home!

I have them on the growth and breeder and hand feed every 2nd day and leave the food for a day. how long should I wait before introducing insects?

He (or she, haven't figured out the sex yet) is 6 months old and around 20 grams. I just put him in his new enclosure, is he just exploring? Hes been in his new tank for about 1 hour before this behavior started. I kept him in a quarantine enclosure with paper towels before, is he just trying things out since hes not used to it?

I was feeding my creamy some roaches, and it seems that some have escaped into his enclosure. It’s got some heavy leaf litter in it, so I’m not able to find them. Is that clogging to be an issue? Or will he be able to seek them out and eat them? What could realistically happen now? Did I mess up? Or is it going to be a good food source for him?

the weather in the uk is finally deciding it wants to be cold which i like, but its not good for my crestie.
the temperatures can drop as low as 64F in the night and sometimes go up to 73F max. i have the heat lamp on from 8AM through to 10PM now as its so cold for her. i also have uvb on for around 7-9 hours a day now so she can get some extra heat.
even with heating on in the house, its still too cold for her and im not sure what to do especially at night.
is there anything else i can do? should i get a CHE?

I’m finding Google to be unhelpful so I’m turning to you guys. My 4yo female has been overweight for well over a year, 67g. I haven’t taken her to the vet yet because I don’t want to spend $70+ just to be told she needs to go on a diet. Two months or so ago, I started only feeding her twice a week, 1/2 tsp of apricot Pangea ( it’s the only flavor she will eat), and she refuses to eat any insects. Her tank is a size too small because I haven’t been able to upgrade it yet (I’m working on it), but it’s a 18x18x24. Which people kept cresties in for years before it was no longer the minimum recommended. And it’s cluttered and has perches and coconuts and sticks, so plenty for her to climb on. And I hear her moving at night so it’s not like she just sits around. I know they loose weight slowly, but is there more I should be doing? Am I feeding her too much and too infrequently? Do I need to changer her food? Walk her more? I added pictures of the weight logs I’ve kept. I started it the first time I started her on a diet. some of the jumps in weight don’t really make sense to me.

I’ve been seeing online people turning hutches into enclosures for crested geckos. I was wondering if anyone here has done that! I would love to know how you did it and the process. I’m debating either doing that or just getting a bigger tank! Please let me know or pm me.

I bought my first ever pet reptile (her name is Sylvia, I don't have any pictures yet but shes so cuties) at an expo yesterday, and I fear in the excitement of it all I didn't notice this nasty spot at the tip of her tail untill after I got home. The guy said she had what looked like stuck shed on the tip of her tail at the expo, so I didn't think anything of it till I saw it up close and it dosn't look good. I scheduled an appointment with a vet as soon as they opened, and they can get me in at the end of this week. I don't know how fast these kinds of infections spread so I'm a little scared it wont be soon enough but I'm holding out hope.

I just feel stupid for not noticing :,)

Edit: added photos. Sorry they suck she was hiding under a leaf and I didnt want to disturb her. In the second photo theres this weird shiny spot right before where the tail looks off which has me worried its an infection. Last picture was taken yesterday when I let her into the enclosure and I noticed her tail.

Edit 2: I contacted the seller who gave a very prompt reply giving me options for what we can do next, which has me hopeful but still quite nervous. Last night she was exploring the enclosure once it got dark but as for today shes been hiding under the same leaf for approximately 15 hours (sunrise to 10 pm) so I'm quite worried. Its possible shes not moving because im checking too much, once about every 2 hours sense sundown.

He loves his goop

Hi! We got this beautiful crestie about a month ago, and it will 9 months at the end of this month. Problem is, it's about 4.4g, on a good day. I started feeding it crickets about 3 times a week, 2 or 3 at a time, dusted with calcium+d3 and just calcium, switching on and off between them.

We obviously got her and she was clearly severely under weight, but I want to make sure I'm yolking it up properly too. It's enclosure gets sometimes down to 65 at night, but has been 70-78 during the day.

My research has given me mixed results on...everything. It is gaining, very slowly, but I want to make sure my husbandry is what it should be before I just give it time to grow. I don't see it eat a ton of CHD, but we give it to it every night. I have seen a few licks out of it, but nothing substantial.

Thanks!