Crested Geckos...

This is an animal that I have wanted for around 2 or 3 years and in 6-12 months I will be in a situation where I could possibly be able to keep one. Because of this, I am trying to accumulate as much information as possible about these beautiful reptiles. This will be my first reptile ever, but I am willing to put in a lot of work and effort into setting up and caring for it.

With that out of the way, I wanted some of the people knowledgeable in reptiles, and Crested Geckos in general, to help me out with some basics...

First, I would like to use a 20-gallon (long) aquarium to house it in. I've heard of a lot of people that flip their tank vertically so that the Gecko has more vertical climbing space. But, being the worry-wort that I am, I'm really confused on how this would be sturdy and how I would access the inside of the tank. Could anyone help me figure this out?

Second, I have heard some mixed things about using a UVB light with Crested Geckos; some places say that it is not necessary as long as their food is supplemented with D3 and Calcium, but other places say that it is necessary. What are your guys' opinions about this?

Third, and finally, what kind of food is best and how often should I feed the Crested Gecko? Would I feed normal, pre-made food daily and give the Crested Gecko gut-loaded and Calcium coated crickets every few days? Does anyone have a schedule that they use when they feed their Geckos? Also, what brand/type of food do you recommend?

Sorry for the essay-like post, but I really want to make sure that I have the ability to do this right and have a happy, healthy Crested Gecko. Thank you!

 

 

For food, feed them either Pangea or Repashi. Supplement every once in a while with calcium dusted crickets.
There is actually a Pangea Forum. Look it up

 

For food, feed them either Pangea or Repashi. Supplement every once in a while with calcium dusted crickets.
There is actually a Pangea Forum. Look it up

I was actually looking at their website (Pangea) a little while ago, and they seem to have some pretty good products, judging by the reviews. Do you have any suggestions on the best place to by crickets? It seems that most places online only sell 100+ crickets at a time, which is just a bit too much for my preference.

After some consideration, I think I'll probably just end up purchasing a 18x18x24 Exo Terra as it is aesthetically pleasing and seems quite practical and easy to set up and use long-term.

 

I'd check petsmart, and Pangea actually sells them.

 

I'd check petsmart, and Pangea actually sells them.

That's good to know, thanks!

 

Does anyone have any information about the UVB light? That's what I'm most concerned about.

 

Any opinions?

 

This is an animal that I have wanted for around 2 or 3 years and in 6-12 months I will be in a situation where I could possibly be able to keep one. Because of this, I am trying to accumulate as much information as possible about these beautiful reptiles. This will be my first reptile ever, but I am willing to put in a lot of work and effort into setting up and caring for it.

With that out of the way, I wanted some of the people knowledgeable in reptiles, and Crested Geckos in general, to help me out with some basics...

First, I would like to use a 20-gallon (long) aquarium to house it in. I've heard of a lot of people that flip their tank vertically so that the Gecko has more vertical climbing space. But, being the worry-wort that I am, I'm really confused on how this would be sturdy and how I would access the inside of the tank. Could anyone help me figure this out?

Second, I have heard some mixed things about using a UVB light with Crested Geckos; some places say that it is not necessary as long as their food is supplemented with D3 and Calcium, but other places say that it is necessary. What are your guys' opinions about this?

Third, and finally, what kind of food is best and how often should I feed the Crested Gecko? Would I feed normal, pre-made food daily and give the Crested Gecko gut-loaded and Calcium coated crickets every few days? Does anyone have a schedule that they use when they feed their Geckos? Also, what brand/type of food do you recommend?

Sorry for the essay-like post, but I really want to make sure that I have the ability to do this right and have a happy, healthy Crested Gecko. Thank you!

With a crested geckos cage you want to go for more of height than floor space, this is why some choose to put the 20L on its side. If set up correctly and put somewhere that it would not be knocked over this should be stable enough

I also recommend Exo Terra cages. The 18 18 18 one or the 18 18 24 work very well for these critters.

Food wise, I recommend Repashy Crested Gecko Diet or Pangea CGD. Mine don't personally like some flavors of Pangea though, but I've heard amazing things about it. I feed every other day or so. Bugs aren't completely necessary, but mine enjoy them every once and awhile

I don't use any special lighting on mine. I supplement every few feedings. Lighting shouldn't hurt though, just consider that the gecko will usually hide all day with or without the light, so he/she might not benefit TOO much from it

 

With a crested geckos cage you want to go for more of height than floor space, this is why some choose to put the 20L on its side. If set up correctly and put somewhere that it would not be knocked over this should be stable enough

I also recommend Exo Terra cages. The 18 18 18 one or the 18 18 24 work very well for these critters.

Food wise, I recommend Repashy Crested Gecko Diet or Pangea CGD. Mine don't personally like some flavors of Pangea though, but I've heard amazing things about it. I feed every other day or so. Bugs aren't completely necessary, but mine enjoy them every once and awhile

I don't use any special lighting on mine. I supplement every few feedings. Lighting shouldn't hurt though, just consider that the gecko will usually hide all day with or without the light, so he/she might not benefit TOO much from it

Thank you! I really appreciate this

 

Thank you! I really appreciate this

Sure thing

 

hey everyone one I normally only post in the fish section but I thought I’d show off some of my reptiles in all I have nineteen different tanks raging from fish,geckos,tarantulas, scorpions and frogs!

1.The first CG is my first crested gecko his name is Pluto he’s a harlequin he’s flamed down he just woke up,he is around 45g last time I weighed him I wanna breed him hopefully soon with a super dalmatian

2.Is my juvenile Dalmatian CG female name is Stubbs she dropped her tail during shipping hence on her name lol but she is still a beautiful gecko she is gonna beeed soon with my next Crested gecko coming up

3.Last but not least is Fred my juvenile Halloween extreme harlequin he will be breeding with Stubbs once the reach sexual maturity but for now they enjoy there own living space and should I post all my tanks on this thread as well ?

 

May as well post the rest. We like critters of all varieties here!

 

very nice looking cresties
I agree, I think you should post the rest!

 

Cute gecks!
Heres my attack gecko.

 

Looks like a almost tiger lavender from the side lol where’d you get the attack gecko?

 

Oooh! More reptiles! I currently have frogs, half-way through building a bearded dragon tank, started planning a turtle pond and love vivariums! Do you have bioactive setups??

 

Update:Here is all of my pets and there tanks Pluto,Stubbs and Fred are in here also.There’s two pink toe tarantulas male and female so that’s gonna be a future pairing sorry one of them is so hard to see she doesn’t like getting her pic taken another tarantula I have is my Arizona blonde watching me from his burrow then on to my two white lines geckos Bonnie & Clyde there House in a 18x18x24.Plutos enclosure is also a 18x18x24 (P.S sorry for the dirty glass I’m currently cleaning them now and moving some decor out of there tanks adding new plants and what not .)Next is my paludarium(work in progress still) 12x12x18 it houses five young green tree frogs and some RCS in the water area then my baby African flat rock scorpion and three cultures or springtails and one culture of dwarf white isopods.And there are currently Gina be four more additions once I move lol

 

Oooh! More reptiles! I currently have frogs, half-way through building a bearded dragon tank, started planning a turtle pond and love vivariums! Do you have bioactive setups??

Yes ! All of my enclosures are bio active I love the whole process and watching springtails and isopods doing there cleaning duty lol even one of my tarantulas enclosure is bio active

 

Looks like a almost tiger lavender from the side lol where’d you get the attack gecko?

A local breeder. @Gecko_Gals on Instagram. She said he maybe was a tiger cream. Hmmm

 

Wow! Those enclosure look amazing. I want

 

A local breeder. @Gecko_Gals on Instagram. She said he maybe was a tiger cream. Hmmm

Either way it’s a beautiful gecko!

Wow! Those enclosure look amazing. I want

Thank you!

 

Love those cresteds. I am a fan too, and have a few.

I got a new leo yesterday, and seen them there and the guy there tried to sell me on them. I really didn't feel ready yet. Anything but tarantulas and scorps is fair game. I was tempted to hold one and put it on FB or IG like, "Look at me I conquered my fear of this creepy crawler!" but I knew I wasn't going to take one home so passed on handling them lol.

What do you primarily feed scorpions? Any black forests in that collection?

The green tree frog is such an interesting setup too the way you keep them!

 

Love those cresteds. I am a fan too, and have a few.

I got a new leo yesterday, and seen them there and the guy there tried to sell me on them. I really didn't feel ready yet. Anything but tarantulas and scorps is fair game. I was tempted to hold one and put it on FB or IG like, "Look at me I conquered my fear of this creepy crawler!" but I knew I wasn't going to take one home so passed on handling them lol.

What do you primarily feed scorpions? Any black forests in that collection?

The green tree frog is such an interesting setup too the way you keep them!

White I’m feeding all my pets including the scores is Dubia roaches mainly nymphs since my bark scorpion is a baby still I’m not a fan of the BF Scorpions I wanna try to get my hands on Isometrus maculatus,emperor scorpion and Heterometrus swammerdami(The worlds largest scorpion) And Thank you!

 

Hey y’all.
I have a crested gecko. Does anybody else have a crested gecko? What are their name’s?

 

I don’t have one now, but I used to. They’re great! Her name was pumpkin (don’t judge me, I was young when I named her).

 

Ive always wanted one. If my parents let me get another pet I really want to get a reptile but I cant decide between a corn snake or a crested gecko.

 

I’ll be getting one soon! Trying to convince myself not to go broke on getting the expensive morph that I want lol

 

I’ll be getting one soon! Trying to convince myself not to go broke on getting the expensive morph that I want lol

I think they are all so pretty but I really like the dalmatians with the spots lol.

 

I used to breed them. Awesome little dudes!

 

Ive always wanted one. If my parents let me get another pet I really want to get a reptile but I cant decide between a corn snake or a crested gecko.

I’d do a crested gecko just because their diet is easier and cheaper than having to get mice.

 

I’d do a crested gecko just because their diet is easier and cheaper than having to get mice.

Easier for sure. But repashy ain't cheap!

 

Easier for sure. But repashy ain't cheap!

Yeah, my main thing is that crested gecko may be easier but have daily maintenance and corn snakes are require a little bit more stuff but don't need everyday maintenance.

 

Yeah, my main thing is that crested gecko may be easier but have daily maintenance and corn snakes are require a little bit more stuff but don't need everyday maintenance.

If you setup a bioactive enclosure you don’t need everyday maintenance. But that requires little bugs and stuff and I know not everyone is a fan of that

 

Yeah, my main thing is that crested gecko may be easier but have daily maintenance and corn snakes are require a little bit more stuff but don't need everyday maintenance.

Something else to weigh. Cresties are much less likely to escape than a corn snake. Baby corns are tiny and excellent escape artists. I actually think ball pythons make much better first snakes. Just as easy as a corn snake, but the python is much more chilled out and slow moving.

 

If you setup a bioactive enclosure you don’t need everyday maintenance. But that requires little bugs and stuff and I know not everyone is a fan of that

Yeah but also misting unless I get an auto mister

Something else to weigh. Cresties are much less likely to escape than a corn snake. Baby corns are tiny and excellent escape artists. I actually think ball pythons make much better first snakes. Just as easy as a corn snake, but the python is much more chilled out and slow moving.

I really like ball pythons but I have decided that corns would be a much better fit for me right now

Something else to weigh. Cresties are much less likely to escape than a corn snake. Baby corns are tiny and excellent escape artists. I actually think ball pythons make much better first snakes. Just as easy as a corn snake, but the python is much more chilled out and slow moving.

Definitely. If I got a baby corn (although i would probably get an adult) i probably would keep them in plastic tubs until they are an adult.