As an update I kept a 1.2 trio. I think the male was stressing out the females so I moved the two females to a new enclosure.
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This concept is fascinating to me, and for the longest time i was very much in the âhouse aloneâ group. However, im always open to learning, to improving care, and in keeping my space efficent. I have three females, one of which is adult the ither two are juveniles/teenagers.
For those of you who do cohab females, whats your enclosure size? Are you using tubs, or commercially made enclosures?
I have a very tall, custom background paladarium that i have a male in currently and im considering switching him to my 24x24x36 (or⌠whatever the big more square -relatively speaking-tank is, i forget). And putting my girls in the paladarium. There are a ton of hidey spots, and id offer multiple food stations.
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I keep 2-3 females together, I would keep more per enclosure, but I donât have space for bigger enclosures. I believe the 24 X 24 X 36 (or what ever it is as I canât remember either) is okay for 2 females, however more is better
I keep males in solo enclosures and I have a breeding tub.
I had 1 lady that did not like cohabitation so she lives on her own but she didnât mind her neighbours.
I only put Cresties together that are of a similar weight & size. I offer 2 feeding stations in different locations.
Iâd recommend not moving them together until they are of similar weight
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I think what youâre thinking of is the 18x18x24, which is what I use for my 2 females.
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For how long do you all co-habitate juveniles?
If females then I keep together until they go to new homes.
Even males and females sometimes if they get along and not near maturity! 
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Im surprised that you cohab even females âŚi know people do it, its just not something i like doing, all mine are housed individually so i know they are thriving, and also know who is eating, we have had no tail drops either at all âŚbut that goes for all our reptiles âŚwe dont cohabit anything not even babies/clutchmates
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I have cohab some of my babies out of curiosity. Some seem do better with cohab and some seem to do better individually. I guess it depends on the Geckos.
Same goes with adults. I think most do better on their own though
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Each to their own for sure! Some donât like it and others do!
Theres a few breeders I know myself who Cohab also, they may not say it as a lot donât put much out there, but Iâve even been and seen some as has the oh 
And theyâve had no issues either!
All my females are over 45+ Infact most bigger, All eating, they clean their bowls, we always put 2 bowls in the vivs, crickets all eat fine etc also, and all are thriving and doing amazingly!
I have also had no tail drops from
cohabing either so not sure why thatâs mentioned?
We brought some cresties with no tails. And only had 2? Babs throw their tails as hatching annd one who escaped 
Oh and a female who threw her tail as was bitten by a widow! So thank god she did throw it or sheâd be dead.
Other than that everyone here is fantastic! 
Suppose itâs like the tub situation, I donât like the idea of a tub myself But I know ALOT who now use tubs as less expensive and can stack them on top and save room etc.
See I have Pumpkin who wonât eat on her own at all. Tried many times as sheâs pet only, but she stops eating unless living with another female.
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Strawberry was hard to get to eat until cohab. Now sheâs a fantastic eater.
I have a baby gecko that eat itâs tail thinking it was an insect 
but wasnât cohab. Just a greedy gecko 
It wiggles is it must be food! 
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Basically yes! This Gecko is so impatient for food that it eats from the bottle expecting it to be insects 
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You must get a video!
I never thought of that. I showed my eldest yesterday. He was in fits of laughter
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People would think we starve them 
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Def each to their own, of it works for you then its all good , only said about tails cos i k ow alot that cohabbit end up with tail losses but if you havent had that then all good
As you say alot of people dont like tubs, we dont stack ours either they are all on racks with appropriate ventilation âŚlike we do our exo terra tanks, i dont like it myself when people jusy have stacks of tubs, we actually have a mixture of tubs which are semi bio and bio active tanks for the cresties and all thrive in both
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Worked for years luckily!
If any arenât happy or eating then they go alone for sure, itâs never forced. But touch wood weâve got some great pairs/trios.
Big mama for example can be fussy on who she lives with, she adores Dolly and has from day one, But there was a female I used to have, and when introducing it was apparent it wouldnât work as she took a disliking instantly, so she didnât go in the viv with her.
I also introduce and watch multiple times before hand
Iâve seen many fully bio tubs before too, plants, wood etc. they work if you need space, opening a lid though just isnât for me.
Plus you can get very large tubs now! I know a few who use and theyâve got very large ones haha.
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we have split lid ones that was a recommendation from Oddball âŚthey are amazing so you dont have to fully take the lid off!
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Oh thatâs a good idea, didnât know she used tubs either!
Also seen people turn tubs on their side and they cut a big hole out then put mesh over, like a mesh door if that makes sense at all to you at all? Assuming they then glue the lid shut tooâŚ
I do see more people using tubs than vivs these days, with Leoâs and fat tails too.
Think also atm with everything costing more, tubs are the cheaper option for people atm.
My only issue is, you get some wallys with tub keeping and thinking they need nothing else in there like vivs or you canât do bio etcâŚ
example: Iâve recently seen someone keeping baby cresties in what looks like takeaway tubs with nothing but kitchen roll. And Thatâs itâŚ
The person who was listing for the guy on a couple groups for sale wonât tell anyone whoâs cresties they belong too whoâs keeping them like it though so no one knows whoâs keeping them so poorly or letting them go so small⌠Let alone listing them all wrong too 
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