@foxreptile I assume that Riley was try to stop any possible dubia bites
I never thought of that, but then I put my dubias in a food bowl so they can’t escape.
@lumpy was right. It was to prevent dubia bites. I’ve never heard of any but I’d rather play it safe.
Such a lil cutie I can’t wait till I get some baby cresties!
That lil baby makes me wanna compulsively buy 20 geckos. So cute
I agree, I say no more but then I see pics of Cresties and I can’t help myself… Although I will run out of room at some point hmmm how to get more Crestie space
Kick the other half and kids out
It’s the toys that takes up so much space!! Maybe I can sneak away a few toys (lots) and replace them with another rack, I’m sure they won’t notice
Lucky does seem to have a reddish color and the lower amount of spots and red belly pattern makes me question the parents. I guess we’ll find out how the colors change with age.
@ghoulishcresties @foxreptile , do you have any tips for bioactive. I want to try a bioactive enclosure to keep humidity high and to make cleaning poop easier (right now I don’t want to handle too much, at least until I figure out handling, so moving Lucky each time I clean isn’t ideal). Is there a risk that Lucky would eat any pieces of substrate or hunt springtails (I’ll put insects in a ceramic escape-proof dish)? I think I have a silverfish problem in my main crestie terrarium but since I keep them far away it should be fine. I have 2 enclosures that I’m deciding between for a bioactive setup. A taller one and a critter keeper. They have about the same volume and I’ll add cross ventilation. Which one do you think will work better for a bioactive setup?
Both should work fine, but ask yourself which is easier to access food etc. The cricket keeper might dry out more as it has more ventilation.
I have put Cresties as low as 3 grams into bioactive enclosures with no problem. Do you know Lucky’s weight?
Leaf litter will help hide the clean up crew and don’t offer food on the floor. I also tong feed babies so they don’t hunt on the ground.
I will add a link below for my website, the reptile care page has everything that I have done
I want to add, I’m trialling some small enclosures without the hydroballs as there just isn’t enough room. Plant growth will be slower as a result, but that’s the idea… I’ve had one set up for approx 6 months now and plants are doing okay, so are the springtails.
Lucky had spurs and I was able to determine sex. Lucky is a… Boy
Do you mean pores?
All cresties have Spurs
I could see a visible bulge.
So he’s a little he!
Sounds like a boy, are you sure it’s a bulge and not just toilet time?
Males would have pores from a young age but bulge doesn’t usually show till 4 months plus. I had a male hold in his bulge till 1 and half years old
Average bulge for mine has been visible from 7 months plus.
And agree, every Crestie has spurs.
Our male here that the other half brought had a bulge from 5/6g.
Well endowed little man😂
Can we have more pics of him! @erie-herps
And how’s handling going?
I’ll get some pictures later. I still haven’t tried handling yet but I’ll try sometime.