@foxreptile I assume that Riley was try to stop any possible dubia bites
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I never thought of that, but then I put my dubias in a food bowl so they can’t escape.
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@lumpy was right. It was to prevent dubia bites. I’ve never heard of any but I’d rather play it safe.
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Such a lil cutie 
I can’t wait till I get some baby cresties!
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That lil baby makes me wanna compulsively buy 20 geckos. So cute
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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 
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Kick the other half and kids out 
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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 
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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?
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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
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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.
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Lucky had spurs and I was able to determine sex. Lucky is a… Boy
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Do you mean pores?
All cresties have Spurs 
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I could see a visible bulge.
So he’s a little he! 
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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.
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Our male here that the other half brought had a bulge from 5/6g.
Well endowed little man😂
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I’ll get some pictures later. I still haven’t tried handling yet but I’ll try sometime.
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