I just put a waxworm in one of my leos enclosures (about 2 minutes ago). Sheās crazy for food, she grabbed the waxworm, turned around, grabbed her own poop that I didnāt pick up yet (guess I need to do that first from now on) and in me trying to prevent her from actually eating it I put my hand next to her and she grabbed my finger. Then she seemed to realize that not everything was food. Their teeth really donāt do much. And then I looked over at my crested geckos enclosure and Monkey was playing hide-and-seek. Iāll add a picture here in a few minutes.
Edit: Hereās Monkey trying to play hide-and-seek behind a pothos.
Oh thatās alright then, I swear my younger fat tail thinks sheās vicious and always tryās to attack me, but if I get her in a tub then take her out sheās fine. So wondering if viv defensive!
Haha I love the name you chose! Anymore images of monkey? Sheās so pretty
1 cm, thatās hardly even bigger than a cricket. Even Chompy was hudge compare to yours. Sorry he died now, but you really did well in your care getting him up to 9 years. But seems she really gave you a love for cresties
It was an adventure raising him, figuring out what he needed and how to give it to him. I already had a hudge admiration for reptiles but only saw them in the wild on holidays. The fun thing is that the first time I really saw them a lot was in the US. As an 18 year old I worked in one of those holiday camps from Camp America in Pennsylvania. They had a lot of snakes there, donāt even know which one but they for shure where very beautiful and fascinating, loved to see them crawling around doing their thing and spend a lot of free time watching them ( people in the US are really lucky with the amount of reptiles in nature, they are almost zero here in Holland) but never thought you could keep them at home. Raising Chompy gave me confidence it is possible to keep them so yes, we did get more. After that came a bearded dragon, leopard geckoās, ball pythons ( 16 now), a blue tongue skink, and four boaās ( three are smaller locality boaās). We are even expecting ball python babies in a few weeks. So it was Chompy who really started it all, he will always be special.
I fully agree. I later on heard that they mostly donāt sell them until they are around two to three months. He was so small I had to get a scale for weighing gold to be able to weigh him. He was only a little over 1 gram. He didnāt even eat in the beginning. Had to put his food on a toothpick and rub it against his mouth to get him going. The worst thing is that they mainly sell to unexperienced keepers because an experienced person will know itās not oke to buy them at that age, so the chance on a failure at the cost of the animal is even bigger. Luckily there are also respectable breeders like you who do breed and sell with care of the welfare of the animal in mind. And also for the buyer, I donāt know if I would have had enough trust in getting more reptiles if the first one would have died. These bad breeders indeed do cause damage to the hobby. Not only by risking the lives of the animals but also by giving new owners a bad expirience and giving anti reptile lobbyist extra food they can use for anti-reptile laws.
Iām expecting my first ball python babies in a few weeks and already decided I will not put them up for sale under 100 gram. Started breeding mice now so food will not make me sell early, and indeed, questioning potential buyers over the care and set up is a very good advise.
I now mostly go to expoās without my sonā¦he made the crying thing on expoās a habit. He got one other time a ball python through this but after that I didnāt fell for it anymore. Now he claims he can not stand seeing al these cute reptile faces and not being able to bring them home . But Iām still happy I gave in with Chompy and the ball python.
Good luck with your eggs, we currently have 12 ball python eggs incubating and hoping to pair some crested geckos soon
I will definitely be asking questions about husbandry etc. Letting any go will be so hard.
Kids learn pretty quick as to how to manipulate us
I donāt see reptiles in the wild, what got us into reptiles was my husbands rabbit died the day we got engaged, so I bought him a bearded dragon (she died a few years ago of tumors) and thatās when we started going to expos where I found my lil Crestie and then ball pythons.
I havenāt been in years due to children, but Iām hoping to go again once covid is in check. But I agree with your son, itās sooo hard to say no
Oh what a lovely story, I swear itās Cresties that get us addicted! I mean their facea are just so cute, theyāre fab, great personalities I swear!
Kaneki was my first ever Crested gecko and Reptile living alone (used to have beardies when younger), I saw him online with his brother (a friend has his brother now) both unsexed and 5g. My other half went to pick them up for me and that was it. I was hooked! He went straight into a 100x100x50 viv. Spoilt rotten. Out constantly with us, which is probably why heās so dopey now! He turned 4 in April this year. So got a long time yet with him hopefully!
But since him it just went a bit mad, now have 36 along with hatchlings too, and other reptiles and amphibians aswell! Heās one of my best breeders, sees a lady and mounts heās a big chunk now and we actually have his son we kept back too. Itās a lot of fun if you ever decided to get a lady friend for Chompy!
Oh keep us updated on your Royals! I have a Banana here, we did have 12 but had to make room for more Cresties so only kept my first one backā¦
And kids are fab, little manipulators youāre right Fox haha, We ended up with a guinea pig a few weeks ago after weeks and weeks of my daughter asking. So Morpeko is now here. And he actually has some brothers ready in about 4 weeks time (mum gave birth again to 3 little ones on the 11th) so we are having 1 of them too to keep him company when we arenāt home, or 2ā¦ or all 3 if all males. Someone stop me
Iām such an animal lover, which doesnāt help, but Iām pretty firm, helps that Iām allergic to fur as I use it as an excuseā¦ Although I would love another dog
Iām allergic to cats so thatās them out the way, shame as used to rescue etc and had to rehome 7 couple years ago, I do play up with dogs occasionally and dust etc. Itās great fun when you canāt breath!
But theyāre here and I love them soā¦
Maybeā¦ maybe a small dog? Less fur to loose
Hypoallergenicā¦
What a cutie. Dogsā¦another love ā¦have two of them to. They are now already quite old. One turned 14 last January and the other one is 12 years old but the still run around like they are in the prime of their life. Hope so much they are going to end up in guiness book of records as oldest dogs
Ever
Really, life is so much better with animals in it!!!
But indeed, the muddy pawprints in the floor and enough hair to knit a sweater are the negative sides of them. Reptiles are a lot easier. Sometimes I think I will not get a dog again after theseā¦hope I remember the extra time they cost by that timeā¦but donāt know for shure I can stop myself when I look in cute puppy eyesā¦
Their teeth really donāt do much. And then I looked over at my crested geckos enclosure and Monkey was playing hide-and-seek. 
and hoping to pair some crested geckos soon 
heās a big chunk now and we actually have his son we kept back too. Itās a lot of fun if you ever decided to get a lady friend for Chompy!
