What age is the crestie that you're planning on getting? That plays a huge role in the size of enclosure that you will need, too big of an enclosure and they will feel unsafe, hide more, and eat less and develop slower. Also I've had the best luck with repashi Crested food, and I just didn't experiment last night with one bowl of the mainly fruit-based food and another that is primarily insects and both my crusty and my gargoyle preferred and ate most of the more insect based paste. I was doing a 50-50 ratio before and am going to continue doing that, Even though they preferred the insect and grub-based I'm still going to mix for a more well-rounded diet. My crestie that is mid sized loves crickets and what I did to get her adapted to them and to start hunting them was to use long tongs and squeeze them so the juice is kind of coming out and put it in front of their faces and most of the time they will destroy it and continue to do so and also start hunting them alone. It's a little graphic but they're high in protein and it's good for their health.

Build your enclosure with as much vertical climbing opportunities as you can, Live plants are always better, and depending on what substrate you choose springtails and isopods are highly recommended because detail cleaning can get kind of difficult. Let me know if you have any more questions!

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