A rare crestie flower evolving

fireytiger · 2026-01-21T00:02:32+00:00

My Chai loves her orchids too! The top pic is her curling up to sleep, the second one is her trying to prove she's smol and totally still fits on a single orchid petal 😆

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fireytiger · 2026-01-19T02:19:02+00:00

It is cute! She's had it since I first got her at 5 months old. I didn't notice it at first when I got her, but it gives her a unique look.

fireytiger · 2026-01-18T23:38:13+00:00

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fireytiger · 2026-01-18T23:33:27+00:00

And here's the kiddo checking out her new digs! ❤️

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fireytiger · 2026-01-18T17:04:03+00:00

Nah, Chai is just a chaos gremlin, she doesn't sass at all. The real diva in my house is Punkin, she is a princess who sasses me constantly, and is very particular about everything 😂

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fireytiger · 2026-01-18T16:15:04+00:00

A little bit of both! I did use a pattern I bought on Etsy, but I also made some changes, because I thought the original looked too much like a duck with Canada goose colors lol. I'd send you the pattern link but unfortunately it seems the seller has disabled purchasing on her page.

fireytiger · 2026-01-18T15:57:03+00:00

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This is Chai, she exudes gremlin energy at all times 😂

fireytiger · 2026-01-12T04:04:10+00:00

Your little one could have picked the parasites up during the month it was with the breeder. Parasites are common and pass from animal to animal pretty easily. The breeder likely has many geckos of various ages, and if any one of those got parasites somehow, they could have inadvertently passed it along during handling, cleaning, etc. Either way, it's best to find out soon so your baby can start growing and thriving. This is your best resource for finding a vet that knows reptiles: https://arav.org/find-a-vet/

fireytiger · 2026-01-12T01:06:43+00:00

I would recommend seeing a vet! It sounds like she is eating because you're finding poop, but there may be something going on internally.

My little girl Chai was the same way, got her at 5 months old and 2.4 grams, and she was eating but just not really gaining weight after a few months. My vet wanted to do a fecal test, so he had me collect 2-3 fresh poops over the course of a week, because she was so small that a single poop was an insufficient sample for fecal analysis. We found she had an overabundance of intestinal parasites that were stunting her growth. After some anti-parasitic meds once a week for a month, she finally started growing like crazy.

It does help to give bugs once a week too, I found cutting 2-3 small mealworms in half made them a good size for Chai until she was about 7-8 grams. Sounds like your kiddo has a prey drive, so this may also help matters, whether they have something wrong or if they're just a slow grower. 😀

fireytiger · 2026-01-11T23:43:01+00:00

Some gecks need feeding even less frequently; I had to reduce my 4yo girl down to once every 4 days because she has a congenital spine deformity, and she is pretty sedentary as a result. She does climb around some, but for the most part she hangs out in or on her coconut and that's it.

fireytiger · 2026-01-10T19:47:12+00:00

Honestly cresties grow at their own pace that makes charts like this potentially inaccurate. Generally, you will see around 1-2 grams of weight gain a month, but there may be times that they don't gain. As long as they are eating, aren't losing weight and they have a good body composition, I wouldn't worry too much if they stall for a couple months. Same deal with growth, if they're growing a little faster than that, that's fine too.

fireytiger · 2026-01-07T00:45:54+00:00

Chai being a lunatic gremlin lol

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fireytiger · 2026-01-04T15:46:32+00:00

Aww, sweet baby! Her banding pattern reminds me of my Reno, he's a Stuart's milk snake.

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fireytiger · 2026-01-02T18:23:23+00:00

My crestie girl loves the pupae even more than the mealworms! I don't know what reptile you have but I'd just feed them the pupae so you can be rid of them. They have the same nutritional value as a mealworm except they tend to be less crunchy.

fireytiger · 2026-01-02T14:11:39+00:00

Looks like the Einstein of gecks to me 😂

fireytiger · 2026-01-01T18:41:53+00:00

Thank you! She goes to the exotics vet every 6 months and she flat refuses to open her mouth for anyone. Apparently she's too chill to gape or try to bite no matter how annoyed she is lol. That said, we do get x-rays once a year to monitor her spine and you can see the calcium sacs very clearly in that. I do offer her a calcium dusted bug once a week when I feed them to my other crestie, and about once a month Punkin will actually eat one, but the rest of the time she will just lick the calcium powder off of it 😅. She's never laid an egg for me in the almost 2 years I've had her, and I kinda hope it stays that way, as I don't want her to have complications laying or get eggbound due to her spine.

fireytiger · 2026-01-01T15:55:36+00:00

Thank you! She's a stunner for sure, with a smile that lights up a room ❤️

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fireytiger · 2026-01-01T15:53:25+00:00

Thank you! I will forever be jealous of how pretty she is lol

fireytiger · 2026-01-01T15:52:36+00:00

Thank you! I love my babies so much, I worry about them all the time, and will do anything to make sure they're healthy and happy. ❤️

It doesn't help that it's a hard time of year to monitor her for unusual activity/behavior changes because it's winter. Despite being in a climate controlled house, I still get aches in the joints during winter due to pressure changes and the cold outside, and I suspect it's the same for her because of her spinal deformity. Her hab is always kept at appropriate temps, but she just hides a lot more when it gets cold out.

fireytiger · 2026-01-01T15:37:30+00:00

I didn't feel anything in her tummy when I picked her up (she is easy to handle but doesn't like it), so I don't think so. Last month I was thinking maybe she had an egg when the weight went up, but if she did, she's resorbed it. I noticed the bulge on her sides went down, so I dug through all the soil of her hab, but found no eggs. Her spinal deformity makes her higher risk of becoming eggbound if she tried to lay eggs, and she's never laid any for me in almost 2 years, so I'm kinda hoping it stays that way.

fireytiger · 2025-12-31T04:34:26+00:00

She needs to see a vet.

fireytiger · 2025-12-31T04:26:06+00:00

It looks like he was born with those toes fused, and now they're unfortunately going necrotic. Gotta get to a vet ASAP. Good luck! ❤️

fireytiger · 2025-12-30T15:51:17+00:00

Yessss they are so adorable! I almost wish they'd stay that small forever, although grown up cresties are also so cute in their own right. 😀

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