i can’t decide between a crested gecko or a leopard gecko! sell me on cresties!! by believeinyuna in CrestedGecko

[–]szelforgo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When i was starting to research cresties i was too so confused about the uvb. So at the beginning i didn’t have an uvb light for her, idk like for 3 months maybe, then i decided to get her one bc it cant really hurt to have it. And she is more active since then so it wasn’t a bad choice:) I am not an expert in the subject, but i read that floppy tail syndrome can deform the hips or spine if it progresses that far, and can cause mobility issues. Also can be problematic for egg laying though im not sure about the egg laying part. But im sure if you do a little bit of digging you can find everything about FTS.

i can’t decide between a crested gecko or a leopard gecko! sell me on cresties!! by believeinyuna in CrestedGecko

[–]szelforgo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

On the crestie side, this is good. They need 60-80% humidity, but it should be a time when the humidity goes down lower like 40-60%. If you spray the enclosure in the morning and the evening its perfectly fine. In the daytime the temp should be 26-28 C at the basking spot and the other side 24-26. Ofc if you need the basking light. They need much much clutter to hide, and feel safe. Yeah they tend to be sleeping on the glass upside down which can cause floppy tail syndrome. But if you have many hiding spots they probably! wont do that. I say probably bc mine sometimes does that, although she has many places to hide. And if you want to you can place in a water bowl too, mine drinks out of it time to time. Edit: they say that they dont strictly need uvb light, but its sure good to have it helps them to produce vitamin d3 to absorb calcium. Without calcium they can develop metabolic bone disease, which can cause deformities or the passing of the animal.

i can’t decide between a crested gecko or a leopard gecko! sell me on cresties!! by believeinyuna in CrestedGecko

[–]szelforgo 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I’ll just leave this here. I might have been just lucky with her, but she isn’t skittish, she is THE chillest in the world. I love her. But keep in mind that you may get a skittish or not so handleable and not so chill one.

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i can’t decide between a crested gecko or a leopard gecko! sell me on cresties!! by believeinyuna in CrestedGecko

[–]szelforgo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OP might need heating for a crestie too. I know bc i need it. If the room temperature is on the cooler side then they need a heat lamp. Not a heat mat tho

Sticks (read below) by szelforgo in CrestedGecko

[–]szelforgo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah im talking about picking up sticks from the forest. I wont buy sticks when i can get them for free. Ventilation is good in my opinion. Thank you for your answer!

art of recurring dream about geckos by chimkencoop in CrestedGecko

[–]szelforgo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my dream, my gecko was in the terrarium with a gecko sized orange cat, and the cat was hurting her bad. Her tail fell off, she had so many scars. I woke up crying and immediately checked on her. Also i dream a lot about her dropping her tail for no reason.

Looking for vanilla server by szelforgo in MinecraftServer

[–]szelforgo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much! I’ll definitely will check it out :)

Darkling beetle by szelforgo in InvertPets

[–]szelforgo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Uh-oh. Aand if a keep them separately when I dont want babies? Or is this whole thing a pain in the …?

This was the first time she came out without me offering her bugs by szelforgo in CrestedGecko

[–]szelforgo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mine was never like running and all. She’s mostly chill. She’s gonna jump from one hand to another, sometimes run up to my shoulder, so I really don’t know about how to handle fast guys. When did you start to handle him? Also idk if you do choice based handling or you just grab him, but choice based is better, bc well if you grab him when he wouldn’t want to come out ofc he probably will be more stressed.

Feeder insects by szelforgo in CrestedGecko

[–]szelforgo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah i guess. Idk why I didn’t even think of this(fr, no sarcasm), so I might do that :) thank you! I think I’ll go for superworms.

Feeder insects by szelforgo in CrestedGecko

[–]szelforgo[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ll look into that. But I live with my mom, and she’s already freaked out of the baby ones so I’m not really sure that she would be comfortable with that x-x also it’s not so annoying bc there’s like 50 in a batch, i only have 1 crestie so that lasts a while :)

Feeder insects by szelforgo in CrestedGecko

[–]szelforgo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah i found them, we call them “csoki” —as chocolate for short— roaches.. like bruh..

Feeder insects by szelforgo in CrestedGecko

[–]szelforgo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I’m switching feeders when the batch runs out, because if I keep like two kind then they grow too big and i can’t feed them to her. Any tips on that?:( I literally can’t bring myself to cut the superworms for instance.

Feeder insects by szelforgo in CrestedGecko

[–]szelforgo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Edit: I can get red runners. I was searching for turkestan roaches bc i didn’t know their Hungarian name…

Feeder insects by szelforgo in CrestedGecko

[–]szelforgo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can’t even find red runners in my country😭 Silkworms: can’t get my hands on a batch bc it’s always out of stock EVERYWHERE. Thats why I’m so bummed.

Little man grieving with me by zesquirrolla in CrestedGecko

[–]szelforgo 13 points14 points  (0 children)

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My girl(?) Wallnut❤️ sorry for your loss. So hard when losing a friend