Soon to Be New Crested Gecko Owner!

[sericinda]

So I've been wanting a reptile for years, but never found one that just really captured me and made me want to own it, until I discovered Cresties. I will be getting my first one later this week from our very own Vicious_fish. I'm excited, as it's a gorgeous baby!

Any advice/lessons learned on keeping cresties?

Question on my enclosure plans...I have a 10 gallon tipped on its side for now and a 30 gallon tall for when its older. Will be using just paper towels on the bottom for now, but I plan to do a fully natural enclosure for the 30 gallon when he/she is bigger.

Is 30 gallon tall TOO big? I eventually plan to have a pair. I also have a regular 20 gallon tank I could use, but I'm thinking the height of the 30 tall would be ideal. I have screen tops on all of them, a digital therm/hygro and some climbing vines.

If the 30 gallon tall will be too overwhelming for it, I will set that up as a fish tank lol

Thanks for any answers!

 

[kjfan1]

I plan on getting a leopard from VF some day. I am looking forward to following your thread man!!

 

[Vicious_Fish]

Well for starters you might want to keep the gecko in the smaller tank until it gets a little bigger. They sometimes have trouble finding food in a large tank. That will also give you some time to setup a nice habitat in the 30 gallon. These guys love vertical space so the 30 gallon will work great and you could easily keep a pair in that.

 

[sericinda]

Well for starters you might want to keep the gecko in the smaller tank until it gets a little bigger. They sometimes have trouble finding food in a large tank. That will also give you some time to setup a nice habitat in the 30 gallon. These guys love vertical space so the 30 gallon will work great and you could easily keep a pair in that.

will the 10 gallon tipped on side be too big for the baby to start out? I can set it up normally and partition it off to make it smaller too.

 

[Vicious_Fish]

No, a 10 gallon would work great for a starting tank.

 

[sericinda]

No, a 10 gallon would work great for a starting tank.

Good deal, that's my plan for now, the 30 I bought for when it's older. Thought that would be perfect since it's a tall tank and I could make some really nice climbing areas for a pair.

 

[Vicious_Fish]

You could make a pretty cool fake wall for the background and attach plants, sticks, rocks and moss to it. Here's the tank build I did for my cresteds. It might give you some ideas.

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=220290

 

[sericinda]

You could make a pretty cool fake wall for the background and attach plants, sticks, rocks and moss to it. Here's the tank build I did for my cresteds. It might give you some ideas.

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=220290

I found that thread last night and bookmarked it, haha...it looks amazing