Thanks for talking about how jumpy Lissa used to be. I have my first crested who is just young right now. he's about 8 grams. but he runs from me like the plague and poops on me. Needless to say, I dont do a alot of handling with him at the moment from the stress it causes him. I only handle him when feeding crickets. I feed him crickets out side of the cage in a tote so I can make sure he is eating them and i dont have stray crickets. It gives me hope maybe he'll settle down with age and i can handle him a little more without it being so stressful for both of us lol
My crested gecko Houdini is very jumpy and fast! I have done all the things like you said and he is still the same. Just when I think he is calming down ,he lets me relax then jumps. I hope he calms down with age . thank you for the info about the age thing.
Ik im late but crested geckos are natural jumpers. There’s a difference between skittish and jumpy. So take this to ur advantage. Encourage your gecko to jump from hand to hand. If they’re skittish as well then do it over a tub. You also have to remember they the are a prey animal so we can be scary to them. The last thing is you have to do it frequently or they will become skittish again. No hate to u or sostic
@@allyscarrow7235 Mine did that tonight freaked me the f out and I kinda tossed her back in her cage 😅😂 ....... she is fine even still has her tail looked back and I swear she laughed 😂
I'm currently training 8 geckos. Four Gargoyle geckos and four Crested geckos. Every evening and sometimes in the morning I handle different animals...it's definitely not boring in my bedroom/terrarium room! I've set myself at least three years timeframe to get them all/most of them handtame. This should be interesting...
I've had my gecko for 2-3 years now and i never really got to handle him to much as he was in a room with lots of places to escape and i didn't want him to hurt himself, but now he is in my room and I've only just started to keep his terrarium doors open while i feed him as he has started getting used to coming out in the light of my bedroom. I sit on my bed and try not to make too much noise and he just sits and stares at me lol. Hopefully he will get used to me
what about 1 that runs from you in the tank to? i bought him off a breeder that i think never handled him very much he's an adult male going on 4 years old
Any way to potty train a crestie to poop/pee in a corner (like leopard geckos)? I’ve noticed mine usually pees/poops before 8pm so if I handle her after 8pm then I won’t get pooped/peed on but wish she could go in a corner! Since the day I got her, I’ve handled her every day for a few minutes/let her explore my bed while I clean/put in new CGD mix. She loves coming out now. Every night when I open her tank, she comes out on her own. She prefers to explore (instead of staying with me) but I’m hoping she will just chill as she ages
Hey man, new to your channel and just got my first crestie. Just wanted to say you have helped me so much with all of the great information you put in your vids thanks man
mines a baby, the size of my pinky and i feel so bad never holding him but it’s so hard, he jumps on my face, my shirt, and the floor and i’m scared of him getting lost
Very reassuring that even a really skittish gecko can eventually tame down. Every time I get close to ours, it takes off like a bat out of hell. We've only had it for a month though so not all that surprising.
My cresty male looks like fall just more yellow on his sides. Issue I'm having with high end foods and fresh berries and fruit he's not gaining much weight. He's still kinda thin but his legs are super muscular and he acts like a psychopath when I clean his decor in his vivarium. Any ideas for weight gain fruits for him are welcome including if I have to make a wax worm and fruit smoothie I will do so
If your crestie is skinny with have big/swollen legs he might have MBD. When you say high end food I’m not sure if you meant powdered meal replacement. You also shouldn’t be feeding too many fruits to him since they do have a small stomach and you’d want them to be eating something more nutritious first. Hope that helps!
Last night I had a not so great handling session right when I was making slow progress before now. It scared my crestie and I felt so bad. It's tough to handle the leapers and runners without stressing them. She's 8 months and I'm not fond of handling her yet and she's not fond of me. Makes me feel bad. I've never dropped her even once but she runs from me and if she goes to the back of the tank, I won't chase her. It's so frustrating, she won't hand walk and just still races and jumps. I don't know what to do. Any suggestions? I move slowly, she never bites, just avoids my hands. Still has her tail. I move my hand in front of her and get her to step on it but she tries hard not to and just runs off. I try everything. Only very short handling sessions at this point.
What’s the best way to get my new crested out of the tank? I tried to let her crawl on my hand & she just ran away so I left her alone to not stress her out. Should I try to grab her gently b4 she runs away?
Great videos . ive learned alot watching your techniques .my crety Flokie is only 7 weeks so lots of videos while he gets used to mommy only had him 2 weeks ...second day he started coming out and hanging on his viens not hiding when i open his tub . im makeing his 45gallon forever home for when hes 6 months or older depending on how big he gets ...what do you suggest ?? Ive gotten about $600 worth of hides and vines and fake leaves want to make him a doubble level . i only have one and dont plan on ending up with a house full she says after buying the first crested gecko she ever held .....just want to give him or her the best life ...we call him him but wont know fir a while ....and help is great thanks i see you keep yours healthy and happy
Crested geckos are FAST. One night I got done changing out my crested gecko Lily’s food and I closed the cage but SOMEHOW she got out faster than I noticed and I was laying in bed half asleep and I see something moving on my desk and when I look over she’s just chilling. I yelled for my dad cause I was so scared because I have a cat who tries to eat her who was under my bed. She ended up jumping behind the desk and climbed up the wall and when we finally got her she peed ALL OVER my bed and my room smelled SO BAD for the next few days.
@@Sostic Thank you for answering! I started practicing that but I think he needs a lot of time. He's ok with my hand being close to him and sometimes even licks it out of curiosity but after a short time he looks visibly uncomfortable and leaves. I just let him be then and do it again the next day.
I have a question my gecko all the sudden for the past four weeks has just been crazy I put my head in the cage and he runs around the cage super crazy please let me know if you have any advice
Sostic No all I can think is that I’ve been putting my Aceon because it’s the summer off and on and I’ve been moving sticks around here and there that’s about it And I have not been changing up my handling schedule either all I know is yesterday I was holding him and he’s been like for the past four weeks I’ve been trying to get him out of his cage and he like run around his cage like mad dash and then yesterday he let me take them out fine I got him out and he ran up the side of my wall onto my ceiling and we had to catch them down
5:17 I love how she jumped and changed her mind and held on with her tail 😂 mine is a frog butt, got it that way but I'm a bit anxious to start the handling process. I'm still waiting at least another week to even start it because I just got "her" (too small to sex). I'll definitely grab a large tub when I do start. She's so fast. You blink and she's gone
Sostic ah ok! And what time do they wake up? I’ve heard about 8pm they wake up and then 11pm ish they sleep again. Is that about right? Just I’ve got school, so I’m not rlly going to be handling them during the day, but at the weekends I might to show a friend or something, and also just after school at about 4pm if I’ve got something on that takes all night (although things rarely take past 9pm)
My little one Weiss would probably sleep in a bed with me and I could wake up and find him right there, now Millie, she’s jumpy as soon as I open the cage to mist or clean, and she doesn’t approve of petting
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Your welcome
And thank you for making this video
When should i handle my baby crested gecko i just got the crestie today and the gecko isn't quite used to being held my crestie jumps so far
@@bellagilbert2061 I would give him two weeks to adjust to his new home before holding him
It would be great if you could maybe show how to Tame a juvenile crested gecko
kJ DCNation I’m having the same problem I have a juvenile female and she’s scared of me and very skiddish I need help
Zulya Artikova same
Zulya A I need a tutorial about how to tame/handle my baby crestie .-. Help
it tends we need a video soon for this.
Finally! A video with an actual fast/skittish crestie! Thank you for the tips and options, will be using them soon.
Thanks for talking about how jumpy Lissa used to be. I have my first crested who is just young right now. he's about 8 grams. but he runs from me like the plague and poops on me. Needless to say, I dont do a alot of handling with him at the moment from the stress it causes him. I only handle him when feeding crickets. I feed him crickets out side of the cage in a tote so I can make sure he is eating them and i dont have stray crickets. It gives me hope maybe he'll settle down with age and i can handle him a little more without it being so stressful for both of us lol
don't really gotta feed him crickets!
@@ValFinale it's optional but I think feeding crickets or other feeder insects 1-2 a week really helps them grow.
lkoechle1 has he gotten calmer?
My crested gecko Houdini is very jumpy and fast! I have done all the things like you said and he is still the same. Just when I think he is calming down ,he lets me relax then jumps. I hope he calms down with age . thank you for the info about the age thing.
It takes awhile for them to calm down
Ik im late but crested geckos are natural jumpers. There’s a difference between skittish and jumpy. So take this to ur advantage. Encourage your gecko to jump from hand to hand. If they’re skittish as well then do it over a tub. You also have to remember they the are a prey animal so we can be scary to them. The last thing is you have to do it frequently or they will become skittish again. No hate to u or sostic
My gecko goes flying up my arm it’s horrifying 😂
omg same it freaks me out
@@allyscarrow7235 Mine did that tonight freaked me the f out and I kinda tossed her back in her cage 😅😂 ....... she is fine even still has her tail looked back and I swear she laughed 😂
These geckos are so cute can’t wait to get one
So when Alissa was young, jumpy, and running away from you,
how did you managed to pick her up and took her out of the enclosure?
I'm currently training 8 geckos. Four Gargoyle geckos and four Crested geckos. Every evening and sometimes in the morning I handle different animals...it's definitely not boring in my bedroom/terrarium room! I've set myself at least three years timeframe to get them all/most of them handtame. This should be interesting...
I don't mind jumping. Its what makes crested gecko unique and fun to handle
Cutest Geckos tbh ❤️
Thank you so much. This'll help a lot with my new crestie, Stumpy. He's a bit spastic.
This will help with my new gecko amber thanks a lot
Lissa is really really a beauty !
Thank you!
I've had my gecko for 2-3 years now and i never really got to handle him to much as he was in a room with lots of places to escape and i didn't want him to hurt himself, but now he is in my room and I've only just started to keep his terrarium doors open while i feed him as he has started getting used to coming out in the light of my bedroom. I sit on my bed and try not to make too much noise and he just sits and stares at me lol. Hopefully he will get used to me
what about 1 that runs from you in the tank to? i bought him off a breeder that i think never handled him very much he's an adult male going on 4 years old
Any way to potty train a crestie to poop/pee in a corner (like leopard geckos)? I’ve noticed mine usually pees/poops before 8pm so if I handle her after 8pm then I won’t get pooped/peed on but wish she could go in a corner!
Since the day I got her, I’ve handled her every day for a few minutes/let her explore my bed while I clean/put in new CGD mix. She loves coming out now. Every night when I open her tank, she comes out on her own. She prefers to explore (instead of staying with me) but I’m hoping she will just chill as she ages
Hey man, new to your channel and just got my first crestie. Just wanted to say you have helped me so much with all of the great information you put in your vids thanks man
mines a baby, the size of my pinky and i feel so bad never holding him but it’s so hard, he jumps on my face, my shirt, and the floor and i’m scared of him getting lost
Very reassuring that even a really skittish gecko can eventually tame down. Every time I get close to ours, it takes off like a bat out of hell. We've only had it for a month though so not all that surprising.
Mines 9 years old and just recently started to try an bite me.. any reason?? Do i just let him bite me and train that out of him??
My cresty male looks like fall just more yellow on his sides. Issue I'm having with high end foods and fresh berries and fruit he's not gaining much weight. He's still kinda thin but his legs are super muscular and he acts like a psychopath when I clean his decor in his vivarium. Any ideas for weight gain fruits for him are welcome including if I have to make a wax worm and fruit smoothie I will do so
Gut loaded crickets usually help
If your crestie is skinny with have big/swollen legs he might have MBD. When you say high end food I’m not sure if you meant powdered meal replacement. You also shouldn’t be feeding too many fruits to him since they do have a small stomach and you’d want them to be eating something more nutritious first. Hope that helps!
Got my new baby crestie today so thanks for the tips.
You're welcome good luck with the new baby!
Last night I had a not so great handling session right when I was making slow progress before now. It scared my crestie and I felt so bad. It's tough to handle the leapers and runners without stressing them. She's 8 months and I'm not fond of handling her yet and she's not fond of me. Makes me feel bad. I've never dropped her even once but she runs from me and if she goes to the back of the tank, I won't chase her. It's so frustrating, she won't hand walk and just still races and jumps. I don't know what to do. Any suggestions? I move slowly, she never bites, just avoids my hands. Still has her tail. I move my hand in front of her and get her to step on it but she tries hard not to and just runs off. I try everything. Only very short handling sessions at this point.
Love your videos ❤️
Thank you
Sostic they have really helped me tame and understand my gecko more
What’s the best way to get my new crested out of the tank? I tried to let her crawl on my hand & she just ran away so I left her alone to not stress her out. Should I try to grab her gently b4 she runs away?
Same question here, my Gecko runs when my hand is more like 5 sec near him.
Same! I want to clean her tank but she runs away all the time🥲
Great videos . ive learned alot watching your techniques .my crety Flokie is only 7 weeks so lots of videos while he gets used to mommy only had him 2 weeks ...second day he started coming out and hanging on his viens not hiding when i open his tub . im makeing his 45gallon forever home for when hes 6 months or older depending on how big he gets ...what do you suggest ?? Ive gotten about $600 worth of hides and vines and fake leaves want to make him a doubble level . i only have one and dont plan on ending up with a house full she says after buying the first crested gecko she ever held .....just want to give him or her the best life ...we call him him but wont know fir a while ....and help is great thanks i see you keep yours healthy and happy
Crested geckos are FAST. One night I got done changing out my crested gecko Lily’s food and I closed the cage but SOMEHOW she got out faster than I noticed and I was laying in bed half asleep and I see something moving on my desk and when I look over she’s just chilling. I yelled for my dad cause I was so scared because I have a cat who tries to eat her who was under my bed. She ended up jumping behind the desk and climbed up the wall and when we finally got her she peed ALL OVER my bed and my room smelled SO BAD for the next few days.
But how do you train picking her up? My crestie doesn't let me pick him up as well, as you described Lissa did in the beginning.
I would start by just allowing your hand to be near her inside the enclosure
@@Sostic Thank you for answering! I started practicing that but I think he needs a lot of time. He's ok with my hand being close to him and sometimes even licks it out of curiosity but after a short time he looks visibly uncomfortable and leaves. I just let him be then and do it again the next day.
How did you get from the running away from you to the first handling?
@bfsb420 You might need to start but just getting it used to your hand being near first
@Sostic and then he just decides one day he wants to crawl on your hand? I've been trying that, with no luck so far.
@@bfsb420 Overtime I would gently try to pick up, but keeping him in the tank at first a few inches off the ground
My gecko is just a baby and I’m afraid I will lose him if I try to handle him cuz he jumps around like a lot,will he be more calm ever lol
I have a question my gecko all the sudden for the past four weeks has just been crazy I put my head in the cage and he runs around the cage super crazy please let me know if you have any advice
Have you changed anything about the cage or changed your handling habits at all?
Sostic No all I can think is that I’ve been putting my Aceon because it’s the summer off and on and I’ve been moving sticks around here and there that’s about it And I have not been changing up my handling schedule either all I know is yesterday I was holding him and he’s been like for the past four weeks I’ve been trying to get him out of his cage and he like run around his cage like mad dash and then yesterday he let me take them out fine I got him out and he ran up the side of my wall onto my ceiling and we had to catch them down
@@myzoo2856 Tbh I have geckos that go through streaks of that every now and again. I wouldn't be too worried
@@myzoo2856 I wouldn't handle him for awhile and just let him chill out
Sostic OK thanks for your help and thank you for responding to my comment
Should you hand feed them when you first get your crested gecko?
I personally wouldn't
5:17 I love how she jumped and changed her mind and held on with her tail 😂 mine is a frog butt, got it that way but I'm a bit anxious to start the handling process. I'm still waiting at least another week to even start it because I just got "her" (too small to sex). I'll definitely grab a large tub when I do start. She's so fast. You blink and she's gone
The problem about mine is that he won’t climb on me OR let me pick him up..pls help😭😭
this really helped!
How big should I let my crestie get before I start handling her ??
I would try to keep handling to a minimum until they're at least 10 grams
@@Sostic okay, thank you :)
My gecko trys to bite me when trying to handle
I have a frapuccino who was named Loey. She is now called Spaz
What happens if you hold them too much? Not good? We just got one... I’m doing so much research lol
Holding too much can cause extra stress. I recommend starting small and building up time over a couple months
What time was it when you did this video? im just wondering so i know what time is a good time to handle and clean the tank out
You can handle anytime you want, they're just more active at night
Sostic ah ok. So they won’t mind if I get them out during the day on some days? And do they sleep all day, or are they active at some points?
@@ToxikDnB544 Not at all, 90% of the time I handle them during the day. They do sleep the majority of the day
Sostic ah ok! And what time do they wake up? I’ve heard about 8pm they wake up and then 11pm ish they sleep again. Is that about right? Just I’ve got school, so I’m not rlly going to be handling them during the day, but at the weekends I might to show a friend or something, and also just after school at about 4pm if I’ve got something on that takes all night (although things rarely take past 9pm)
@@ToxikDnB544 I usually see them out and about when it gets dark and they can be up all night as far as I know
My little one Weiss would probably sleep in a bed with me and I could wake up and find him right there, now Millie, she’s jumpy as soon as I open the cage to mist or clean, and she doesn’t approve of petting
What do you feed him
Probably pangea or repashy crested gecko diet and every once in a while some insect feeders
my gecko just runs away any tips
Give it time
@@Sostic i got a 1 meter long and 40 cm thick and 50 cm tall thats big enough right
@@briteclanofficial6638 Your tank is that big?
Mine is super jumpy but is pretty and has tail
Vary nice video.
Lissa is so pretty
My crested gecko never has been out of it’s cage because it’s so scared of me :(
i rescued a gecko from my cousin that my breeder uncle gave her and he is super jumpy hates people and wasnever handeled before
My creastie Loki is insanely skiddish and verry jumpy... cant wait to put this tutorial to the test😂😎
hows it going
Mine bit me
I am sad
Same
Great looking crested. How old are they and are they on straight powdered food or do you feed them crickets
The first one is 2 years old and the second is about 1. I feed them a combo of crickets and powdered food
My gecko doesnt even walk he just jumps now hes so tricky to handle
Mine won’t even let me pick him up
@All Seeing Eye my gecko is 2 years
She’s probably just scared I used to have a gecko like her and she is just scared
First :a
i going to get a gecko like your .... but not like your i hope :)
All my baby does is crawl around in my shirt and I’m scared of hurting it