When you said about hearing thuds it made me laugh. I have two crested gecko enclosures in my bedroom and once one of them woke me up, by jumping off her log lol. Their such fun pets.
I hear mine making loud thuds too. One day when I watched my baby eating a cricket I understood why😂 it literally got is and smacked into the glass whilst getting it 😂
one time i walked into the living room ( where my crestie's tank is ) and she was sitting upside down on the top screen defying gravity and that's about the 7th time I've seen her do that, crested geckos are so funny
What you said about them running very fast when they go on the floor, I can confirm! A while ago I got a baby crested gecko and I held him one time in the evening and he jumped off my hand, sprinted under my bed and started climbing up one of the legs of the bed frame at the back 😳 I was so scared I was going to lose him but in the end it was fine. I have only handled mine in the daytime since, because he’s much slower/sleepier, but still faster than Lyra lol.
Lol I love cresties! It's so cute how their little toes curl up when they are about to jump. I have two cresties and they are always jumping onto the phone when I try to take a pic 😂
Me too, I have had so many pictures where it’s blurry because of my crestie jumping onto the phone or the camera completely being covered by his body lol
@@kitastrophey hahaha that always happens to me but one time mine opened my Google Assistant and I was like oh no you open Google and Google was just like do you not find me a good assistant and I said no to my crested gecko and Google got all offended and wouldn't let me use her for a week
My gecko does the same thing. The first time I held her she jumped onto my other hand. A couple weeks ago, she crawled on my hand and jumped onto my shoulder.
@@randomuser2212 last time I let my gecko on my shoulder ,she was climbing my arm and then she called into my shirt through the sleeve and it felt kind of weird but she just sat there with her head poking out of my sleeve and then she fell to sleep and it was adorable
Ah crazy haha, the only time my geckos have jumped was when they were little and still getting used to me. Gizmo did it when she was a baby, I think I accidentally spooked her.
If you live in Southampton Britain then there’s a really good reptile shop called Southampton reptile. That’s where I got my crestie and he’s super healthy. You can find their address and info on their website.
I love owning my crested gecko I adopted mind three years ago and it’s been a joy every single day owning him I named him delta after the raptor from Jurassic World
Thank you so much! I was really hoping you would make this video as I have a crestie. You are an amazing reptile RUclipsr and I love your videos! They are the most interesting and useful reptile videos I have seen. 😄😆😊
I was binging your videos for like 2 weeks prior to getting my crestie this past weekend - SO excited to go on this journey and have fun doing so. Absolutely love your channel and all the value you provide!!! SUPER amped for more videos from you in GENERAL. THANKS A TON.
This is really helpful, because I want a crested gecko for my birthday, and this is very informational and shows what it is actually like to have one of these as a pet. Thank you
I just got a lovely little baby crestie a week ago today, he is an amazing little animal, they are such amazing pets, especially if you are new to reptiles like me.
Baby cresties are so cute and so fast! You need to be careful when handling 😂 mine seems to run and jump onto my hair and if I get it off it always wants to go in my hair 😂 I don't know why.
I've been watching your channel for a good bit now and you have really inspired me to actually pay attention to my animals and encouraged me to make sure everything is right for my leopard gecko. I've had her sense I was nine and never really known the importance of the care they should receive. I love your channel and I thank you for everything you have done.
Awww this reminds me of back in junior high when my science teacher had 2 crested geckos- one male, and one female. My friends and I would visit the geckos every day after school. One was named Angela. She was my BABY. She would always hop over to me, climb on my arm, on my jacket, on my shoulders, and snuggle up against me. She died later that year. RIP Angela, my little scale-y baby.
@@ribbitribbit0 Np. I understand what it's like to lose a pet. My dog died 2 years ago, and I miss her everyday. Maybe you can get a crested gecko of your own someday!
Your bioactive tank stories and feeding made me set up the finest bio tank for a young cresty. She's very skittish but loves her house. I have got a bit obsessed with breeding isopods and it's kinda taken over the room! I cant seem to get her to take any live food (unless she nom's an isopod which is quite likely). I keep crickets to hand, but they so far haven't become her dinner and get too huge after a few weeks. If we werent in lockdown, Id give them away!
My gecko is skittish too. It's kind of sad. I have had her since October and she has put on like 10g since then. When she sees me she is like... oh no ur gonna take me out and she runs to her hide because she knows I won't get her out since I have to move everything to get there. It is painful. I have to quickly pick her up before she runs away
It's weird how yours isn't eating crickets cause mine loves them and locusts. She charges at them and smacks straight into the glass🤣. I once had to put her off live food as she wasn't eating her diet. 🤭
@@EZS248 I suspect Freckle never was shown live food, and doesnt know what to do about it. Ive tried the tricks shown on this channel, but it didnt work. She might catch on eventually. If I get her out, she has a 'splat party' onto me and everything in the room if she can. I limt it to about 10 mins, then pop her back. I sometimes blob some food on her. She must eat something, otherwise she wouldnt now be 17g, up from 15g when I got her early this month.
Lyra is such a sweetheart 💓 the wrinkly head though 😆 I’ve had my boy Sparky for a year now, and he loves to climb on the roof of his vivarium and always makes strange metal noises in the night. He isn’t the best at hunting, but he’s around over a year old, so he’s got a lot of practicing to do lol. He’ll have a locust in front of him and just lick it until it hops away 😆
Thanks :) Haha Lyra is the same! She'll just randomly walk on the roof at night lol. Sometimes I try to tong feed lyra, but yeah Cresties aren't always the most active hunters 😅
Thanks for Showing this Video!! It helped me so Much with Papaya, im a New Crested Gecko Owner and had many Questions, this helped Answer most oh them! Edit: Ive Looked so much things up and was ready for Papaya, i learned that your Never Ready to finally own your Dream pet- 1. Shes Very Noisy at night. 2. Shes a runner. but 3...Shes the BEST thing thats happened to me
Leopard Gecko 100x happier, getting a pair of mourning geckos tipped me over the edge to change all my tanks to bioactive... took a while but worth it!
My Crested Gecko Atlas wakes up at 6pm every evening and he isn't bothered by me having my lamp on at all. He's active, loves to watch me and see what I'm up to. And he loves watching me play video games. lol He's a very inquisitive boy.
It's sad that mine isn't like that. The moment it sees me it runs😭🥺. GECKO: oof it's that annoying person trying to take me out again. I better run.😵😑🤫 ME: stay it's fine I only want to pick u up.😊 GECKO: Nope (runs the fastest I've ever seen it into it's hide where I can't get it.) ME: U just broke my heart 💔
Loved this video. I've never thought much about crested geckos, but I could see these being a fun pet to own, especially with (responsible kids). Also, I had the video on at 1.75x, and the music that plays during the nighttime recording, in addition to Lyra(sp?)... Hilarious.
Hey I know this probably won’t be seen but I was thinking of getting a created gecko and the thing is I work during the day and I have my room light off. So that would be ok for him? And then when I get home he’ll probably still be sleeping and I can get him out and handle him at night time.
My creatie just got big enough to go into her final tank! I’ve had her since she was two months old and so small she had to live in a modified deli cup for a few weeks. Now that she’s seven months she’s really starting to grow more quickly and I’m finally not scared of handling her lol. She really loves sleeping stuck to the glass upside down during the day
I have a uromastyx named jaba , they are diurnal, and I love her :) mabey you should consider getting one, they aren't too skittish, but be sure if you are handling one , be sure that you are close to the floor, and they can't drop their tail , they are like slightly larger leopard geckos , but just when it comes to handling
I'm so glad you showed that glass cleaner again because you talked about it before but I couldn't remember the video. I've had my gargoyle gecko for almost 6 months now and the glass is in need lol
Thank you for showing me what a day is like with a crested gecko. I was thinking about getting one but luckily I saw this and realised how much they sleep.
I've always heard the ink in newspaper can be toxic to reptiles, so I would be a little worried doing that on a surface she drinks from. But thank you for the tip anyway :)
who disliked the video really who did it she is just a kind young woman who knows and loves her geckos. She was the one who inspired me to get my little sweetheart Loki. Who ever did it should be ashamed and is uncaring. I'm doing a bio-active tank because of her inspiring me to do one. I don't want to see anymore dislikes on her videos ever again .
Aw thanks, it's okay, there are people who just click on my videos to dislike, but jokes on them because their interaction means more engagement on the video
I’m so excited to get my crestie! I’m building my tank right now as I did for my rankins dragon but it is so great that they only want to be handled at night because I’m out most of the day and always up late haha
I got a crestie last year and I’m really struggling on getting the confidence to mine! Is there any tips you could give me on handling and getting confidence
The Zoologicals it’s healthy for it to be super active and jumpy (especially during dusk,dawn or night) and to get it more used to you try handling it for 15-30 mins everyday (it’s not necessary but certainly helps get it used to you and your voice.) 🙂
I've found that my room light being on at night doesn't affect my crestie. Like that used to be his day time indicator but now that he has a jungle dawn led that means day time for him and the room light doesn't mean anything. I like to think about it like sunset when the room lights on because he starts to wake up then lol
Hey there thanks for another video!! Could you or someone help me out with a feeding question? I provide live insects every now and then but I’m curious how many do I offer in one sitting?, until they don’t eat them? Or just stick to a few every time, Thanks for your help!!
I know you showed your chahoua in this video... but I think you should also do a day in the life of a chahoua! I love seeing yours and I personally find them adorable and cool!
Can you please do a video on the monthly costs of a crested gecko I really want one I love reptiles and my mom won’t let me get anything that eats bugs and bugs only (I know that’s they do eat bugs but they also eat the repashy stuff) I think she will only let me get one if I pay for it myself witch I think I can do but it depends on how much it costs
Ah, crested geckos get crickets as snacks only! Like, hm, once a week? They eat commercial food, I'd say Pangea or I use Zoomed. They also eat fruit, like Bananas, Apricots, and peaches. Get them mushed up, its only used as a treat.
I have a question: Do crested geckos usually lose their tails? I was thinking about getting one but I have heard many stories of them losing their tails. Do they do it often?
Yes they do, in the wild 99% of them lost their tail, they lose the tails If they are spooked, and sometimes they just feel like it. They dont grow back. I am also getting crested geckos.
I’ve had my crested gecko for about a month now and she’s amazing and seems to be doing well (pooping, moving, eating) but she isn’t very active. I don’t know if it counts as lethargic because she still moves and can go quite quickly at some times but generally she’s quite… timid? She seems scared of jumping for the most part, and she walks in slow motion as if she’s a big cat stalking prey. I don’t know if it’s a health issue, a personality thing (she’s apparently always been very calm) or just because she’s still adjusting to her environment. But I hope she’s okay. It’s hard to know if she’s lethargic when there aren’t a lot of demonstrations out there showing what lethargy looks like.
My crestie is either super chill or constantly sprinting everywhere. Sometimes we watch movies together though and that’s always fun although one time he pooped on my laptop 😂😂
A great natural way to clean water marks off of glass if you dont want to use cleaner is mature water and newspaper! Use the newspaper like a wipe. (Mature water is water left for a day which you should use for everything. Do not use tap water for an animal)
Getting a baby Is a lot of fun because they require only a small cage and are easy to care for and bond with. My baby Kai is tiny but healthy, and while he wont be grown for a good year or year and a half it will be worth it watching him grow
Hello! I have a problem my friends crested gecko hasn’t been eating my friend has had it about a week its skinny and super young and she tries to put a little food on the geckos nose and it will do nothing but try and wipe it on stuff she’s left food in the tank and the gecko hasn’t touched it she’s worried about it if I could get your feedback that’d be great!:)
I'm definitely not a professional, but from what I've heard, sometimes they are just dehydrated and need something to drink. Have they looked up anything so far? And what food products and items do they offer? When I got mine for the first time, it didn't really take any of the powder mixes, so I mainly gave it crickets (if it took them) with a tiny bit of the powder on it. And, I guess, if things don't get better, contact a vet. (This is from personal experience and might not work with your friend's gecko, but good luck)
Mackenzie Chin she feeds her gecko watermelon pangea the I went to see the gecko and it was hatchling size very small and skinny sadly the gecko passed this evening but sometimes young geckos don’t always make it thank you for your advice I’ll definitely tell her if she tries with another gecko
I’m getting one soon but people have different opinions on where to put food. Some say put it on a shelf sone say put it on the ground it’s fine what do u recommend?
Hey, I would like to ask how a crested gecko will do if left alone for one day. I am home until about 2:15 on Sunday, then leave and don’t come home til Tuesday at around 7 AM. I really love geckos and crested geckos seem quite a lot easier to manage than leopard geckos, and would love to have one. Please someone help me out, thank you. :)
Please i need some insight...... i own 3 2 adults one baby leapord geckos. All male im pretty sure thought they may have been female but just wouldn’t be possible because they’ve been in the same tank for a 9 months according to my sister wich she has given them to me and I’ve already improved their lives. Since they’ve been fine together all this time. I upgraded them to a 20 gall all i could afford from a 10 gallon. But I seemingly cant get the baby to eat anything. The adults have been good even the first day i had them they ate but i have yet to see the baby eat anything, ive come up with an idea to put a devider in the tank to keep the food separate from the other too so he has a chance to actually eat something. Ive also got him to lick some calcium off my finger, he hasnt had any due to my sisters lack of knowledge on these lizards. Hopefully with him devided with his food he’ll at some point have to eat something. As of right now he jyst keeps climbing up the glass. And i have heating pads on both sides an he also has a hide. Please anyone any tips comments would be appreciated!
Question: In a non-bioactive tank with eco earth, and spraying down the tank, how do you prevent mold? I don't want to use insects to eat the mold as I dont like insects.
Thankfully we have an RODI system, so I switched to that water and no longer get all the mineral buildup (if it bothers anyone, and you have access to that type of water)
Ah nice. I've read mixed things about whether RO water is good for the animal and/or the plants, so I've always been a bit iffy about it. But no watermarks would be amazing.
thanks for helping me with my leopard gecko uve helped me so much for the past year...in the beginning i used to watch ur channel so much that i think my gecko knos ur voice 😂 but i just wanted to thank you for all the help
Have a look at some of the playlists on the channel. They contain lots of information. Make sure to do as much research as you can from various sources. Bioactive is the best bet for good results. My equipment is as follows: Substrate: Arcadia Earth Mix Arid with dried moss and leaf litter added Heating: Arcadia Deep Heat Projector controlled by a Habistat Dimming Thermostat UV: Arcadia Shade dweller Plants: Haworthia and Air Plant Clean up crew: springtails, tropical grey and giant orange woodlice (soon). I also have mealworms in there but they can be destructive so I wouldn't recommend them, but mine haven't done anything yet. Hides are made from rocks from a local garden centre (make sure to disinfect them by either baking or some sort of reptile safe disinfectant).
Mine takes less than a second to ready for a jump, so whenever someone other than me handles her it’s chaos, but I can see and feel her muscles tense and her locking in on a target to jump, a result of me having unnaturally quick reactions
have you ever handled crested geckos with back leg problems? if so, do you have any tips? i accidentally hurt my gecko in a freak accident which ended up hurting his spine which in turn damaged his back legs :(
Katie Bean Oh, my gecko is doing pretty good. Basically i was trying to play with my gecko (i now know that was not a good idea, she was just moved to a bigger terranium and probably stressed enough) so i tried to reach into the terranium. When i open the door, there's a good sized gap. She tried to run through the gap and i panicked.. and closed the door. I immediately opened it and she fell to the ground of her terranium :(. I was crying and i didn't know if she was going to live to the next day. She pulled through though. We took her to the vet and found out that she needed a light and her spine probably wouldn't have gotten damaged if she had a light (no calcium). We got her a light tho. ahh that was long. Oh and thank you for the advice!
I’ve gotten a crested gecko yesterday and she/he is so cute! I was holding her for one hour in the car then when I got home I put it in her enclosure and then I woke up early so I opened her enclosure to spray it down and she jumped at me lol 😂😂🙃
Please help. My crestie is not waking up even at 9 pm. I misy in morning and night. Temp is around 72. She has food and foliage and hiding spots and wood. But she sleeps a lot. She is a new gecko. Is it normal for her to even sleep at night at around 9?
Just as an FYI, the place where I got my crested gecko from said if you use distilled water for spraying, it won't leave marks on the tank. I've had mine about a month and a half and so far, using distilled water hasn't left any marks.
I recently got a crested gecko. It’s a baby, what I really wanted to have, and this video has helped me to understand what to do with it. I don’t know if it’s a boy or a girl yet....I’ll have to look up when to look and how to tell. Do you have any pointers for caring for baby crested geckos?
Please get a Gargoyle gecko next! Your videos are the best and the detail is amazing! Due to your wonderful and informative videos, my crestie Liam is a happy and healthy boy!
Is nutrobal ok as a supplement for a crested gecko? Also I like your video on leopard gecko feeding and a schedule for each life stage. Could you do one for crested geckos. I have a juvenile which I got on Tuesday and I’m so confused as to when to feed them
I keep all my lights off in my apartment at night except my red string lights, and my cresty loooves them. the moment you look away she's bolted across the room and on the wall. they're such funky little creatures
I have a 50watt uvb light and I use it at night then in the morning I turn it off, should I do it the other way around and turn off the light at night and on in the morning? Help!!!
I’m sorry if this is too sensitive but wtf happen. I was going threw yr yt account and saw the same gecko I have been watching died and a few years later I see the same one did you get a replacement that looks like her did you do a clone from a cloning machine or did you have previous vids ready to upload can you explain
I have a question. My baby crested gecko has a uvb light but during the day it hides in its hide and it doesn't get too much uvb. Should I use its blue night uvb light when it is active to make sure it spends enough time in the uvb (I would obviously not leave this on all night, only for a few hours)
if you don't mind me asking, what mister do you use for your tanks? i need to get one because i'm using a spray bottle right now and it takes forever for me to mist my 40 gallon crested gecko tank.
When you said about hearing thuds it made me laugh. I have two crested gecko enclosures in my bedroom and once one of them woke me up, by jumping off her log lol. Their such fun pets.
I love them. I don't have one myself as I preferred a leopard gecko but maybe one day.
I hear mine making loud thuds too. One day when I watched my baby eating a cricket I understood why😂 it literally got is and smacked into the glass whilst getting it 😂
It just jumps straight into the glass
Haha yeah, they sure love to jump around at night :')
one time i walked into the living room ( where my crestie's tank is ) and she was sitting upside down on the top screen defying gravity and that's about the 7th time I've seen her do that, crested geckos are so funny
her little eyes just looking at the camera just makes me happy and makes my day 200% better. thank you
Aww no problem :D
What you said about them running very fast when they go on the floor, I can confirm! A while ago I got a baby crested gecko and I held him one time in the evening and he jumped off my hand, sprinted under my bed and started climbing up one of the legs of the bed frame at the back 😳 I was so scared I was going to lose him but in the end it was fine. I have only handled mine in the daytime since, because he’s much slower/sleepier, but still faster than Lyra lol.
Yeah it's crazy how quick they can be. Lyra once jumped off of my hand and just leaped across the floor i was like 😳😳😳
Lol I love cresties! It's so cute how their little toes curl up when they are about to jump. I have two cresties and they are always jumping onto the phone when I try to take a pic 😂
Me too, I have had so many pictures where it’s blurry because of my crestie jumping onto the phone or the camera completely being covered by his body lol
@@avatarno1defender lol omg yes and then you have to turn the screen off because they keep opening things with their little toes 😂
I have a vid of mine jumping on my phone and turning the brightness down accidentally, the screen just goes dark for a moment lol
@@kitastrophey hahaha that always happens to me but one time mine opened my Google Assistant and I was like oh no you open Google and Google was just like do you not find me a good assistant and I said no to my crested gecko and Google got all offended and wouldn't let me use her for a week
haha they love jumping at cameras 😅
My leopard gecko is convinced he is a crestie. Always jumping around 😂 i handled him today and all he did was jump
My gecko does the same thing. The first time I held her she jumped onto my other hand. A couple weeks ago, she crawled on my hand and jumped onto my shoulder.
@@randomuser2212 last time I let my gecko on my shoulder ,she was climbing my arm and then she called into my shirt through the sleeve and it felt kind of weird but she just sat there with her head poking out of my sleeve and then she fell to sleep and it was adorable
@@justsomememingbigyoshiwith4832 awww
Ah crazy haha, the only time my geckos have jumped was when they were little and still getting used to me. Gizmo did it when she was a baby, I think I accidentally spooked her.
aaawwww thats so cute
I was thinking about getting a crested gecko soon! So this video helped a lot to know the reality of them! 🦎💗
If you live in Southampton Britain then there’s a really good reptile shop called Southampton reptile. That’s where I got my crestie and he’s super healthy. You can find their address and info on their website.
@@Jacob-ru2oj Thank you!
Jayda's Gecko Adventures! You are most certainly welcome.🙂
You should get a baby, they're freaking adorable
@@nodyaj1252 I like the geckos without a tail I think their soooooo cute!
I have a feeling being quarantined for this last month I have been driving mine crazy, he prob can’t wait for me to go to work
haha 😅 i think our cat feels the same lol
Last month ey
i’m so exited i’ve been doing my research for SOO long and my mom said i can get one tomorrow
My crestie has decided that the best place to sleep is in the dirt lol
Ah how strange. Is the tank humid enough, and do you have enough hiding places up high?
@@leopardgeckotalk Yes and I do! And at night she loves to throw herself around the whole terrarium, so it seems like she's enjoying herself.
Mine is the same, he is also jumping around me while my two large dogs do their own thing in front of us 🤷🏻♀️
Leopard Gecko is it possible the tank is too hot up top so it goes to the bottom to cool off ?
@@justyouraverageartist7331 she was "brooding" it was the beginning of what would have been breeding season and so she was preparing a cave!
I love owning my crested gecko I adopted mind three years ago and it’s been a joy every single day owning him I named him delta after the raptor from Jurassic World
Aww sweet :D Yeah they're such sweet pets :)
i named mine echo after one of the raptors!!!
Anyone still here who can help with an eye issue. Not sure why my cresties eyes look swollen and foggy
@@Liastreaming named mine Charlie! We just need a blue and we got the whole pack
my leopard gecko's name is Delta! :D
Thank you so much! I was really hoping you would make this video as I have a crestie. You are an amazing reptile RUclipsr and I love your videos! They are the most interesting and useful reptile videos I have seen. 😄😆😊
Aw thank you so much :)
These videos always make my day anytime I watch them
aw im glad :D
omg last time I was this early my father was still here, also I love your videos I literally watch them everyday lol 💞🦎
wow 🙈😅 thank you!
Yay been looking for a crested gecko! This can help!
No problem :D
I’m bout to get my first crested gecko and I’ve just been watching you and other people RUclips to figure out what I need
I was binging your videos for like 2 weeks prior to getting my crestie this past weekend - SO excited to go on this journey and have fun doing so. Absolutely love your channel and all the value you provide!!! SUPER amped for more videos from you in GENERAL. THANKS A TON.
This is really helpful, because I want a crested gecko for my birthday, and this is very informational and shows what it is actually like to have one of these as a pet. Thank you
I just got a lovely little baby crestie a week ago today, he is an amazing little animal, they are such amazing pets, especially if you are new to reptiles like me.
Baby cresties are so cute and so fast! You need to be careful when handling 😂 mine seems to run and jump onto my hair and if I get it off it always wants to go in my hair 😂 I don't know why.
Aww nice :) Yeah they make great pets :)
I've been watching your channel for a good bit now and you have really inspired me to actually pay attention to my animals and encouraged me to make sure everything is right for my leopard gecko. I've had her sense I was nine and never really known the importance of the care they should receive. I love your channel and I thank you for everything you have done.
thank you so much for displaying my comment that made my day
No problem 😊
Awww this reminds me of back in junior high when my science teacher had 2 crested geckos- one male, and one female. My friends and I would visit the geckos every day after school. One was named Angela. She was my BABY. She would always hop over to me, climb on my arm, on my jacket, on my shoulders, and snuggle up against me. She died later that year. RIP Angela, my little scale-y baby.
I'm sorry for your loss
@@littlecharizard426 thank you 😔
@@ribbitribbit0 Np. I understand what it's like to lose a pet. My dog died 2 years ago, and I miss her everyday. Maybe you can get a crested gecko of your own someday!
@@littlecharizard426 sorry you had to go through something similar :(. Loosing a pet is really rough...
@@ribbitribbit0 Yeah, ...
The videos you make are so perfect for someone getting into this
absolutely love your videos!! I get so happy when I see a new crested gecko video:)
Love ur crested gecko vids
YoungzZ I do too. I'm very happy with my leopard gecko but I've always wanted a crested gecko. I love their enclosure designs.
Thank you :D
Your bioactive tank stories and feeding made me set up the finest bio tank for a young cresty. She's very skittish but loves her house. I have got a bit obsessed with breeding isopods and it's kinda taken over the room! I cant seem to get her to take any live food (unless she nom's an isopod which is quite likely). I keep crickets to hand, but they so far haven't become her dinner and get too huge after a few weeks. If we werent in lockdown, Id give them away!
My gecko is skittish too. It's kind of sad. I have had her since October and she has put on like 10g since then. When she sees me she is like... oh no ur gonna take me out and she runs to her hide because she knows I won't get her out since I have to move everything to get there. It is painful. I have to quickly pick her up before she runs away
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It's weird how yours isn't eating crickets cause mine loves them and locusts. She charges at them and smacks straight into the glass🤣. I once had to put her off live food as she wasn't eating her diet. 🤭
@@EZS248 I suspect Freckle never was shown live food, and doesnt know what to do about it. Ive tried the tricks shown on this channel, but it didnt work. She might catch on eventually. If I get her out, she has a 'splat party' onto me and everything in the room if she can. I limt it to about 10 mins, then pop her back. I sometimes blob some food on her. She must eat something, otherwise she wouldnt now be 17g, up from 15g when I got her early this month.
Just got my first crestie a week ago :) it’s a baby, any where between 4-5months old
Lyra is such a sweetheart 💓 the wrinkly head though 😆
I’ve had my boy Sparky for a year now, and he loves to climb on the roof of his vivarium and always makes strange metal noises in the night. He isn’t the best at hunting, but he’s around over a year old, so he’s got a lot of practicing to do lol.
He’ll have a locust in front of him and just lick it until it hops away 😆
Thanks :)
Haha Lyra is the same! She'll just randomly walk on the roof at night lol.
Sometimes I try to tong feed lyra, but yeah Cresties aren't always the most active hunters 😅
Thanks for Showing this Video!! It helped me so Much with Papaya, im a New Crested Gecko Owner and had many Questions, this helped Answer most oh them!
Edit: Ive Looked so much things up and was ready for Papaya, i learned that your Never Ready to finally own your Dream pet- 1. Shes Very Noisy at night. 2. Shes a runner. but 3...Shes the BEST thing thats happened to me
Ok,who in the heck disliked! She is amazing and helps everyone with their lizards. I can’t believe that anybody would not enjoy her vids!
haha thank you :)
Completely unrelated to this vid, but I got a Leo a few weeks ago and your vids really helped with feeding and handling! Thanks!
I love your video! Your so kind to animals and humans! I want a house like yours with reptiles all over lol
Aww thank you :)
My baby had just discovered his coconut after 3 weeks and he’s obsessed with it 😂 on top, inside, on the side he just loves it
I went bioactive on my cresty tank a few weeks ago. Cork bark and live plants look much better and genuinely nice to look at
That's awesome :) yeah I just feel like overall it looks so much better and the geckos seem happier :)
Leopard Gecko 100x happier, getting a pair of mourning geckos tipped me over the edge to change all my tanks to bioactive... took a while but worth it!
Go Lyra go! She's so cute, especially those jumps🥰
Yass 😊😊
You are the best reptile RUclipsr ever! 😆😄 If I ever need reptile information I know where to look 😁
Thank you :D
My Crested Gecko Atlas wakes up at 6pm every evening and he isn't bothered by me having my lamp on at all. He's active, loves to watch me and see what I'm up to. And he loves watching me play video games. lol He's a very inquisitive boy.
It's sad that mine isn't like that. The moment it sees me it runs😭🥺.
GECKO: oof it's that annoying person trying to take me out again. I better run.😵😑🤫
ME: stay it's fine I only want to pick u up.😊
GECKO: Nope (runs the fastest I've ever seen it into it's hide where I can't get it.)
ME: U just broke my heart 💔
@@EZS248 Aw! So sorry to hear that. Keep working with your gecko and I'm sure they'll begin to trust you.
Loved this video. I've never thought much about crested geckos, but I could see these being a fun pet to own, especially with (responsible kids).
Also, I had the video on at 1.75x, and the music that plays during the nighttime recording, in addition to Lyra(sp?)... Hilarious.
Hey I know this probably won’t be seen but I was thinking of getting a created gecko and the thing is I work during the day and I have my room light off. So that would be ok for him? And then when I get home he’ll probably still be sleeping and I can get him out and handle him at night time.
My creatie just got big enough to go into her final tank! I’ve had her since she was two months old and so small she had to live in a modified deli cup for a few weeks. Now that she’s seven months she’s really starting to grow more quickly and I’m finally not scared of handling her lol. She really loves sleeping stuck to the glass upside down during the day
Nice Video!It really helps my reserach on cresties!
I have a uromastyx named jaba , they are diurnal, and I love her :) mabey you should consider getting one, they aren't too skittish, but be sure if you are handling one , be sure that you are close to the floor, and they can't drop their tail , they are like slightly larger leopard geckos , but just when it comes to handling
Aw I always see them in shops, I love that they change colour too. I think Jaba is the perfect name for a uro lol.
Great looking gecko. So subdued. Chill. You have a wonderful voice :)
These are my favorite animals of all time love these little guys.... looking to get one in July or june
I'm so glad you showed that glass cleaner again because you talked about it before but I couldn't remember the video. I've had my gargoyle gecko for almost 6 months now and the glass is in need lol
I just use warm water and vinegar. It works really well lol. It's reptile safe too. I mean it's just water and vinegar
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@@EZS248 I've tried it just doesn't clean it as well as I'd like
Haha yeah it works quite well. I leave it on a little longer than they suggest but makes a difference :)
Thank you for showing me what a day is like with a crested gecko. I was thinking about getting one but luckily I saw this and realised how much they sleep.
I'm an insomniac so haveing a pet that is awake at dawn and dusk is definitely up my alley
@KAYLEE CARTER same! Lmao
Use newspaper to wipe the glass dry to avoid water marks 😊 It's a trick I use on my fish tanks
but you need the glass wet to raise humidity and so they can drink from it
I've always heard the ink in newspaper can be toxic to reptiles, so I would be a little worried doing that on a surface she drinks from. But thank you for the tip anyway :)
who disliked the video really who did it she is just a kind young woman who knows and loves her geckos. She was the one who inspired me to get my little sweetheart Loki. Who ever did it should be ashamed and is uncaring. I'm doing a bio-active tank because of her inspiring me to do one. I don't want to see anymore dislikes on her videos ever again .
Aw thanks, it's okay, there are people who just click on my videos to dislike, but jokes on them because their interaction means more engagement on the video
Thank you for this video! I also appreciated the cleaning video.
I’m so excited to get my crestie! I’m building my tank right now as I did for my rankins dragon but it is so great that they only want to be handled at night because I’m out most of the day and always up late haha
Thank you for this I was considering getting a crestie
No problem :D
I got a crestie last year and I’m really struggling on getting the confidence to mine! Is there any tips you could give me on handling and getting confidence
The Zoologicals it’s healthy for it to be super active and jumpy (especially during dusk,dawn or night) and to get it more used to you try handling it for 15-30 mins everyday (it’s not necessary but certainly helps get it used to you and your voice.) 🙂
Thanks
The Zoologicals you are most certainly welcome. 🙂
I've found that my room light being on at night doesn't affect my crestie. Like that used to be his day time indicator but now that he has a jungle dawn led that means day time for him and the room light doesn't mean anything. I like to think about it like sunset when the room lights on because he starts to wake up then lol
Kian Long you can try to find a dark blanket to put on the front during the night.
Ah cool :)
Hey there thanks for another video!!
Could you or someone help me out with a feeding question?
I provide live insects every now and then but I’m curious how many do I offer in one sitting?, until they don’t eat them? Or just stick to a few every time,
Thanks for your help!!
I know you showed your chahoua in this video... but I think you should also do a day in the life of a chahoua! I love seeing yours and I personally find them adorable and cool!
Can you please do a video on the monthly costs of a crested gecko I really want one I love reptiles and my mom won’t let me get anything that eats bugs and bugs only (I know that’s they do eat bugs but they also eat the repashy stuff) I think she will only let me get one if I pay for it myself witch I think I can do but it depends on how much it costs
Ah, crested geckos get crickets as snacks only! Like, hm, once a week? They eat commercial food, I'd say Pangea or I use Zoomed. They also eat fruit, like Bananas, Apricots, and peaches. Get them mushed up, its only used as a treat.
Should a starter cage for leopard gecko have live plants.
Hi love your videos and hope you ar doing good
Thank you :D
this was cool to see! lila is super cute! i might be getting 2 cresties in 2 weeks! a boy and a girl :) im super exited!
i was wondering where do you buy your feeder insects from
Love ur channel
I know I'm way late. I'm wondering if distilled water would be better about not leaving mineral deposits? Guess just curious if you had tried that.
I have a question: Do crested geckos usually lose their tails? I was thinking about getting one but I have heard many stories of them losing their tails. Do they do it often?
Yes they do, in the wild 99% of them lost their tail, they lose the tails If they are spooked, and sometimes they just feel like it. They dont grow back. I am also getting crested geckos.
Yeah! It’s completely normal though and rarely any of them keep it.
I’ve had my crested gecko for about a month now and she’s amazing and seems to be doing well (pooping, moving, eating) but she isn’t very active. I don’t know if it counts as lethargic because she still moves and can go quite quickly at some times but generally she’s quite… timid? She seems scared of jumping for the most part, and she walks in slow motion as if she’s a big cat stalking prey. I don’t know if it’s a health issue, a personality thing (she’s apparently always been very calm) or just because she’s still adjusting to her environment. But I hope she’s okay. It’s hard to know if she’s lethargic when there aren’t a lot of demonstrations out there showing what lethargy looks like.
My crestie is either super chill or constantly sprinting everywhere. Sometimes we watch movies together though and that’s always fun although one time he pooped on my laptop 😂😂
A great natural way to clean water marks off of glass if you dont want to use cleaner is mature water and newspaper! Use the newspaper like a wipe. (Mature water is water left for a day which you should use for everything. Do not use tap water for an animal)
Getting a baby Is a lot of fun because they require only a small cage and are easy to care for and bond with. My baby Kai is tiny but healthy, and while he wont be grown for a good year or year and a half it will be worth it watching him grow
Awww yeah I was always a little worried about babies because they're sooo tiny. I saw one in the shop that was the size of my pinkie!
Hello! I have a problem my friends crested gecko hasn’t been eating my friend has had it about a week its skinny and super young and she tries to put a little food on the geckos nose and it will do nothing but try and wipe it on stuff she’s left food in the tank and the gecko hasn’t touched it she’s worried about it if I could get your feedback that’d be great!:)
I'm definitely not a professional, but from what I've heard, sometimes they are just dehydrated and need something to drink. Have they looked up anything so far? And what food products and items do they offer? When I got mine for the first time, it didn't really take any of the powder mixes, so I mainly gave it crickets (if it took them) with a tiny bit of the powder on it. And, I guess, if things don't get better, contact a vet. (This is from personal experience and might not work with your friend's gecko, but good luck)
Mackenzie Chin she feeds her gecko watermelon pangea the I went to see the gecko and it was hatchling size very small and skinny sadly the gecko passed this evening but sometimes young geckos don’t always make it thank you for your advice I’ll definitely tell her if she tries with another gecko
@@kailey4100 aww... I feel so bad! Where did you get the gecko from? Maybe it wasn’t a good breeder?
I’m getting one soon but people have different opinions on where to put food. Some say put it on a shelf sone say put it on the ground it’s fine what do u recommend?
Hey, I would like to ask how a crested gecko will do if left alone for one day. I am home until about 2:15 on Sunday, then leave and don’t come home til Tuesday at around 7 AM. I really love geckos and crested geckos seem quite a lot easier to manage than leopard geckos, and would love to have one. Please someone help me out, thank you. :)
He would be fine I think! Just make sure to mist down his cage well before you leave and give him some food! He will probably do fine!
Please i need some insight...... i own 3 2 adults one baby leapord geckos. All male im pretty sure thought they may have been female but just wouldn’t be possible because they’ve been in the same tank for a 9 months according to my sister wich she has given them to me and I’ve already improved their lives. Since they’ve been fine together all this time. I upgraded them to a 20 gall all i could afford from a 10 gallon. But I seemingly cant get the baby to eat anything. The adults have been good even the first day i had them they ate but i have yet to see the baby eat anything, ive come up with an idea to put a devider in the tank to keep the food separate from the other too so he has a chance to actually eat something. Ive also got him to lick some calcium off my finger, he hasnt had any due to my sisters lack of knowledge on these lizards. Hopefully with him devided with his food he’ll at some point have to eat something. As of right now he jyst keeps climbing up the glass. And i have heating pads on both sides an he also has a hide. Please anyone any tips comments would be appreciated!
Question: In a non-bioactive tank with eco earth, and spraying down the tank, how do you prevent mold? I don't want to use insects to eat the mold as I dont like insects.
Thankfully we have an RODI system, so I switched to that water and no longer get all the mineral buildup (if it bothers anyone, and you have access to that type of water)
Ah nice. I've read mixed things about whether RO water is good for the animal and/or the plants, so I've always been a bit iffy about it. But no watermarks would be amazing.
Can I use earth mix arid for my crested gecko ?
thanks for helping me with my leopard gecko uve helped me so much for the past year...in the beginning i used to watch ur channel so much that i think my gecko knos ur voice 😂 but i just wanted to thank you for all the help
Aw thank you! Happy to help :D I've actually heard that from a few people, that their gecko gets used to my voice too 😅
What are those small vine plants on the snake plant at 3:30
I might be wrong but I think she said it was a ficus pumila (climbing fig) in another video
Yes climbing fig :)
I am getting a leopard gecko gecko soon! Any advise for me? 😊
when cleaning its cage DONT wear yellow gloves...i learned that one the hard way 😂😅
Have a look at some of the playlists on the channel. They contain lots of information. Make sure to do as much research as you can from various sources. Bioactive is the best bet for good results. My equipment is as follows:
Substrate: Arcadia Earth Mix Arid with dried moss and leaf litter added
Heating: Arcadia Deep Heat Projector controlled by a Habistat Dimming Thermostat
UV: Arcadia Shade dweller
Plants: Haworthia and Air Plant
Clean up crew: springtails, tropical grey and giant orange woodlice (soon). I also have mealworms in there but they can be destructive so I wouldn't recommend them, but mine haven't done anything yet.
Hides are made from rocks from a local garden centre (make sure to disinfect them by either baking or some sort of reptile safe disinfectant).
hello.....
Mine takes less than a second to ready for a jump, so whenever someone other than me handles her it’s chaos, but I can see and feel her muscles tense and her locking in on a target to jump, a result of me having unnaturally quick reactions
Will color changing LEDs in my room bother my crestie at night?
Nope! I have led lights too and they don’t bother my crestie at all!
have you ever handled crested geckos with back leg problems? if so, do you have any tips? i accidentally hurt my gecko in a freak accident which ended up hurting his spine which in turn damaged his back legs :(
I would just support the back legs more than usual, and don’t let it jump or climb on you. How is it doing? And how did you hurt it?
Katie Bean Oh, my gecko is doing pretty good. Basically i was trying to play with my gecko (i now know that was not a good idea, she was just moved to a bigger terranium and probably stressed enough) so i tried to reach into the terranium. When i open the door, there's a good sized gap. She tried to run through the gap and i panicked.. and closed the door. I immediately opened it and she fell to the ground of her terranium :(. I was crying and i didn't know if she was going to live to the next day. She pulled through though. We took her to the vet and found out that she needed a light and her spine probably wouldn't have gotten damaged if she had a light (no calcium). We got her a light tho. ahh that was long. Oh and thank you for the advice!
I’ve gotten a crested gecko yesterday and she/he is so cute! I was holding her for one hour in the car then when I got home I put it in her enclosure and then I woke up early so I opened her enclosure to spray it down and she jumped at me lol 😂😂🙃
Awww :')
Please help. My crestie is not waking up even at 9 pm. I misy in morning and night. Temp is around 72. She has food and foliage and hiding spots and wood. But she sleeps a lot. She is a new gecko. Is it normal for her to even sleep at night at around 9?
Just as an FYI, the place where I got my crested gecko from said if you use distilled water for spraying, it won't leave marks on the tank. I've had mine about a month and a half and so far, using distilled water hasn't left any marks.
Where did you get your gecko from ?
I recently got a crested gecko. It’s a baby, what I really wanted to have, and this video has helped me to understand what to do with it. I don’t know if it’s a boy or a girl yet....I’ll have to look up when to look and how to tell. Do you have any pointers for caring for baby crested geckos?
Please get a Gargoyle gecko next! Your videos are the best and the detail is amazing! Due to your wonderful and informative videos, my crestie Liam is a happy and healthy boy!
Hey I have a question. How often do you feed your crestie? 1 day no food of 2 days without food? Of more?
Is nutrobal ok as a supplement for a crested gecko? Also I like your video on leopard gecko feeding and a schedule for each life stage. Could you do one for crested geckos. I have a juvenile which I got on Tuesday and I’m so confused as to when to feed them
im thinking of getting a crestie and this helped a lot!
How long can i handle my crestie at a time and wil they bite? Also can handle them daily?how many times a week should i feed them bugs
Thank you I am getting one for by birth day and I have 2leos this was helpful I love your vids btw thank you
I keep all my lights off in my apartment at night except my red string lights, and my cresty loooves them. the moment you look away she's bolted across the room and on the wall. they're such funky little creatures
I have a 50watt uvb light and I use it at night then in the morning I turn it off, should I do it the other way around and turn off the light at night and on in the morning? Help!!!
Great video. I love it. I love my Cresti
I’m sorry if this is too sensitive but wtf happen. I was going threw yr yt account and saw the same gecko I have been watching died and a few years later I see the same one did you get a replacement that looks like her did you do a clone from a cloning machine or did you have previous vids ready to upload can you explain
Your such a good person 😊
Keep doing what you do. 😚☺
Thank you 😊😊
@@leopardgeckotalk Thank You 😋
I have a question. My baby crested gecko has a uvb light but during the day it hides in its hide and it doesn't get too much uvb. Should I use its blue night uvb light when it is active to make sure it spends enough time in the uvb (I would obviously not leave this on all night, only for a few hours)
Do not use the blue night light. There’s no such thing as a blue night UVB light. The only good UVB lights are linear/tube bulbs for daytime use
I would love to get a crested gecko but I’m scared it’s going to jump off my hand and get away.
You don't have to worry, you can tell when they'll jump. Their fingers curl before they do.
if you don't mind me asking, what mister do you use for your tanks? i need to get one because i'm using a spray bottle right now and it takes forever for me to mist my 40 gallon crested gecko tank.
the door cleaners are safe for the lizard while it’s in?