| Crested Geckos come from the New Caledonia area. | | | | most cases. Temperature should be around 72-80f |
| Semi-arboreal and nocturnal. They spend their nights | | | | degrees most of the time. Anything above 84f |
| in the tress and shrubs and come down near the | | | | degrees and they will start to get stressed. They can |
| ground to find shelter during the day. Crested geckos | | | | tolerate lows down to the mid 60's. Maintain the |
| do well at room temperature in most cases. They | | | | humidity at 50-80% to keep them healthy. |
| are easy to care for, have an unusual appearance, | | | | Once a year, you should lower the temperature and |
| and are well suited to breeding in captivity. | | | | keep it around 65-70f degrees for a couple of |
| Description | | | | months. This will facilitate breeding. They breed very |
| Crested Geckos are a stocky, medium sized lizard. In | | | | easily in captivity, and have up to 15 clutches a year |
| color they vary, but almost always some shade of | | | | of 2 eggs. |
| red, yellow, and orange. Some have black spot on | | | | A lighted period of 12-14 hours a day is enough for |
| their bodies. They get about 5-6" when fully grown. | | | | most of the year. With 10 hours during the couple of |
| They have 2 frills running down either side of their | | | | months that you lower temperature for breeding. |
| head, over the eyes, and down the body. The frills | | | | Diet |
| over the eyes give an "eyelash" appearance. They | | | | Crested Geckos are omnivores, and love fruit and |
| tend to have a flattened body. Their feet bear | | | | insects. I recommend you try some baby food fruits, |
| adhesive lamellae they use to climb with. Crested | | | | no sugar added types and see what you Crested |
| Geckos also have an additional adhesive lamellae at | | | | Gecko likes. Mine like apricot and peach. Once a week |
| the tip of their tails. | | | | mix in a dose of calcium supplement. For insects, |
| Housing | | | | crickets, fruit flies, mealworms, and small feeder |
| Crested Geckos need a tall enclosure as they love to | | | | roachs. Once a week dust them with calcium dust. |
| climb. A twenty gallon tall is minimum for a pair. They | | | | You can even forgo the insects and feed a meat |
| will need some hiding places for the day time. And | | | | based baby food. |
| give them plants, vines and pieces of wood for | | | | Keeping a balanced diet on a Crested Geckos is very |
| climbing. Substrate I use is coconut fiber. Bark works | | | | important. You should research how to check their |
| as well, and long as its not to small. | | | | calcium sacs to know how to adjust your diet. |
| But they do not need any special lights or heating in | | | | |