hey y'all welcome back Mandy with my hectic life pets where we talk about all
things pet and pet related and today we're getting to know the crested gecko
so the crested gecko or eyelash gecko was actually thought to be extinct up
until the early 90s when the species was rediscovered out in New Caledonia now
these guys average lifespan is about 15 years but they have some on record
living as long as 25 years now the crested gecko typically gets to be about
8 inches in length from the tip of their nose to the tip of their tail only four
to five inches though without their tail as unfortunately with the crested gecko
if they do drop their tail they're not able to grow one back now let's talk
tank setup for the crested gecko so these guys are arboreal creatures so as
far as tank setup you want the tank to be taller rather than longer the typical
juvenile setup is going to be a 12 by 12 by 18 or a 10 gallon tall and the adult
setups are usually at least an 18 by 18 by 24 tank setup or a 20 gallon tall now
these guys do have extremely high humidity requirements so bigger is not
always better as some times it is more difficult to maintain high humidity
levels in larger tanks now for temperature these guys are considered a
room temperature pet so they may or may not require any additional heating now
crested geckos do well in temperatures between 70 to 85 degrees so if your home
is going to be dropping below 70 degrees you may want to consider getting some
type of additional heating source now crested geckos are considered
nocturnal if you do find that you need additional heating for your crusted
gecko then you can always get a low wattage ceramic heat lamp or you can get
an infrared bulb or a night or moon bulb since these guys are
nocturnal you don't necessarily have to get a UVB although many would argue that
it is still gonna be beneficial for them to have a low wattage evb on their tank
now these guys do need a proper day/night cycle so if you're gonna be
keeping them in a room that does not receive a lot of light then you might
want to consider getting an LED light or something like that to help give a
day/night cycle to the tank now for substrate a lot of people do use the
coconut fiber substrate as it does tend to hold in quite a bit of moisture and
you can even add spag a moss to really help hold in that moisture since the
crested geckos do need high humidity now some people will use things like paper
towels and stuff to make for easy cleanup but unfortunately if you do use
something like that then you are gonna be needing to spray down the tank or
have a mister on the tank to really keep the humidity levels at a proper range
for humidity the crested gecko does best between humidity levels of fifty to
eighty percent I usually try to spray down my crested geckos tank really
really well at night when he's the most active and then you want to let it go
through kind of a drying period down to that 50% just to make sure that you're
avoiding causing any upper respiratory problems from too much humidity in an
enclosed space the other reason that we will do a drying period is so that we
won't end up with mold in our tanks which can be harmful to our geckos now
of course in order to make sure that you are maintaining all levels you will want
to place a hygrometer and thermometer in your tank just to make sure that the
temperatures and humidity are always at proper levels so now for decorations in
the tank you do want to keep in mind that these guys are arboreal creatures
so they really love to climb on things so using things like vines and plants
and cork bark and such can really give them lots of surfaces that they can
climb all over and Hank and help to make them feel more
secure in their now when it comes to putting a water dish in the tank I do
keep a water dish in my tank Krusty geckos do get most of their water from
when you miss down the tank they'll lick the glass the lick ornaments if you have
plans to lick the plants and they'll get most of their water in that way but you
always want to be on the safe side and keep a small dish of water in the tank
just to make sure that you don't end up with any problems of a dehydrated gecko
now diet this was always a fun one I remember back in the day when we
actually thought it was okay to feed fruit-flavored baby food and insects as
a crested geckos main diet we have made leaps and bounds since then though and
now we understand a lot more about what the crested geckos nutritional
requirements are but there are still arguments amongst breeders as to what
the best combination diet is for these guys now there are a lot of people that
will feed strictly crested gecko diet now when it comes to juveniles I
recommend if you are going to feed a strictly crusty gecko diet of powdered
stuff like the Pangaea or a posse if that is all you plan on feeding them I
would recommend that you are mixing in some of the higher protein insect
formulas if you feed only the fruit-based crested gecko diets then
that is not going to provide enough protein for a young juvenile crested
gecko to have the proper growth now some people will actually feed insect only
diets there has been some research showing that if you feed a crested gecko
only insects that they will be a little bit larger geckos they might end up
obese and it tends to cut down on their lifespan so the majority of people will
recommend feeding a mixed diet offering crested gecko diet every single day
along with feeding insects once or twice a week
now when I say insects people usually will feed crickets or
dubia roaches dusted with a calcium vitamin d3 supplement for the crested
gecko now some people will argue not to feed insects even that often I know I
feed my crusty Catco insects about once a week but you do want to stay away from
things like wax worms and mealworms as they're not as nutritious and they
tend to be a little bit more on the fatty side so things like crickets dubia
roaches and stuff like that it's gonna be a little bit more healthy when you
are feeding insects they're gonna be more rich in protein so I personally
only feed my crested gecko insects once a week when he was a juvenile I did feed
twice a week so that he would get the additional protein to help with his
growth so it's typically known that Pangea andropause she tend to make the
best crusty gecko diets out there and they also make several different flavors
however zoo Med is starting to come out with some stuff so I'm gonna be keeping
an eye on that to see how that plays out in the future if they're going to end up
making better products than even row posse in Pangaea
so zoo Med is actually starting to come out with flavours and stuff I think they
finally finally realized that the food that they were coming out with was
garbage and no crested gecko wanted to eat it let's talk about handling your
crusted gecko now it is recommended that you do not handle your crested gecko
before they are at least two weeks of age and if you just brought them home or
switched them into a new environment a new tank then you want to give them a
couple of weeks to adjust and sort of get used to their environment before you
try to handle them I know we all get super excited when we first got home
with a new pet but try to let your crusty gecko adjust to his new
environment before bringing him out and starting to handle him because
Krusty geckos lose their tails very easily if they get stressed at all they
can drop their tail if you handle them too much they can drop their tail
there's a loud noise they might drop their tail so you want to try to kind of
minimize their stress as much as possible and very slowly introduce
handling to them like start out just a few minutes every couple of days and
sort of build on that but I really wouldn't recommend handling your crusted
gecko more than a few times a week and for no more than maybe about 15 minutes
especially if you're hoping that they will keep their tail because over
handling them again can stress them out while crested geckos will tolerate being
held extremely extremely well and they're very docile albeit a little
jumpy and they hunger they are the jumpier they are they still can get
stressed out and sometimes even hours after handling will have just been
stressed out for so long that they will drop their tail now again unfortunately
if the crested gecko drops his tail it will not grow a new one
back so that's why sometimes we try really really hard not to stress out our
animals I know I keep my crested gecko in the quietest room in the house he's
in the guest room where pretty much nobody really bothers him except for me
and occasionally my child under my supervision but it's not a high-traffic
area it's not like I'm keeping him in my living room or in the playroom where
it's gonna be a whole lot of noise whole lot of racket going on all day non-stop
so all in all I would say that the crested gecko makes a wonderful pet
especially for beginners because they are so docile and they don't have a ton
of major tank requirements or anything they're pretty easy to care for pretty
low-maintenance guys okay so that's all for today's video if
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