OT: Crested Geckos

[twiggyb]

Thought I'd share a few snap shots of my newest addicting hobby


Apples

same one, just unfired and with my camera phone

Tostito

Blurry evil gecko moo haha

 

[bradleym]

Nice! I really like those guys. How big do they get? Oh and nice pics as always.

 

[Mister_Palmer]

How big of a tank do you have to keep them in?
Their eyes creep me out... to velociraptory I'd be afraid they grew overnight and would get out

 

[twiggyb]

I've seen 5-8", 6-9" and 6-10". My guess would be most likely the 6-9". Thanks for the compliment!

They are in a 12x12x18 Exo Terra terrarium. I love the eyes on these guys. I started getting into them because of the fact that they look like mini dinosaurs!


before greenery

after greenery

 

[Brewchief]

They're Cool!!! I've always liked reptiles. Years ago I worked for Pass Pets and I took care of the reptiles. We had a large Tokay Gecko for awhile and one day he was discovered in the lobby of the bank next door in the mall. (The air-conditioning was shared). All of the bank employees were freaked out by him. Tokays have lots of needle sharp teeth and he bit right through the leather glove I had on when I grabbed him off the wall. Do you know if your Crested Geckos have teeth like that?

 

[Reeferhead]

Very cool Daniel :thumbsup: You got me thinking about keeping and breeding day geckos again.

 

[twiggyb]

Yeah I've heard tokays are pretty aggressive little geckos. I don't think cresties have any like that as they eat mainly fruit and tiny bugs.

Nick, that sounds pretty cool. I saw some day geckos at the reptile show on Sunday where I picked up these little guys from.

 

[Reeferhead]

I used to have breeding pairs of P. madagascariensis grandis, P. standingi, and P. cepediana. I just looked up how much these are going for nowadays and... holy crap! I've been out of the hobby for awhile!

 

[twiggyb]

You should get started again! Those blue tails and Giants are beautiful looking.