Hey everyone!! I have now got my leopard gecko You may have seen some pictures of her on my threads around the forum. She's a lovely mack snow morph and she's a sweet little thing. I got her from a pet store where I volunteer. :3

This is Flame, my Crested Gecko. He is 3 and a half month sold, although in this pic he is only 2 months old. He measures 12 cm's and weighs 5 grams!




They are very easy to look after as they get on quite happily at lower temperatures. I do provide a low wattage heat bulb and also a low wattage UV for mine, just to provide the very best, but some say it's not necessary.

They can survive on Crested Gecko Diet, which is basically fruit and vitamins, which you mix with water. I prefer to feed live food and fruit.

Wow your crestie is gorgeous whats its name??

So are cresties nocturnal? .. because I was adviced by the pet store to use a 14 watt (very low) UV light.. for my leopard gecko.. and I don't know if i should.

Cresties are supposedly nocturnal, however my last one would often prowl around during the day.

Leopard geckos don't need UV and probably wouldn't receive any benefit from it, however it wouldn't do any harm to use it.

Thanks. I think so too! His/her name is Flame, which is also his morph.

Cresties tend to be more active at night yes.

I see more harm not providing UV then providing it. They certainly would be exposed to small amounts in the wild, even if nocturnal.

I decided to remove the UV lighting .. I am just going to use a normal 15 watt bulb to ensure that I make sure she has the correct sleep/wake cycle as she should.

I have a leopard gecko named Louis. He is a regular colour but he is a big boy! I feed him once a week on locusts and a few waxworms. He was eating crickets but started throwing them up for some reason and he went off Mealworms. I keep day time temps of 31-32 degrees Celsius but when the spotlight goes off it drops to 30-31 degrees. He has bitten me twice and it hurts. He nearly took a lump out of my finger. It wasn't his fault I was helping him shed the last few bits of skin. He is skittish but I don't want him over tame anyway it isn't natural. He has never dropped his tail and he actually does like me lifting it gently and running my finger down it. It is about the only area he doesn't mind touched (freak!). He squeaks and clicks on occasion but nothing else. I have a moist hide and dry hide for him. His next viv will gave a place fir the uv light too as the viv he is in now is not great. The reptile place I got him and his viv from ripped us off but I am glad I saved him from them as they were rubbish! Hope you have fun with yours...they are lovely animals.

aaaahhhh which ones would I show you...I have loads....

This is Gomez, my pictus gecko:



My outcross leo:



My SHTCTB, Jelly Belly:



My Blazing Blizzard, Storm



and my Tibetan Frog Eyed Gecko, Rex




oh and my tokay gecko...

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Loving all the photos, y'all have some great geckos!

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