- Habitat:
- Crested geckos are found in moist, warm forests with medium sized trees. They prefer smaller, thin branches and will often curl into a ball and sleep in these branches instead of hiding, as most other Rhacodactylus will. Being nocturnal by nature, they will begin to forage for insects and fruit beginning in the early evening and stopping to sleep in the early morning.
- Caging:
- I keep my babies and juveniles in kritter keepers of various sizes, depending upon the size of the geckos and how many will be housed together. As for adults, I keep one male with two or three females in a 20 gallon high aquarium. Single adults can be kept in 10 gallon aquariums. Males should never be kept with other males, as they will fight and death isn't an uncommon result.
- All of my crested gecko cages are setup in a similar manner. I use a thin layer of bark(just enough to cover the bottom of the cage) and several pieces of driftwood, corkbark, and grapevine, as well as branches of various sizes. In some of the cages, I will also use fake plants. All of my adult cages have a nesting box-this will be explained in the breeding section.
- Temperature:
- One of several reasons that crested geckos make great pets is that they thrive in mild temperatures, meaning that in most cases, supplemental heating is not required. My crested geckos are kept inbetween 65-75 degrees throughout the year. I have found that they will be most active and have healthy appetites when in this temperature range. Temperatures above 80 degrees will prove fatal, and temperatures below 65 should only experienced for short periods of time.
- Feeding:
- I feed my geckos the Sandfire Superfoods(Repashy Superfoods) along with a few crickets every now and again. The superfoods are basically a powder that you mix with water to make a paste/liquid food. I usually lightly mist the cages every other night, and feed on the nights I don't water
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