r/geckos

Hello, I found an ad on OLX where a woman is selling this gecko along with its terrarium at a very low price. I got really worried about this listing because to me, the gecko looks severely emaciated. I keep invertebrates (snails and spiders) but I've never had a reptile before. I feel incredibly sorry for this little guy and I'm thinking about rescuing it. Are my fears justified? (Photo attached below

Picked this little one up from an awesome clean store in Iowa. The owner said it’s been 5-8 months old, eating crickets every other to every 3 days. It was black and angry but after about 2 hours it’s back to being blue. What’s everyone’s thoughts on it? Pictures were taken thru the screen on the Tupperware tub lid I have it in, sorry if they’re crappy lol 🤷🏻‍♂️

My bioactive palace for my gargoyle gecko. I started this set up using an ikea cabinet with the goal of creating a kingdom for my little guy to rule over. He's proven a terror of a king, hunting down and eating his subjects (isopods) live. I try to appease him with offerings of cherry repashy diet, dusted cricket sacrifices, and even the coveted fresh mango and banana treats... but their population continues to decline under his rule. All who look into the face of evil shall perish

Fyi lights were on at night only to get a few pics without glare.

I have my gecko for a week now and I’m looking for tips and things I can add to his tank.

Hakito x darthmaul. Hopefully good results will come out for this future pairing

She seems to love digging through the substrate and coming back out.

hes just sittin still in his sleeping nook awake! usually he curls up in a ball in there but not this time i guess-- temp is 24-25 and humidity is 53-56%

ive had him for exactly 2 weeks noww

I finally decided to name him Vermithor! I don’t usually hand feed just did since I just got him and I was going on a weekend trip and just wanted to make sure he ate before I left ! He is 5 months old!

Hi everyone! To start this is a baby African fat tail, I wouldn’t even consider it to be a juvenile yet which is why I have him in a 10gal enclosure for now. I have a 40gal off to the side that I’m making for when he’s finally big enough.

I’ve had him for around 4 days and I’ve only noticed 1 poop. The first day he actually ate well and ate 8 small crickets, the next day he only ate a few of them and last night I don’t know that he ate any of them and he hasn’t pooped in two days I think. Looks otherwise healthy.

I have a UTH heater attached to a thermostat keeping the floor temp at 90 degrees in his warm hide with a humid hide in the middle and an Arcadia shade dweller on top. He basically never leaves his humid hide all day with a floor temp of 78 or so most of the time.

I had to move/mess with his enclosure many times since getting him because I had his lighting and stuff too hot and I had him in the 40gal enclosure.

Could he just be really stressed since I messed with his enclosure a bunch? I’m just worried he’s not eating right. It’s my first reptile and I did a ton of research before getting him on reptifiles care sheet and what not.

Look at her smile! 😁

I’ve been working on this 2x2x4 enclosure to upgrade my chewy Benito into but with all the work i put in i feel like it’s not enough clutter still? Any ideas on how i can add more volume to the open space without having to redo anything? The cork is supported only by the foam spray background when i first made it so I can’t put anything heavy on them like bridges or what not.

Only thing i can think of is maybe cutting little holes so i can get magnets for bridges? Idk.

im talking about like any extra enrichment or other cool things to improve my cresties living space!

ignore the sad plant at the bottom i need to get new plants ;-;

Just finished setting up this 36x18x36 bioactive planned for a female pair of skinks. While I give it time to grow in, what are good places to look for captive bred skinks ideally sexed. Seems pretty limited out there and I worry about getting potentially two males, or a breeding pair and hear everywhere that keeping them in a group is better than a single one.

So its been a week now and here is an update on the two. The weaker male in shed was incredibly stressed constantly and would hang around at the bottom of his tank, so i decided to rehome him to a Friend who has allot of experience with Giant day geckos and now hes thriving over there, eating and being allot more bold in just a couple of days.

The big fat bully (in the picture) is also doing well, hes eating out of my hand, he patrols his enclosure and he is very inquisitive and curious. Most surprising is that he isnt afraid of me at all and comes to the front begging for treats. Hes like a small dog.

EDIT: Never owned baby cresties, any tips and tricks to taking care of them until theyre bigger? Is the temp enclosure okay for two of them for now or should I separate them ASAP?

I got Cheesy poof about three months ago and I have her on a bioactive set up (which is why I’m thinking I can’t find their eggs). She still has her tail, and I come home and see a tail by itself in the corner of her enclosure from across the room.

Naturally, I get kind of bummed out, and go to check her out to make sure she’s okay. NOPE! Just a whole ass baby. I only found one at first and figured she must’ve ate the other or just the one hatched. NOPE again! Hidden behind the enclosure background lo and behold baby 2.

I feel like a 1500s parent I’m too scared to name them yet but they’ve made it for a week so far! Does anyone have any tips for babies vs adult cresties?

I found this little guy outside and he was barely alive but I have never seen anything that looked like him ever. I live in S.Georgia. Thanks for any help. The few people I asked said he was some kind of gecko but I really have no clue.