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 #1705624


Jakezilla
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 Help on tanks

i got a crested gecko today i have a horizontal tank a exoterra verticle ttank you know with the locks and a repterium what should i keep my crestie in?
04/16/08  04:16pm

 #1705848


Alleycatt
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   Message To: Jakezilla   In reference to Message Id: 1705624


 Help on tanks

what sizes are the tanks and the cresty?



04/16/08  06:40pm

 #1706061


Guido1090
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   Message To: Alleycatt   In reference to Message Id: 1705848


 Help on tanks

they need height so i would say whichever is taller. also post the dimensions of the tanks and pics if you can. we may be able to help you make the horizontal one work better.
04/16/08  09:01pm

 #1706621


Jakezilla
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   Message To: Alleycatt   In reference to Message Id: 1705848


 Help on tanks

i picked the exoterra tank cuz my gecko s onlyabout 4inches the tank is 18"tall and 12"inch wide on each side
04/17/08  12:48pm

 #1706640


Jakezilla
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   Message To: Alleycatt   In reference to Message Id: 1705848


 Help on tanks

oh the pics of ur geckos were nice :)
04/17/08  01:00pm

 #1707177


Alleycatt
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   Message To: Jakezilla   In reference to Message Id: 1706640


 Help on tanks

thank you!

that cage should be great probably for more than a few months, it is about the size of a ten gallon i think. just keep in mind that if you think the little one looks cramped, it probably is, and all should be well! lol, i have noticed that the smaller the are, the slower they seem to grow, and then as soon as it is time to move them out of the ten gallon and into a twenty, they seem to grow SO FAST! i’m sure it has something to do with "puberty" but it is just so amazing!
04/17/08  08:18pm

 #1707189


Alleycatt
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   Message To: Alleycatt   In reference to Message Id: 1707177


 Help on tanks

lol, you were talking about guido’s pics! hahahaha i was kind of like "well i didn’t think i had posted any... but thank you?" but i am a bit ditsy right now because i am on cold medicines, so please forgive me!
04/17/08  08:24pm

 #1707417


Guido1090
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   Message To: Alleycatt   In reference to Message Id: 1707189


 Help on tanks

lol i wasnt sure whose pics he was talking about.

if it was mine thank you :) zazu doesnt like getting his picture taken but i try lol.
04/17/08  11:19pm

 #1707470


Jakezilla
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   Message To: Guido1090   In reference to Message Id: 1707417


 Help on tanks

both yalls pics and geckos are awesome i wish i had a male morph that looks like zazu and a female that looked like saphron :) they are all awesome!!
04/18/08  12:17am

 #1707481


Alleycatt
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   Message To: Jakezilla   In reference to Message Id: 1707470


 Help on tanks

lol, thank you! saphron is a camera ham, unless she is about to lay she gets all fired up whenever i pull out the camera!



04/18/08  12:23am

 #1707484


Jakezilla
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   Message To: Alleycatt   In reference to Message Id: 1707189


 Help on tanks

alleycat ur a breeder right?cuz i need to learn how to hand feed my gecko any tips?id appreciate it
04/18/08  12:25am

 #1707508


Alleycatt
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   Message To: Jakezilla   In reference to Message Id: 1707484


 Help on tanks

do you mean hand feeding like, just letting them eat while in your hand [which i am assuming, but we all know what assume means right? lol, at least what our grandmothers might tell us it means!] or more like "force" feeding/giving medication?

if it is the first one, just keep in mind that since your little one is only around 8g’s, it isn’t going to eat very much, and it is very much like an add child and will run all over the place. but i would have to food ready in a water bottle cap before you get him/her out, and then let it do the hand walk thing until it settles down a little bit, and when it is sitting still for a second, just lift the food up to his/her mouth, possibly even put a little bit on the nose, and when it licks it of, kind of put the food close again so it gets a bit of a mouth full, but don’t poor it down the throat or anything, lol, just close enough so that when he licks it off the nose his toungue also touches the food in the cap, and s/he should do the rest... i hope this helps!



04/18/08  12:52am

 #1707519


Jakezilla
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   Message To: Alleycatt   In reference to Message Id: 1707508


 Help on tanks

like eating insects from ur fingers
04/18/08  01:10am

 #1707547


Alleycatt
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   Message To: Jakezilla   In reference to Message Id: 1707519


 Help on tanks

oh! hahaha see what i mean, that darn assume word completely made an a** out of me!

i havent ever fed insects my hand, i just throw the crickets in the cage with them, but there is a breeder who said he had to take one of the back legs and gently pull it [NOT OFF] but pull it until a small bead of liquid came out, let the cresty lick that bead of liqued and then they would go crazey over crickets after that! i hope that helps!!!!
04/18/08  02:00am

 #1707567


Jakezilla
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   Message To: Alleycatt   In reference to Message Id: 1707547


 Help on tanks

i miss my tongs lmao!



04/18/08  02:51am

 #1707570


Alleycatt
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   Message To: Jakezilla   In reference to Message Id: 1707567


 Help on tanks

ah! lol i know! i really hate crickets, but they love them, so what can you do?!?!? lol, we just compromise, you get crickets as long as i don’t ever have to touch them!!!!!
04/18/08  02:56am

 #1707576


Jakezilla
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   Message To: Alleycatt   In reference to Message Id: 1707570


 Help on tanks

lol
04/18/08  03:02am

 #1714016


Guido1090
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   Message To: Jakezilla   In reference to Message Id: 1707576


 Help on tanks

what i do is i have a glass mason jar in my tank. the crestie can climb it but the crickets cant. i put the crickets in that and zazu climbs in it and eats them then climbs out when he is done. watch your gecko the first time to make sure he can get in and out. zazu had trouble the first time so i buried it a bit in the dirt and put it on an angle so he can access it better. it seems to work good for the crickets.
04/23/08  08:40pm

 #1714404


Alleycatt
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   Message To: Guido1090   In reference to Message Id: 1714016


 Help on tanks

i have been thinking about trying that again. i havent tried the mason jars but i think that would work out much better than a tall cup that can easily tip over!
04/24/08  02:42am


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