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#1860749
Guido1090
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Gecko burrowing? 
my friend has a 3 month old crested gecko and his gecko is constantly burrowing in the inch of substrate they have in its cage. he was asking me if its normal but i didnt know because i have never had mine burrow. why would their gecko burrow?
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09/15/08 10:16pm
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#1860875
Leah_Lizard
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Message To: Guido1090 In reference to Message Id: 1860749
Gecko burrowing?
i don’t have experience with any geckos but he should check his temps if they’re too high he may be trying to escape the heat.
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09/16/08 07:56am
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#1860877
Guido1090
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Message To: Leah_Lizard In reference to Message Id: 1860875
Gecko burrowing?
okay ill let him know but i doubt thats the case for this gecko. they dont have any kind of heat source on the cage and its not near a window so the cage is the same temp as their house. if their house went up to 80+ i think they would know it. but if they turn the air conditioning off while they are at work then that is possible.
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09/16/08 08:01am
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#1860917
Hummi
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Message To: Guido1090 In reference to Message Id: 1860877
Gecko burrowing?
Any chance he just got the gecko within the last couple weeks? I have noticed that mine will bury themselves in the substrate for the first couple weeks after I get them. After they are settled in they tend to stay up higher.
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09/16/08 09:59am
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#1860995
Guido1090
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Message To: Hummi In reference to Message Id: 1860917
Gecko burrowing?
he got the gecko 4-6 weeks ago i think. he got the gecko when it was 8 weeks old and now its 3- 3 1/2 months old.
that might be the reason. mine didnt do that so i didnt know what to tell him. ill let him know that yours did.
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09/16/08 12:04pm
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#1861067
Sherby
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Message To: Guido1090 In reference to Message Id: 1860995
Gecko burrowing?
yes its quite normal,babies usually do that,it stops as they get older,knothing to worry about
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09/16/08 02:25pm
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#1861091
Guido1090
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Message To: Sherby In reference to Message Id: 1861067
Gecko burrowing?
okay thanks. i never experienced it with mine that i got when it was 4 months old. ill tell them its nothing to worry about.
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09/16/08 03:21pm
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#1861476
Squee
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Message To: Guido1090 In reference to Message Id: 1860995
Gecko burrowing?
it could be that the gecko feels it doesnt have a secure enough hiding spot higher up in the tank
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09/16/08 09:58pm
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#1861514
Guido1090
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Message To: Squee In reference to Message Id: 1861476
Gecko burrowing?
that might be. ill have my friend take a pic of his tank and send me it so i can post it and see what you think.
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09/16/08 10:37pm
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#1865782
Herp Helper
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Message To: Guido1090 In reference to Message Id: 1861514
Gecko burrowing?
It could be that the tank isn’t humid enough. Geckos will do that if they don’t have enough humidity. (unless the gecko already burrows naturally but cresteds don’t)
I would try misting it more. (I minimum of once a day)
H H 
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09/22/08 03:23pm
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#1886399
Lmonne
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Message To: Herp Helper In reference to Message Id: 1865782
Gecko burrowing?
my baby does that too. i was going to post a new thread but found this one. he burries himself under a patch of peat moss. the humidity is good and im sure the temp is good too. i think the lack of hide is it. i have live plants and branches so i use a uvb for the plants and to simulate a natural cycle. si i think the light bugs him out. at first he would just sit there and fall asleep inder the light but. i added a coco hide that was in a snake tank. ( i did wash it but only with hot water ) and thats the day he burrowed. i thought it was because he smelt the snake on the hide. so i took it out. he didnt use it he burrowed on the opposite side of the vivarium
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10/23/08 07:54pm
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