10 points to the best answer how to breed crested geckos?

Question

hey im about 14 years old and really want to get 2 big crested geckos to breed themi have one already but hes too small so im going to get two big ones and i want to get a 20 gallon or 40 gallon breeder for them i think it would be so much fun and please dont tell me im too young or wait till im older thanks

Answer 1

If it's possible, what i would do is get both vivariums. It is good to give the female a break from the male for three months of the year, and you can put him in the 20 -- during cold months. She will give you a lot of eggs, so be ready. Make sure she is big enough for him. Just keep them fed well, misted well and they will have eggs in no time, a few months after you put them together. He may bite her head, so make sure she is OK. Get a container to put in the vivarium, I keep a plastic box with a hole on top, and dirt inside that i keep moist, that is where they lay their eggs. Since my geckos eat crickets sometimes, I don't keep dirt throughout the home since they could be impacted. Anyway, to incubate the eggs you just use room temperature. Be VERY careful when moving the eggs from the home as to keep them in the exact location you found them, or the babies can die. Keep the dirt or substrant they're on moist, but keep a lid on top of the egg container with some holes for air. I hope this helps a little, it is actually pretty easy to breed these guys. good luck!!

Answer 2

Crested geckos are often everywhere from $30-200. Frogs are 20-30ish. specific morphs of crested geckos are greater high priced. you are able to truly feed crested geckos CGD it fairly is a nutrition formulated for them. you are able to mixture it with water because it fairly is a powder. they could get crickets each and every as quickly as and a whilst. i do no longer propose infant nutrition because it has a brilliant form of sugar in it. that must be ok. Crested geckos do like taller cages as they climb. relies upon the place you get them. shops are greater high priced. you additionally can get them online in bulk or you need to breed your individual. In shops they are approximately 11-13 cents each and each. online you will get 500 crickets for 10 dollars or something like that. you are able to place them in a cabinet. Thats what I do. you additionally can pull off the wings they chirp with.

Answer 3

BREEDING:
Crested geckos can be easy to breed. Males and females should be approximately 35-40 grams (sexually mature weight) before breeding is attempted. This usually takes 9-12 months. It is best to raise the males away from the females until they are mature. Once they are mature, they can be placed together. It is important to watch for signs of aggression during this time. Be absolutely sure you are not placing more than one male in a cage. Males will be extremely aggressive towards each other, for territorial reasons, especially if a female is present. It is helpful to put your geckos through a cool-down prior to breeding. This imitates the winter cycle in nature and brings them into a reproductive state as coming into spring naturally would do. In late fall or early winter, turn the room temperatures down to the upper 60s and turn off any heat source on the cage itself. Keep them at this temperature for 6-8 weeks. You should feed them twice a week, but they may not each much at this time. Once you warm the room back up and turn their heat sources on, they should begin laying eggs in their nest boxes. Females will usually lay every 3-6 weeks. Crested Geckos can lay up to 18 eggs per season.
INCUBATION/HATCHING:
Check your nest boxes for eggs every other day. Healthy eggs will be pure white and have a solid feel. Any small, spongy eggs will most likely be infertile. Eggs need to be placed in a deli cup or other small plastic container with about 1-2 inches of perlite or coarse-grade vermiculite. This needs to have water added to it in a 1:1 ratio by weight. It must be moist enough to pack when a handful is squeezed, but no water should drip out. It takes a little practice to get the consistency right. If it is too moist, the eggs will tend to take up too much water and mold. If it is too dry, the eggs will usually shrivel and dry up. You'll want one or two tiny holes in the side of the container to provide fresh air. If you have more airholes, you will lose too much moisture, which may kill the eggs. Eggs should be incubated at 74-80 degrees. They will hatch in 6-12 weeks. Temperatures closer to 80 will make them hatch quicker. Most "reptile room" temperatures should be warm enough so that you can put the egg containers on a shelf. If the room is cooler than 74, you may want to purchase a Hovabator incubator. These are inexpensive and can be purchased at most reptile supply companies. Make sure this is set up and calibrated before you need to put eggs in them. When the babies hatch, you can set them up individually in plastic shoeboxes. You may house Crested Gecko babies in small groups as long as they are similar in size, and lots of hiding places are available. They should start feeding 3-4 days after they hatch.

Answer 4

Crested geckos are prolific breeders, generally producing between 10-20 clutches a year of two eggs each. The number of clutches depends on a variety of factors including: the age of the female, the quality of the diet, and most importantly, temperature. In fact, the only way to get this geckos to stop breeding is to lower the cage temperature to between 50-60 degrees F for a few months and reduce the amount of food offered. Crested geckos are generally sexually mature at about 8 months, but I have found that females of at least 12 months of age are more reliable breeders and produce larger clutches with a greater percentage of fertile eggs. Crested geckos are difficult to sex as babies, but as they mature, the males develop a LARGE hemipenal pouch under the base of the tail and are easily distinguished from females that lack this appendage. This bulge becomes very noticeable about 4-6 months of age. A cycling period is recommended to promote breeding, 3-4 months with a cage temperature of 50-60 degrees seems to work well for me. After the cooling period, the daytime high should be allowed to reach into the 80's and the nighttime low can drop into the low 70's or high 60's. Increasing misting at this time may also promote breeding activity. It is not easy to distinguish developing eggs in the abdomens of gravid female crested geckos like it is in other gecko species such as leopard geckos. However, gravid females do exhibit a slight bulge in the lower abdomen prior to oviposition, but you have to look carefully. Oviposition occurs in loose, moist substrate on the floor of the cage. In my enclosures, I provide one section that is a mixture of peat moss and vermiculite which is kept moist at all times. Other breeders have found that crested geckos will utilize open containers of moist loose substrates. Eggs can be incubated from 70-80 degrees F, but temperatures above 82 degrees should be avoided for extended periods. Babies hatch between 65-80 days, depending upon temperature. Babies are small but hardy and do well housed in small aquariums (5 to 10gal) with screen lids. Babies will eat after the first shed (sometimes before depending upon the individual) and should be offered small crickets and baby food.


i HOPE YOU HAVE LOTS OF AQUARIUMS!

Answer 5

Research first!


http://www.kingsnake.com/rockymountain/RMHPages/RMHcrested.htm
http://www.crestedlady.com/crestedcare.htm
http://www.pangeareptile.com/index.htm
http://www.thecrestedgecko.com/
http://www.thegeckospot.com/index.html

Answer 6

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