How To Care For Baby Crested Geckos 

I got a baby as my first reptile ever he's doing well. He's very friendly. I think they will get used to handling very fast.

Getting mine 3 days he a lil baby and when I handled him with the breeder he was super chill and wasn’t trying to get away or skittish

I just got my first crested gecko today I'm so excited!

Thank you just got two babies for my 75th birthday from my daughter and you help makes me feel so much more secure in caring for them

Outstanding video! After raising over 5k baby cresties, I completely agree with all your wonderful points. I especially appreciate your comment about feeding them ONLY CGD the first month. Again, great video!

I got my first crested gecko as a hatchling a year ago so amazing to see the growth

I just got a baby Dalmatian today and I’m already in love!❤️😂 update 2 years later: that little dalmatian (cookie) is about to breed for the first time!! i’m hoping to get some more baby dals

I’m still planning on getting a baby crested gecko soon. Because I want to experience their coloration and growth from baby to adult

Got my third crestie from a rescue and she popped out two fertile eggs a day later, so this video helped a lot, thank you!

I'm so glad I found this video. I live in Chicago and I've been wandering where to get a crested gecko

I just got a baby gecko last night from my friend who hatched a month before the expected date! Thank you for this video!

I’m up so early, just saw you uploaded and had to click right away! ♥️ we have two baby cresties and four eggs incubating. This helps so much. Thank you for all that you do.

Thank you for this video, I am a beginner breeder and I am currently incubating some of my first crestie eggs, this video was very helpful :))

please do a reptile room tour or a meet all of my reptiles again! I love your videos

Great video! Our first baby hatched yesterday and it is amazing :) Another on the way any day. Thanks for the info!!

got my baby today! hes breeded and he actually wants to be held already hes a sweet boy

Omg they are so cute! I love baby crested geckos!

ive gave my baby crestie a 20 gallon tall, but heavily decorated 1 area so he just hangs out there and as he grew up i expanded that area until he grew up

For me I just got a long cage and put it on it’s side and it’s worked amazing for me!

i just got two baby crested geckos one is 2 months and one is 3 months and they are in the same tank the tank isnt to big as you said but i just love them so much i got them today!

I love Dalmatians!!! 😍😍 beautiful babies

Thanks Trish your the best!

The new camera makes you look good

Thank you so much a lady at a local petstore made us purchase a HUGE chamillion cage for our baby crestie I knew in my heart it was wrong so we currently have him in a Walmart lil cage like yours. I studied them for a while but I'm very shy and she kept insisting we get it. I said no even my husband told her " were going to keep him in a smaller enclosure for now so he doesn't climb to high and get hurt" but she said "that's horrible! And will be so stressful for him" lol she even said we needed a dome light on the all mesh cage I figured a baby crestie could easily climb to the top and get burned. It's my fault honestly I knew better but was too shy to keep saying no

Helpful video as always 😊 ur so full of information and knowledge which is amazing 😊 I can’t own them here in Australia but I just love your videos for learning 😊

They’re so cute arghhhhh!!😩😍 my college is giving me one (I do an animal course) and it’s only a few weeks old at the moment. That’s a gorgeous snake as well aww I’m subbing 😁😊 Thanks for all your advice!

I kind of preferred your old filming setup. I know it’s like a very small difference but before it was closer up and more straight on instead of looking down. Now I just end up staring at the background 😂

I just got 4 baby’s today they’re my first ever crested geckos I’ve had other geckos before tho but I’m excited to raise them up

Best vid I think I’ve seen. Def top 3 on here

Im getting mine next week i cant wait omggg!!

Another great video. They are so cute👍👍👍👍👍

Ik this is old but This is so helpful! I’m getting my first crestie in a couple weeks and I’ve got springtails in the enclosure to eat any mould due to the humidity, I’ve got plenty saved for loads of foliage and a good wattaged heat lamp and I’m so so excited. Thank you!!!

Awesome thx I am gonna breed soon keep up the great work

Ive had 3 cresties for about 8 years now. They are always producing eggs but I usually just remove them. Obviously one got away from me and as I was cleaning the tank last night I found what I thought was a tail. It was a baby crested gecko. So now I have to figure out what to do properly lol. I have an enclosure already, so I'm probably good to go for most basics. Just a really unexpected find

They’re sooooo cute 😍🥰🥰

I JUST GOT A BABY CRESTED GECKO!! I HAVE DONE ALL THE RIGHT STEPS!! But I got a 12x12x18 tank but in a bit I will start putting him or her next to the water and food. I won’t do it right away so him or her don’t get scared. My crested gecko is doing great in my tank I have been watching it and it has been exploring around! It likes to stay at the top in the corners but it’s getting around the tank now.

I found it hard to keep the humidity in when mine was on paper towel.

today for my birthday i had gotten a crested gecko so i need all the help i can get and this is my first time owning a reptile

One of mine molted last night.. He/She looks brilliant.

Im making a cabinet thats diameters are perfect for cresties and this care guide for general care

I felt really nervous before this idk why but this helped

I have a baby crusted gecko just a little bit bigger but still a baby he seems to love his enclosure and it's a big one People at the pet store told me that he needed it and had everything he needed in it He eats crickets he just ate one recently

i got my baby crestie 4 months ago and hes doing great hes getting used to handling hes out on his branches a lot the first week i had him he jumped out my hand on to my bed climbed down my bed and just sat on the floor until i picked him up im saying he but hes not old enough for me to tell yet i just think its a he lol

Them 2 baby's born on 15th got same birthday as me lol

I just got my crestie from Curious Creatures yesterday! Lovely people

I have a 3 inch baby in a 18x18x18 jus got it im so excited

Mine somehow randomly laid eggs and they survived and I woke up to two baby’s so thank you!!!!

Hi! I was just wondering, how long do you keep the crested gecko kids in the smaller terrarium? Until what age?

Awesome Vid it was very helpfull :)

What size are the kritter keepers you use for the brand new hatchlings?

For a smaller crested gecko(I mean a baby but a larger older baby) if it would be okay in a larger enclosure if you put like 2 or 3 food ledges in the enclosure

Hey great video & very helpful! I just hatched my very first crestie & am a little nervous. I have mourning geckos too & their hatchlings have a very high chance of dying which is why I'm so worried about that happening to my baby crested gecko. Is their chance of dying once hatched just as low as for an adult or is it different? 🙈

How long or how old do keep your baby geckos in a smaller tub on paper towels

I have a harlequin crested gecko hatchling, it’s possibly a she, I have one elevated food ledge I made, should I put more in her enclosure? She is in a somewhat medium size tub.

Idk why but my family thought I was dumb for using a soldering iron to put holes in the container I'm using for my baby crestie, so you saying you did the same thing makes me feel strangely validated lmao

just got my first ever gecko.!any tips especially about young ones and feeding?

Great video kiddo I learned a lot and I was thinking of getting a crested gecko but don't know a good place to find one thanks

Pretty sure my female is gravid. Im so excited i cannot wait.

Well when I got my crested gecko my one didn't need a "SMALLER" enclosure it is still a baby and it is fine she is 1 year old now

I don't care how run of the mill cresties are considered. I absolutely love them. I'm getting my first one, first reptile, in 3hrs or so and I'm so excited. I built an 18x18x24 vivarium, but I'm gonna stop by the store for a small tub and a plastic aquarium plant while I'm out. I'll probably switch into the vivarium after a few days. I'm worried about being able to maintain proper humidity in the plastic container without a hygrometer. The viv turned out pretty dang good, although not perfect, by any means. It isn't as easy as they make it look on youtube lol. If it's your first time, you're probably gonna make a few mistakes. I didn't let the expanding foam on the sides cure quite long enough and it was an unmitigated mess, nor did I wear gloves. The drylok method worked very well though. I enjoy it a lot more than silicone and substrate. I got a cool hide but it's substantially larger than I believed it to be, unfortunately. Idk if it'll see much use, especially since I ended up opting for such a young gecko. It isn't super young, but it was old enough for the breeder to suspect it's a male, and it's gorgeous and a helluva bargain. I didn't want a female because I didn't want to contend with ovulating and eggs. There's a lot you need to learn and prepare for when getting a crestie, even though it's commonly considered to be a starter pet. And building a bioactive vivarium? Ffs, is it EXPENSIVE! I doubt I would've gone through all this at all had I known just how much, over $700, not including the gecko, but it is such a fascinating and fulfilling hobby, building your own ecosystem with microfauna, gorgeous plants and a remarkable reptile. Great tutorial video, btw.

I’m way late but does it mention how you heat the bins?

I have a calm crested gecko called nugget and a jumpy one called pumpkin

I got my crestie Draco exactly 3 weeks and 2 days ago (he was born on February 19th of this year) I've waited the recommended amount of time but I'm still nervous to handle him do u have any suggestions/advise on how to grab/handle him without spooking him or hurting him? (I've gently pet him a couple times and he hasn't been bothered by it)

For a juvenile crested gecko is 8in wide, 8in long, and 11 in tall a good size?

My crested gecko is not eating the insects? What should I do? Its a baby

I just got a baby gecko and i put it in a 10 gallon terrarium but I don't know if that's too big or too small

I got my Crested gecko around a month ago. She’s very jumpy still even though she’s a few months old. Do y’all have any tips on how to handle or approach a jumpy gecko. It’s intimidating and I feel like I jump everytime she moves.

I’m getting a gecko tomorrow or Monday

So i just got my first baby Crested Gecko 2 days ago ... how often should it be pooping?

I Had a Baby crestin in a 120x60x60 Wood Terrarium aaaaaaaand i lost it in it xD. now i Have my crestie in a small Terrarium . :D

I have a baby from my other two geckos we did not even see the eggs at all but so far it seems to be so good ( we can’t even see the egg shells)

My son just got a baby crested and we are having a difficult time handling and feeding him. Could you give me any tips on how to do both easier?? He's so small I want to make sure he's eating enough and we don't hurt him handling him

I’m planning on getting a baby crates gecko but I’m not sure how to setup the enclosure as I live in a VERY HUMID area, do I lower the temperature here and there? I’m not really sure if you could help that would be great!

We just found two eggs from our two adult crested geckos and are very excited. Should we remove eggs from adult cage? Do we need special clay bedding to incubate? Thx for your help. JB

How big are the larger tubs?

Can you make a video about how to treat dehydration at home? Someone turned my heat lamp on for my geckos and now they’re dehydrated. I need help on how to rehydrate very young cresties, can you help me???

The may 15th ones were born on my birthday😂😂

I have a baby crested gecko i got a few days ago. Theyre in a really big enclosure (a 2foot sliding door viv) and i feed a powder that you mix with water. Is that okay?

Today I got my very first reptile it a baby harlequin crested gecko

Do you guys know what age or weight would be ok for them to be in something bigger then a plastic container? I have a 3 month old

My baby crestie is in a 12x12x18 right now and I don’t have a smaller tank to put him in. Is he going to be alright? Or do I absolutely have to make a new one out of a tub? He was born on november 15 I think, so if that gives any information.

is it ok if i keep the baby with its parents when it hatches because im new to taking care of them and im asking just in case they breed if i get two of them.

Can I keep a smaller gecko in a bigger enclosure if I make sure to feed it daily myself? I'd like to feed it by hand with a popsicle stick so that it gets used to me and associates me with food.

I have a rock with holes and they hide in that i have random plants glued on it but i cant find any vines or bushy plants

is a 12x12x12 exo terra big enough for a baby?

Hey I’m from Chiacgo!!

It’s fine if we use the powder formula right??

I have 3 cats, a rosetail betta, a nerite snail, tons of amano shrimp (5.2g and 10g) I'm highly debating getting a crested gecko tomorrow. I work at Petco so I'm always around them taking care of them. I wanted a beardy but ik I can't commit as much time as they need. But I can easily manage a crested. Tho he or she will def be spoiled🙄😂

Would you recommend breeding crested geckos ?

I bought a crested gecko at Repticon back in November that was a couple months old so I think it’s about 8 months old now. It seems very skinny, much skinnier than other crested geckos I see about the same size as mine. I feed Pangea. It has lots of foliage to hide in. It is in a 12x12x18 but I always see it utilizing the whole space at night. Should I downgrade to something smaller at 8 months old to see if it will eat more?

my baby crestie prefers not to jump as much as other crested geckos i’ve handled should that worry me

If you keep it on paper towel, how are plants supposed to live?

Is there away of telling how old a gecko is we were sold a Crestie the shop was saying about 7 months old but wasn’t sure is there a size to age ratio or rough size to age he’s about 3.5-4 inches

what color should a baby crested gecko on a pangea diets poop be?

My baby geckos just hatched

hi i know you said that its better to haev a smaller tank for a baby crested gecko, but i have sort of a large one and he eats just fine and is super calm. do you think he is alright in there or should i downgrade his enclosure?

what do you recommend for a 6 month old crested gecko, which substrate (coco husk or fiber?) or paper towel? and method to feed it? it's a tiny one 5 gramme yet

I have a 4 inch crested gecko what size tank should I use

This was so useful! thanks

What age do you start handling the babies to tame them? How old are the babies in each container and what age do you transfer them to say a 12x12x18?