I've got a cage with three baby geckos (~4 mo. old).
I love feeding them small crickets because they go nuts and run around pouncing on anything that moves... that, however, is where the problem lies-they have started to bite eachother and with a fair amount of gusto. One will actually snap shut on the others head and start tugging on it... is this normal for baby cresteds? I've had them about 2 months and they're growing and shedding regulary and they're obviously quite active (maybe too active...). Also, I've only noticed the biting when they're feeding on crickets.

So my questions are:

1. Could this be male-male aggression? because they seem pretty young and I can barely grab 'em much less sex 'em

2. These guys are pretty tough right, should I just assume they can take an occasional gnaw on the head and be ok?

Any advice will be greatly appreciated
thanks

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• bitey baby geckos - ciliatusrex, Sat Jul 10 12:42:48 2004
• RE: bitey baby geckos - kofseattle, Sat Jul 10 16:27:41 2004
• RE: bitey baby geckos - NeoScales, Sun Jul 11 08:17:10 2004
• RE: bitey baby geckos - gecco, Tue Jul 13 07:42:32 2004