and none have dropped a tail yet. I am not too delicate when I handle them but don't know if I have been just lucky or what.

I just grab them around the middle when taking them out to clean cages and put them where I want them.

Last year I bred and sold over 30 of them and no tail drops what so ever.

I am beginning to wonder if diet has any thing to do with it.

I gutload their food with the best gutload, powdered milk, bee pollen, spirulina and veggies. I spritz with water daily. I think the great husbandry makes them more tolerant of handling because they are in such gret health they can withstand more stress with out dropping the tail. I also do not over crowd babies and seperate out males when they are maturing. They tend to gab each others tail.

Then again maybe just dumb luck who knows!

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• Buttercup is still my favorite girl. - anson, Sat Jul 17 10:51:49 2004
• This is buttercups son. - anson, Sat Jul 17 10:55:02 2004
• That's the pic that made me go out and get 2 cresties... - Finnigan, Sat Jul 17 11:57:26 2004
• They are super easy to care for. - anson, Sat Jul 17 13:05:22 2004
• RE: They are super easy to care for. - alieliza, Sat Jul 17 13:44:39 2004
• Try handling him often - anson, Sat Jul 17 14:00:39 2004
• RE: Try handling him often - alieliza, Sat Jul 17 14:06:10 2004
• I have 10 cresteds - anson, Sat Jul 17 14:15:37 2004
• If he gets too scared don't force the handling - anson, Sat Jul 17 14:07:27 2004
• RE: If he gets too scared don't force the handling - alieliza, Sat Jul 17 14:34:59 2004
• RE: If he gets too scared don't force the handling - alieliza, Sat Jul 17 15:46:06 2004