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After months and months of research, I finally got a crestie!! I went to the show in NY on saturday, and bought him for $70. He is not named yet, so any suggestions are welcome.

What A Cutie! At a loss for names (thought of "Albert" but tossed the name out after a few mins), maybe his personality will give you a hint...
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0.0.2 Crested Gecko (Anton (or Angelina) & Harley)
1.1 Crazy dogs (Alex & Sadie)
0.2 Vacationing Kitties (Puddy, PeeWee)
0.1 Amazing Wife =o)
Charlie - RIP 9-8-05 (Veiled Cham)

Very nice crested! I just can't get enough of their comical expressions. I would call this little guy Fire Fox. He has nice colors and pattern and for some reason I expect he will be a real vixen LOL.

On a side note, giving him way too much food LOL A quarter teaspoon to half teaspoon is enough to feed a crested gecko. Mine always leave a bit left or alot left if I feed more than a half teaspoon. Teaspoons are good for juveniles (adjust by the amount eaten, if the jar lid is clean add a bit more, if lots is left, add a bit less). Once they are adults, a half teaspoon is plenty, again adjust to the appetite of your particular gecko. Offering a smaller amount also makes it easier to tell if they are indeed eating, especially with young geckos who only eat so little and are full.

If you are using the powdered diets, for a single gecko juvenile I mix one quarter teaspoon powder to half teaspoon of water. THen feed a quarter teaspoon of the mixture to the gecko and refrigerate remainder to use for the next feeding or two. This cuts down on waste and it can stay refrigerated for a week or so.
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PHLdyPayne

Thanks. Yeah, I do give him a lot of the baby food lol. I can tell if he eats it though, usually theres a bunch of lick marks, or spots in it where he ate. I also feed him crickets though, ontop of the cgd and baby food, I feed him like every other night, he eats around 10 or so small crickets.