im going to petco today to buy things for the crestie im getting and i want an 18 inch cube, can i put a baby-12 month old in that or should i have a divider
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rdude110
Feb 22, 2007 02:48 PM
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warnersister
Feb 22, 2007 03:10 PM
do you mean a baby AND a 12-month old?
an 18" exo terra cube will hold one adult crested, or several juvies, but you should never house different size geckos in the same tank. if you divide that size tank into 1/5 and 4/5 areas, it could possibly work for a while depending on the size of the baby, just make sure there are no gaps it can crawl through to the other side.
you would need to remove the back foam wall and have a piece of plexiglass cut to fit, not sure how it would work in an exo terra but i did that with a 29 gallon aquarium and had to cut notches in the top plastic frame for the divider to slide in and be flush with the top. you would also have to find a way to hold the divider in place since it won't be permanently attached. i have mine held by eco earth but you don't want to use that substrate with a baby.
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rdude110
Feb 22, 2007 03:35 PM
no no no no no im getting like a baby or up to a twelve month old one and i want to know if its okay size for it or if its to big
rdude110
Feb 22, 2007 03:59 PM
i meant to saw 12 week old! im not thinkiong straight, was hit on the head to many times today
warnersister
Feb 22, 2007 05:03 PM
haha it's ok. i see what you were saying now. an 18" cube will be fine as long as it knows where to find its food. use paper towels for substrate and maybe put a couple of little food dishes (i use plastic bottle caps) in there, one on the bottom and one up high.
if you're using crickets, you can put them in a glass jar if you don't want them roaming around the tank. i refrigerate the crickets and put them in a little dish so the geckos can start attacking them before they warm up completely and start jumping around again.
you won't really be able to tell if it's eating other than seeing poops, so watch for those and if they're there, then it found its food. =)
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3.1 snakes, 1.2.1 crested geckos, 2.0 devon rex cats, 1.0 betta
