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i just got a pair of cresteds yesterday and are keeping them in a large critter keeper with fake plants and a manzanita branch. well one of them is extremely hyper while the other laid back. well today i feed crickets and the hyper one went nuts and the other didnt eat one. i also put baby organic food and hasnt touch that. im worried. how do i get it to eat. oh theyre 3 weeks old

The best bet is to feed it and leave it alone, most all of my cresteds and ive got a room plus full of em wont eat baby food if I am in the room the crickets just get em so excited they cant help it, also keep in mind its hard to tell if a baby is eating b food they dont eat much ya know....good luck ask way if you need more info.

>>The best bet is to feed it and leave it alone, most all of my cresteds and ive got a room plus full of em wont eat baby food if I am in the room the crickets just get em so excited they cant help it, also keep in mind its hard to tell if a baby is eating b food they dont eat much ya know....good luck ask way if you need more info.
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If this doesn't work and/or you notice one of them growing significantly faster than the other, you may have a dominance issue. Sometimes they don't get along, and one can cause the other one stress, leading to the stressed one not eating well and therefore not growing. In that case you'd want to separate them; a second critter keeper would be a cheap solution. It could also be that since they're new, one has dealt with the stress of moving to a new home better than the other. Let them have some time to get settled in and they'll probably both be eating soon.
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0.1 Albino Leopard Gecko - Tigger
0.1 Crested Gecko - Pooh-Bear

thanks for the fast replys. good news, there both eating. i have to wake up at 4 to go to work and i happened to look at the cage and see what was going on and they were both awake and chasing the few crickets in the cage.

how would i know if theyre stressing each other out besides physical fights and the dropping of the tail. god forbid

>>thanks for the fast replys. good news, there both eating. i have to wake up at 4 to go to work and i happened to look at the cage and see what was going on and they were both awake and chasing the few crickets in the cage.
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>> how would i know if theyre stressing each other out besides physical fights and the dropping of the tail. god forbid

The other obvious sign is if one of them doesn't grow as fast as the other. That would mean that it's either being stressed or out-competed for food. If you don't see any aggression and they both grow well, you're probably fine. I imagine the one just took a little longer to get settled in and they'll both be fine, but obviously it can't hurt to keep an eye on them.
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0.1 Albino Leopard Gecko - Tigger
0.1 Crested Gecko - Pooh-Bear