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I received this Rhac from Anthony Caponetto (for my fiancée Sara)...

...thanks to Anthony.

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-Randy May
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very nice. i saw that for sale in the classifieds, looks great! once again, great photos.

Actually this is a different one - I remember when Anthony got the other one (it's greener), the one in the ad this past weekend.
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-Randy May
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oh, i noticed it had a bit of an underbite and thought it was the same one. the one in the classifieds had tons of pink and green. i just didn't know how much they changed.

Is that thw one that was for sale with the underbite? I think i also saw it in the classifieds.

John

Actually, this is a different one...this one is a young juvie who came like that recently from someone...who happened to be feeding it babyfood and crickets. I must say, though that the angles of Randy's pics really accentuate it.

I'm not exactly sure what causes the underbite in baby/juvie chahoua, but I've seen a number of young chahoua with a similar underbite. I assume that it's similar to wavy tails in baby Leachianus, in that most babies will grow out of it with proper diet and supplementation. For example, I had a baby GT leachianus that had an extremely wavy tail that looked like it was "beyond repair." After six months of straight T-Rex Leachie Diet and a few crickets per week, that gecko's tail was as straight as an arrow.

The adult I have posted on the classifieds is a totally different story. That gecko was not fed well when on breeding loan as an adult. He most likely will not grow out of the underbite, due to the fact that he's already done growing.

-Anthony

>>Is that thw one that was for sale with the underbite? I think i also saw it in the classifieds.
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>>John
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Anthony Caponetto
www.ACreptiles.com

Anthony, you made a comment about the chahoua being fed crickets and babyfood? Isn't that how you feed them or what else do you recommend? I acquired one a few months back and was told to feed it crickets and babyfood. Our little juvie actually prefers babyfood. Should I change in the feeding schedule?
I purchased two baby cresties from you awhile back and will have to post pics of them soon. They are awesome!
Thanks so much,
Betty
ONtario

"Our little juvie actually prefers babyfood"

Because of the high sugar content, many Rhacs "prefer" the sweet taste of fruit babyfood. It's essentually candy for geckos...
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-Randy May
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I've been keeping and raising chahoua for the better part of the last 5 years and never had a problem using crickets and babyfoods as the primary source of thier diet. Imo a well balanced diet along with the proper supplimentation is key to them doing well. Now I don't feed just crickets and babyfood anymore but try to vary thier diet to include roaches, silkworms, and various bugs along with plenty of babyfoods and some ggd.
Nate

Betty,

I'm a novice (at best) with chahoua, so I'm warning you now...this is only my humble, honest opinion on the subject. I've gotten to know Crested Geckos pretty well over the last couple years, but I just have a few chahoua around for fun.

I feed all my chahoua (a whopping five of them) CGD and insects, just to keep things simple. Allen Repashy feeds CGD to his chahoua and they produce quite well for him, so I figured it must be working. However, I'm not saying that's the only way to do it. Babyfood and crix work great when supplemented correctly, as evidenced by people like Philippe deVosjoli's collection. Correctly is the key word with supplementation, though. Many people I see feeding that type of diet usually go about their supplementation by throwing in "a pinch of this and a dash of that," which is anything but precise. With that type of feeding regimen, sooner or later, I think it's much easier for something to go wrong, either with too much or too little of something. I think if someone is going to feed babyfood and crickets, they need to look at the supplement they're using and look at the babyfood they're using and then figure out the exact amount of supplement that they should be adding to the babyfood.

Personally, that's too much of a headache for me when I can get 2.5lbs of CGD for $35 and be done with it.

As for the underbite, I should clarify that I've seen quite a number of young chahoua with it (at shows, pictures, etc.) with that, but I don't know for a fact that it was caused by diet and I'm in no way blaming anyone for it. The only thing I've seen similar (structural malformation) in rhacs is wavy tails in baby leachies, and I've seen that corrected with proper diet/supplementation before, so that's why I made the comparison. Like I said, I'm just a novice when it comes to chahoua, so take all of this with a grain of salt.

I specifically remember that super bright harlequin I sent you. That one killed me. How's that one turning out?

-Anthony
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Anthony Caponetto
www.ACreptiles.com

Thanks for all the information about the feeding of the chahoua. We have one and just love him/her.
I am enclosing a pic of the one crested that we received by you and like I said, "Wow." It is definitely a male and we are very pleased with him. The other crested is doing great and looks awesome as well.
Betty

wow, i've never seen a crested that BLACK before... looks very cool.