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There are sites promoting it and others that don't. I persoanlly get Spike out every day, he seems to enjoy it. I walk into the room and even during the day on occasion he will climb up the glass and greet me, the moment I open his cage door he gets himself to where I can't close it! the little stinker!

Then he poops down the side of the cage into a little "poo spot", squats a bit and prepares himself, then jumps onto my shirt and climbs up to my shoulder. I usually have him out a good 10-30 minutes a day. I give him all his babyfood at that time, and his CGD. When we play poker he brings me good luck

Just wondering, cause people were saying it stresses them and they will die early. I was PM'd on a certain forum because I mentioned this story and they said I "tamed" him and that I was bad for doing that because I forced him or something. All I did was feed him outa the cage.

So should I continue to get him out or not? Is it a bad thing? Will he really die early? Is it bad to do what I'm doing?

I'm going to go get him out now

First: Geckos are animals.
Second: They're not overly bright.
Third: They don't have "human emotions"
Fourth: Their psychology is mostly "eat, drink, poop, sleep"

As for handling...if your gecko becomes extremely freaked out (i.e. - taking no rests between frantic jumping), then cut handling back.

Cresteds are very tolerant of handling and I'm sure you're not prematurely killing it by handling it a few minutes every day.

As for giving it food while it's out...is that the only time it's being fed? They are nocturnal creatures and while they can and will eat during the day, it should really be saved for them to do at night on their own.
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He always has fresh babyfood and CGD available in the cage, I change it 2-3x daily. I'm kinda a clean freak

He gets crickets every other day or so, I feed them inside the cage at night. He usually begins to wake up around 6:30pm, and I offer the crickets at about 8pm. I also sometimes offer silkworms, which he usually gives a blank stare at for a few seconds then strikes. He prolly gets about...5-8 insects a week. The rest of the diet consiting of babyfood and crested gecko diet.He gets various fruit flavors (peach, banana, apricot, mango, etc.) and he also gets chicken babyfood 1-2x a week. I offer it by spoon when he's outside the cage, and I let him lick to his hearts desire.

I supplement with Pure calcium carbonete (forgot the brand) and sometimes calcium with D3 (Ultrafine by Re Cal). His multi vitamin is Rep Cal Herptivite.

He is about 22 months old