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hi... i tried to search the forum before i asked this .. i hate asking newb questions.. but do crested geckos vocalize? ive had mine for about 6 months and ive never heard him make noise before but last night at 4 am i was getting a drink of water and kept hearing this sort of soft noise.. almost like something was humming two notes over and over again... i have tons of frogs and i know all thier calls, so he is the only thing that i guess could have made it.. but i never knew they vocalized! is it my gecko or something else?
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my pets: clown treefrogs, reed frogs, big eyed treefrogs, tiger leg monkey frogs, gray treefrogs, milk frogs, cuban treefrogs, whites tree frog, green treefrogs, squirrel treefrogs, blue webbed gliding treefrog, red eye treefrogs, chameleon treefrogs?, mossy treefrogs, dusky salamanders, tiger salamander, veiled chameleon, box turtles, mud turtle, map turtle, yellowbelly slider, florida softshell, two saltwater tanks, four cats, two chinchillas, and a boyfriend.

mine vocalize quite often during breeding season, and some do it more than others. when not breeding i hear it very rarely. I sounds like a short repeated nasal noise, hard to describe, sort of like a mix between a squeek and a nasal qwonk.

Andrew Ellis

should i get him a female? is it hard to breed them? i would love to have baby cresties!
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my pets: clown treefrogs, reed frogs, big eyed treefrogs, tiger leg monkey frogs, gray treefrogs, milk frogs, cuban treefrogs, whites tree frog, green treefrogs, squirrel treefrogs, blue webbed gliding treefrog, red eye treefrogs, chameleon treefrogs?, mossy treefrogs, dusky salamanders, tiger salamander, veiled chameleon, box turtles, mud turtle, map turtle, yellowbelly slider, florida softshell, two saltwater tanks, four cats, two chinchillas, and a boyfriend.

Not hard to breed at all. Once you have a female who is at least a year old and over 30g, all you really have to do is put the male in with her and he should do the deed in rather short order. If the cage is big enough you can house them together throughout the breeding season, but it's good to either separate them or cool them both for a couple months to stop egg production, this gives the female time to rest and rebuild her calcium reserves.

I suggest picking up the Rhacodactylus book by Phillippe de Vosjoli. It gives a very detailed account on how to breed, incubate and raise hatchling crested geckos as well as alot of info about other rhac species. Though it's a bit expensive, it's well worth the cost. Even counting just the pictures of all the rhac species is worth the price. Adding in the great info about care, breeding, incubating and raising all the various species makes it even more worth while.
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PHLdyPayne

ill try to see if i can order that book from work, i can get it at cost if its on available list.. otherwise ill order it online.. thanks a lot for the suggestion! ill have to wait until the next reptile show in my area to get a female, and by that time i shall hopefully know what to expect when breeding them..
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my pets: clown treefrogs, reed frogs, big eyed treefrogs, tiger leg monkey frogs, gray treefrogs, milk frogs, cuban treefrogs, whites tree frog, green treefrogs, squirrel treefrogs, blue webbed gliding treefrog, red eye treefrogs, chameleon treefrogs?, mossy treefrogs, dusky salamanders, tiger salamander, veiled chameleon, box turtles, mud turtle, map turtle, yellowbelly slider, florida softshell, two saltwater tanks, four cats, two chinchillas, and a boyfriend.