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I have had my cresteds for a few years but this is the first time i have had an egg hatch. I am stunned to say the least. But anyway. right now I have the baby in a large plastic critter carrier type thing. I have a fake plant in there which is where it is hiding. it has the pellet form of crested gecko food. My adults wont eat the powedered form no matter what i do to it. I have some baby crickets im trying to catch. my room normally stays around 70-75. no substrate as of yet. just hatched yesterday. what do i need to know? would it be safe to put it in there with the adults? or would they eat it?
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Owner of:
7 Ball Pythons
4 crested Geckos
1 Bearded Dragons
1 Iguana
1 Red tail boa hybrid
1 hamsters
9dogs
8cats
5 kittens
1 rat

RIP:
Rocky-chow mix-11 years
Willow-lab mix-8 years
Kain-Savannah Monitor-2 years
Scooter-sulcata tortise-1 year
Mr Krabs-hermit crab-5 years
Niko-gerbil-3 years
sweet pea&niblet-dwarf hamsters-1 year
Hannibal-dwarf hamster 2 years
Scarlett- hamster-3 years
wicket-hamster-2 years
pixie- ball python- 3 years

Keep it in the small container, just make sure there is fresh water available. I wouldn't bother with wild caught baby crickets, too much chance they have come into contact with insecticides.

I never heard of pelleted crested gecko food...but the powdered diet works great with babies. I never had any troubles feeding my babies with it. WHat is difficult is telling if they actually ate any or not.

For my babies what I used was a 'dry goods' storage container I picked up at a dollar store. It was about 14" tall, 3-4" wide and about 6" long (it sort of tapered, narrow at the bottom than the top, hence the range in the width). I used a fake group of leafy plant as climbing/hiding area, with a 'mat' of fake grass at the bottom and a layer of papertowel beneath this. Just papertowel will work fine, if you can't find the fake 'grass' mat I found. I drilled a few holes around the edges of the container for ventilation.

For water and food I used bottle caps. I worked out the liner, washed the caps, rinsed and put barely enough crested gecko diet into the cap to cover the bottom. The other one I filled with fresh clean water and placed both into the container before sundown.

As your baby just hatched, it probably won't eat for another 2-3 days, as they are full of yolk which takes a few days to completely digest. Just make sure they have plenty of fresh water and in a couple more days, offer some of the powdered diet. You can also offer small crickets, or phoenix worms. I just find the GCD is better and well balanced. That and its very easy to mix a tiny portion. As I had several babies I would mix a quarter teaspoon of the powdered diet and divy it up between 2-8 babies (I refrigerated left overs for up to a week, but once I had plenty of babies, I didn't have any left over...or if I did, it went to the adults).

Definitely do not house the babies with the adults, the adults will eat them.
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PHLdyPayne

Thanks, I have the little darling in a plastic critter keeper right now. I had the powdered diet but my adults would never eat it. the pellets are hard to find now. idk why but i guess when it runs out i will have to try the powdered again. I get my baby crickets from the petstore. I never feed anything wild caught stuff. I kind of figured not to house with the adults. I only have the one right now. Thanks
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Owner of:
5 ball pythons
5 crested geckos
3 iguanas
1 bearded dragon
1 bibron gecko
9 dogs
9 cats
4 kittens
1 hamster
1 rat
RIP:
Rocky-chow mix-11 years
Willow-lab mix-8 years
Kain-Savannah Monitor-2 years
Scooter-sulcata tortise-1 year
Mr Krabs-hermit crab-5 years
Niko-gerbil-3 years
sweet pea&niblet-dwarf hamsters-1 year
Hannibal-dwarf hamster 2 years
Scarlett- hamster-3 years
wicket-hamster-2 years
pixie- ball python- 3 years