Here is the Official Crested Gecko Care Sheet:
Housing:
Crested geckos do well when housed solo, but females can be housed in small groups. Males should not be housed together. If you house a male with a female(s) (only do this with adults), be prepared for breeding and egg-laying. A 20-gallon enclosure is a good minimum size for adults.
Logs, plants (live or fake), vines, and some rocks for basking and hiding are preferred enclosure furniture. Substrate choices can include bed-a-beast (coconut fiber), peat moss, sphagnum moss, and cypress mulch (many people mix and match these materials). Cresteds can easily climb glass will often retire on the sides of their enclosure. For this reason, secure lids are a must.
Heating/Lighting:
Temperatures may range from 70 to the mid-80s. We suggest using low-wattage light bulbs if a heat source is necessary (ie. if you keep your house cool). Place the heat source on one side of the tank only. Red bulbs are nice for viewing nocturnal geckos. We also suggest using fluorescent UV bulbs during the day. When used in conjunction with a timer, fluorescents pronounce the day/night and seasonal cycles and also provide small temperature variations. Using fluorescent bulbs that produce UVB helps geckos metabolize calcium and, thereby, help avoid metabolic bone disease (MBD). For those who would spare no expense for their geckos, we would actually suggest using low-level UVB fluorescent bulbs for all geckos, but especially arboreals.
Water:
We suggest misting cresteds at least once per day depending on the humidty of your town/house. After misting, crested geckos normally drink water from the different surfaces around their enclosure or off of themselves. For this reason, we do not use water dishes but rely on misting to provide our cresteds with water. Make sure the substrate does not remain saturated for extended periods of time. Use warm water when you mist for better results. Also, filtered water is better than straight tap water.
Food:
Cresteds mainly eat crickets and baby food. Peach and apricot seem to be the favorite baby food, but both meat and fruit baby foods can be offered. Young cresteds and males tend to be more cricket oriented. Make sure that small cresteds get crickets no larger that the space between their eyes. Be sure you acquire your crickets from a clean source and feed them fresh food (you may use "gutload" if you like) and water. Do not feed moldy food to your crickets (this can cause serious disease).
Supplementation:
Be sure to supplement the diet with calcium and D3 and vitamins. We suggest a 1.3 ratio of herptivite to reptical calcium with D3. Place crickets in a tall cup, add the supplements and shake to coat crickets. Do this every other day for young geckos and then taper off to once or twice a week for adults (especially reduce the vitamin supplements). Make sure to offer more calcium to gravid females. You may also offer the supplements in the baby food.
-Admin Sam
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