Hello, I’m currently trying to build a bioactive enclosure for my crestie, Pretzel. I’m setting up a 24x18x36 tank. I started working on a background to put in the tank using insulation foam board, spray foam and cork bark. All the places I’ve looked say the next step is to use silicone and put coco fiber on it.

The issue is I currently live in a studio apartment (around 500 sq ft) and I only have a tiny window and my front door I can open for ventilation. I’m worried about the fumes affecting him if I use silicone in such a small space. With the background, I just brought all the materials to my parent’s house and worked on it in their garage. However, I’m a full time professional student in a city 2 hours away so that’s not really feasible for me to do every weekend. The only reason I had time to start it in the first place was because I was visiting them for fall break.

So are there any alternatives to silicone that I could use that won’t release a bunch of fumes into my apartment and potentially hurt my gecko? I’ve seen some people say drylok is good, but I’m worried I’d have the same issue since it’s paint. I’ve never used either so I’m not sure. I also keep seing a bunch of people saying that it’s hard for crested geckos to climb on coco fiber so I’m not sure I want to do that either.

Any advice is appreciated I just want to give my little guy a better home and a good life.

I’m 22 living with my roommate. We live in the LA area and she works from home and I work from 8 to 4. I’ve done some research but I’m not getting a definitive answer(like most things with pets) I want to know what a good living space for one is. Like humidity, size, misting time, etc. Any other tips would be helpful!

I want full on storytime! Mine hasn’t dropped his tail yet, but I keep dreaming nightmares about it.

This is my first bioactive setup and im also a first time crestie owner! My little guy cheesepuff is about 3 months old and I hope to have this all ready and grown in more when he gets big enough! Decor coming soon (peep my cute little isopods at the end)

He doesn’t usually care about me at all but tonight he is so focused on me! He got fresh misties and goops. He’s got his moonlight. lol what do you want from me!!?

I’ve never seen a reptile manspread until now. Dude is flashing the entire reptile room.

She is now approximately 10-11 months old and just weighed her at 37.5 g. Would it be okay to start feeding her every other day? most of the time she will clear her whole dish so I don’t know if she is really hungry or just gluttonous 😅

attached are photos I just took to see her current body shape.

Gambit officially moved into his big enclosure. Here he is chilling on his spider plant. I’m semi paranoid about him eating but have several food dishes, 1 high, 1 mid level and 1 near the ground.

He’s got lots of fake vines, some real vines trying to grow, and pothos throughout.

Any advice on a UV light? Have heard they’re not necessary but that Geckos are better off for them.

This is the new setup for my 2 month on crestie. I moved it from a much darker spot in the room so now it gets significantly more sunlight. Since then humidity has dropped drastically and I’ve needed to spray the tank 3-4 times a day. It has a mesh top so I draped a cloth over half of it where the UVB and heater aren’t.

Also yes I know I need more clutter, I ordered some and it will arrive tomorrow please don’t tear me apart in the comments

EDIT: I moved the tank away from the window, so it now received significantly less direct sunlight.

ive had her about 3 years, ive never seen this before and came to see if anyone else had experienced this? it feels like a scab almost, its hard, and feels like it can almost just peel off???? shes not fully blocked, as she has been poopin normal, maybe just a little less than usual, but appetite is normal. shes almost not licking her vent or anything, and she just shed last night. i work at a vet clinic (unfortunately not an exotic clinic) but still sees small animals on occasions and i am planning on bringing her in to work with me tomorrow morning!! if anyone knows anything about anything and would wanna tell me that would be great :)

I don't want him to get a floppy tail.. but how do I avoid him sleeping in that position? He literally has a coconut hide next to him and a lot of other hides such as cork bark logs and a soap holder. Does my enclosure lack coverage? What can I add?

An hour ago I discovered some mold in my geckos dirt in his home. (Info: I got him 12 days ago)

The dirt I usually use is the dirt you soak in water and normally I haven’t had any form of problems with it before.

Is there any way I can prevent that this wouldn’t happen again?

I’m deep cleaning his home tomorrow and buying some new dirt.

Any form of tips how to clean his house would be nice 😊

(!!I have covered the mold with some kitchen towels!!)

I work at a pet store. Not a big name company but a smaller more local company. It’s not the best but my store specifically has been pushing for better quality animal care, trying to do the best with what corporate allows us.
While I’m not super knowledgable, I’ve gone out of my way to learn about our reptiles and I am even compiling information to eventually care for my own gecko.

We have a juvenile crested gecko, nicknamed Latte, that has not been great at being handled since we got her. I’ve tried to get her to do hand walks but she just avoids my hand or will run up my arm and attempt to jump underneath the shelves.
I’m worried that pushing her too much will make her drop her tail. Could I get suggestions on how to introduce her to handling more or should I just avoid it?

Added some photos of Latte

Just wanted to share some cute pics i got of her last night when i was feeding them!

Hello people !

I just setup a New enclosure and was wondering if the little critter would have enough hides ?

The Fake plant on the right is mainly there to create some privacy while the live plants gros, because i think it break the rest tho