My Young Crestie

[stitch6two6]

After letting little ping calm down, I have finally started to handle him/her and got this picture yesterday. The owner said its around 4 months old... just wanted to see if its around a good size etc.

Also knowing what kind of crestie would be nice

[purple-vixen]

Aw big eyes!

Looks like a plain morph, possibly may change over time into a tiger looking at the faint markings, but even at 6-10 months, they can change. That's the exciting part.

Not sure about size, at about 4 months, mine are usually around the 4-6g mark, but each crestie is individual

[stitch6two6]

I've not been able to weigh yet. Ping doesn't like to sit down for too long lol

She does have a lovely white strip running down her tail though. I say she - at 4 Months i can't really tell if it is a she can I!

[marky0283]

Cute Crestie. I see from your sig that Ping is your first Crestie? Be careful because it is easy to become addicted to them!

[purple-vixen]

Originally Posted by stitch6two6

I've not been able to weigh yet. Ping doesn't like to sit down for too long lol

She does have a lovely white strip running down her tail though. I say she - at 4 Months i can't really tell if it is a she can I!

Aw, well once you have her eating a pooing fine, it's a good idea to gently put her in a cricket tub , then weigh that, then after she is back, weight the tub and take the difference, although, most scales are +/- 2g, so I bought some jewellers scales off ebay for £7 posted and they are accurate to 0.1g lol!

TBH at 4 months, some are still only 2-3g. And as for she, be careful. I been referring to Nemesis as a him, and it's given him a complex and he is indeed male now!

Some people say they can sex as early as 5 months with a jewellers loupe, but I firmly believe they can still change to a male as old as 10-12 months

Anyway, so long as she is eating and pooing, active and feisty, I would not worry at all.

And most of them have a white/cream/grey marking of some sort on their tail. x

[purple-vixen]

Originally Posted by marky0283

Cute Crestie. I see from your sig that Ping is your first Crestie? Be careful because it is easy to become addicted to them!

Lol, good advice

[xvickyx]

Very cute indeed

[stitch6two6]

I know how addictive they are - I already want another one - OH wants me to wait to get used to this one and let it grow a little bit before introducing more to him/her

[Dagrudge34]

hes a stunner in his own right, i love his eyes, they really r big!

[stitch6two6]

Thanks for the posts guys