reccomendations on what substrate to use for a crestie?

[beguana]

Im summing up how much my enclosure is going to cost as im paying off bit by bit and am going to get a crestie at the october reptile show in portsmouth
what subsrate should i use? also still looking so a good care sheet with lots of infomation!
so if anyone has one or knows of any let me know please?
thanks :

[Pyro]

eco earth and orchid bark mixed together?

[beguana]

Originally Posted by Pyro

eco earth and orchid bark mixed together?

I dont think Smurple would be happy if i had eco earth again
Ill keep it in mind though thanks
Also is that forest floor stuff any good? hes using it for his CRB and if thats any use ill get that?

Zoo Med Forest Floor Bedding 26 4L CM-24

[Pono]

Just use kitchen roll

Ed

[Pyro]

Originally Posted by Pono

Just use kitchen roll

Ed

Please don't. It looks terrible and where in their natural habitat do you see kitchen roll on the ground? The whole point of a vivarium is to mimick the natural surroundings of the creature kept inside, not to throw together some cheapass ugly setup and put a poor crestie inside it

[CreepyCrumpet]

I just use kitchen roll, not expensive at all, and not a great loss to the Cresties as they are semi-arboreal, also i like it because i can keep tabs on poo and i dont have to worry about then accidently gobbiling up substate when hunting!

a great care sheet can be found at: Pangea Reptile Crested Gecko Care

[CreepyCrumpet]

Originally Posted by Pyro

Please don't. It looks terrible and where in their natural habitat do you see kitchen roll on the ground? The whole point of a vivarium is to mimick the natural surroundings of the creature kept inside, not to throw together some cheapass ugly setup and put a poor crestie inside it

Each to their own and that jazz, my Cresties are happy and healthy on kitchen roll so i will continue to use it
It is inexpensive but i use it for peace of mind more than anything

[Pono]

All my cresties are fine and healthy on kitchen roll. Most breeders of cresties all use kitchen roll. I do too. This is because trying to find two tiny eggs buried somewhere deep in 18" squared floor space of substrate is very hard without rolling or damaging the eggs. Its hard enough to find them without damaging them in a laying box.

Ed

[Pendragon]

Hi, go for eco earth, it will become bio active, and so help to keep it clean,





You can of course go down the kitchen paper route, but I can not, and never will understand the mentality of people who take an animal from a beautiful landscape, and stick it in a box with paper and tiles

Good luck

Jay

P.S. might see you in Portsmouth, do you now how far from the port the show is?

[Pono]

I use kitchen roll for safety and ease in finding eggs. Also its easier to monitor young cresties pooing ect. I still try to make the vivs look natural with plenty of vines and branches and plants and fake plants. I use eco earth with my day gecko, I just use kitchen roll with my cresties

Originally Posted by Pyro

throw together some cheapass ugly setup and put a poor crestie inside it

That imply's my set ups are ugly and suboptimal, and my cresties arn't 'happy' in them. These are things you dont know and you are making alot of assumptions with no evidence to base them on

Ed

P.s Very nice set up jabba . All i'm saying is a set up like that is great for a display, but very awkward for breeding as you would never find the eggs.