Hey there...

I've had my 2 cresties nealry a year now. I spray them every eve with them in the viv. Both seem to like it, when I come to spray them the both get into a position where they can get wet and drink the droplets. They have a small shallow water bowl but the prefer drinking droplets of the leaves. I have sprayed them like this since I got them as babies so they are quite happy and used to the routine now.

Hope this helps.

Matt

I need to now change the format of this as both "girls" turned out to be boys

2.0.0 crested geckos

 

Okay that's great thanks. Only had her 4 days she seems to be settling in quite well, done the misting with her asleep in one of the plants she didn't seem to mind. Just hoping she's got plenty of water. She has a shallow bowl in there too, all I've done the past few days is scout around on forums making sure I'm doing everything right! Thanks again

 

In the wild these geckos would be found on rocks and tress basically never moving down the floor due to the need to camouflage and hide. Due to this reason they learnt to drink water droplets formed on the leaves you would be VERY VERY lucky to catch a Crested Gecko drinking from a water bowl. Besides that fact you also need to remember they come from a rain forest the down pours of rain they would experience in the wild is MUCH heavier than a slight misting your gonna provide. Granted not all geckos overly enjoy it however it is by no means a concern for you to worry, trust me.

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I've had a gecko stand in it's water bowl then turn around and drink from it lol!
While they won't be drinking from puddles or rivers etc they may drink from plants which have 'pools' like bromeliads or other tightly packed leaves

 

Yeah no need to worry about misting with your crestie in there. Any questions like that is so easy to post a quick thread and get a trustworthy response

 

I've seen the majority of mine drinking from their bowls, so would always recommend having one

 

I've had my 2 cresties nealry a year now.

 

Thats great everyone thanks for the quick responses. She doesn't seem to mind a bit of a spray means she can have a quick drink without moving! As she's still settling in and sitting in one spot most of the time just wanted to be sure she was getting something. Although she does seem to be hanging off a plant once I come home from work. Thanks again everyone for the help

 

Then I happily admit I was wrong! :lol2: I personally find that quite interesting I wouldn't have expected it, my fear however personally comes from a few setups I've seen *cough* youtube *cough* where people have given crested geckos a small pond inside the terrarium, like you'd expect with a water dragon... :bash:

 

Depending on how deep the water is its not really that risky. If its only a few mm deep then thats pretty safe for and ADULT crestie. But Babies are prone to drowning sadly, which is why most wouldn't recommend waterfalls/ pools.

 

I agree with pretty much everyone else. Just spray them daily with a really heavy misting so that everything is "dripping" wet. They do like to lap up water droplets, but equally will drink from a bowl. As already pointed out in the wild they would come across puddles formed in leaves and drink from those.

Leave spraying water (if from a tap) in a clear plastic bottle in the path of sunlight, this allows the "free-radicals" to remove some of the chemicals in tap water by turning them into gas, so when you open the bottle the gas escapes leaving a slightly more natural bottle of water.

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Okay thanks I will do that. I have been running the tap till its a bit warmer at the minute is this okay to do? Or is it better to just leave in the sun. What about in the colder months?

 

It doesn't need to be warm water. When I say put in line of sunlight its the UV light in the sun that triggers free radicals, not really the warming up.

Cold water isn't a problem. When water hits a warm surface is absorbs the heat from that surface and uses the engery to convert into a gaseous state/ evaporate, taking heat away from the object thus cooling it down. Warm water will still do exactly the same initially it will be a touch warmer, but after about a minute it will be the same as using cold water.

In hot months use cold water, because it will initially coat the tank with colder water cooling it down a little faster.

You don't need to put the bottles in direct sunlight, just pop them on a worktop in your kitchen or for a day. Either way, straight tap water wont do any harm unless your water is really really hard like ours is!

 

No I'm talking full on half fish tank... :gasp:

 

Then those cresties need little diving bottles! lol

 

I mist all mine heavily for about 5 minutes straight every night as it gets dark.: victory:

 

Okay cheers. Thanks for the help guys. Sure I will be back soon with more questions!