Pics of my Red Baby

HerpAddict · 09-04-05, 02:40 PM

Hi Everyone!!

I was cleaning cages today, and decided to snap a few pics of some cresteds that I haven't taken many pics of. These pics were taken outside.

These pics here are of a little crestie that's 2 months old today. It weighs in at 9.2grams, and is a super agressive eater! Look at its belly in the first pic, and you'll know what I mean!

This was the first crestie that I hatched ever, and is a result of a super red male patternless to a yellow dalmation female. This fella has the dalmation of mom, but definitely the color of dad! I know things could change as it gets older, but at the moment, it's got identical color to dad! I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it keeps getting redder!

Thanks for looking!

Betty Miskie · 09-04-05, 04:26 PM

Is the parents big cresties? That is one big, big baby............... 9 grams at just 2 months is very big. My cresties average that weight around the 3 to 4 month size and I thought they were big.
What a nice coloured crestie you have and yes, a very big belly. He/she must love his crickets.
Betty

HerpAddict · 09-04-05, 04:48 PM

Yeah, the mom of this guy sits around 50grams when she's not pregnant...she's also a stub tail. Dad is on the smaller side, at an average weight of 33grams.

Mom is definitely a little porker, she's practically got rolls she's so round!

From the same pairing I have 2 babies that are a month old plus 2 days, and they weigh 5.1grams and 4.7grams.

These three babies hatched out at about 2.2-2.4grams each.

This crested in the pics will chase down crickets normally as soon as you drop them in. Monte will start chasing them down, even go as far as running after them along the ground.

little_dragon_ · 09-04-05, 07:06 PM

Big baby for sure. Very nice!

HerpAddict · 09-27-05, 09:23 AM

Well, Monte is now a week shy of being 3 months old, and the new weight is 13.2g

This one isn't showing any male signs yet (I know it's too early to tell), but I'm really not sure whether I'll have to go by weight or age when saying that it's for sure a female. My other male have all started to show at about 15-17 grams at the latest, but this one is a little different because it will only be about 3.5 months old when it hits that.

Another interesting thing about this crestie is that it's ALWAYS fired up, always super red. I find this quite amazing, as even its dad (who is the same red) dulls down to a tan color during the day. Perhaps this is the start of the 'always fired-up' cresteds! I wish!

Sorry I didn't grab a pic today, I actually have no idea where my camera ran off to, but it'll show up sooner than later!

I'll try to grab pics on its third month birthday for everybody!

little_dragon_ · 09-27-05, 09:39 AM

It's hard to believe that he's only three months old. lol
I have a 6-7month old red possible female that's 20 grams.
You giving him steroids? hee hee
Chances are he will continue to stay red but don't be surpirsed if he changes colour for a bit.
AC has some good examples of colour change on his site. The colour might even intensify when he's an adult :P Hormones and everything!

Betty Miskie · 09-27-05, 10:00 AM

Wow, that is one big, big baby. I hate to ask but do you think your scales are right? If the scales are correct, I would most definitely keep that one and work towards the "big" babies. I have one female that is our "big" girl and we are definitely keeping some babies just for that, size. You have an added bonus as you have size and colour!

Betty

HerpAddict · 09-27-05, 10:16 AM

I have a standard 100g measure that my scale came with so that I know it's calibrated properly. It's right, Monte definitely looks to be 13g from his/her body size.

On another note, I have another set of babies from this pair, and they were born August 2nd and now weigh 7.7 and 7.2 grams each (so that's at about 1.75 months)

I think they are just big babies!

HerpAddict · 10-02-05, 02:48 PM

Last night I mixed up a new batch of smoothie for my cresteds. This time I tried something a little different by not adding figs, but added prickly pear and black grapes instead. Most of my cresteds seem to have atleast tasted it.

Monte pigged out on it, as can be seen in the pictures (sorry, I had to use the flash because the lighting in my room was no good this morning). I weighed Monte before feeding and he/she came in at 14.0g. This morning when I was removing the dishes for a cleaning, I noticed the huge belly Monte had! His/her weight this morning was 15.4g. I kept giggling at the size of the tummy! In the last week I have noticed that Monte is cycling through day/night colors, whereas prior to last week, I had never seen him/her anything but a brilliant red. Perhaps Monte has hit puberty?

That's all for now!

Phoenix · 10-02-05, 04:00 PM

What a belly! Wow!

little_dragon_ · 10-03-05, 12:17 AM

Monty needs to start growing length wise or you'll have to change his name to pac man :P Keep us posted on his weight and colour

Betty Miskie · 10-03-05, 05:46 AM

You might have to put Monte on a crested gecko diet instead of the Hilde diet! I understand that babies tend to be smaller on it!
I believe you have got to have the biggest baby at that age.

Betty

HerpAddict · 10-03-05, 07:02 AM

I don't know about the Crested Gecko Diet...I stopped using it a while back because nobody seemed to like it much. I actually caught a few more cresteds going for my new batch of smoothie, so perhaps I've got it right with this one.

The biggest part of my guy's diet is crickets, well supplemented and gutloaded. Perhaps Monte likes to protein-load? Haha...makes me think of my fitness fenatic parents!

I'll keep everyone posted!

DragnDrop · 10-03-05, 07:40 AM

Looks like you're going to have the cutest crestie sumo wrestler ever. Of course, if he grows longer too, then you'll have a very cute basketball player.

Monte has good tastes - prickly pear goes over very well with my gang too. Every once in a while I'll lightly mash up some plain and give it to all the Rhacs - they love the stuff. Since there's not likely any cacti in New Caledonia, makes me wonder why they're so easily addicted to it (but then again, no bananas there either and they all love it too.)

HerpAddict · 10-27-05, 10:10 PM

Hello Everyone!

I haven't seen much action on this board in a while, so I thought I would post a mini update. Monte now weighs 18.2g on an empty belly. There are still no sure signs of sex, meaning there's no signs of being male, but I won't believe that Monte's a female until the 30 gram mark probably! "Its" age right now is about 3.75monthes.

Monte's two younger siblings that are 2.75monthes currently weigh 12.7g and 10.7g. They aren't quite as big as Monte was at their age, but they can't all be little sumos!

I can't wait for the next breeding season, it seems so far away! I keep encouraging the girls I'm growing up to 'eat-up!' at night!

That's all for now!
Cheers!