Suggestions? looking for new Reptile to add

[Mentat]

...i am thinking of going twords crested gecko or another gecko, blue tailed skink, or veiled chameleon even. ...

After reading other posts here and this one, now think a Crestie or other small gecko is your best choice .

[tameyourself]

Crested geckos are great, I have been breeding them for years.

[Jerah Teoh Yong Qiang]

Can I suggest a crocodile skink? They're rather much similar in setup as a tree frog in terms of cage decor and humidity, don't grow all that large and are not the most expensive of critters

[poison]

Can I suggest a crocodile skink? They're rather much similar in setup as a tree frog in terms of cage decor and humidity, don't grow all that large and are not the most expensive of critters

Croc skinks are not arboreal. The only time I've heard of them trying to climb is when people set them up in an all water enclosure. They need lots of ground cover and you don't see them much. The majority of croc skinks are WC, they only lay one egg per clutch.

[Lija]

After reading other posts here and this one, now think a Crestie or other small gecko is your best choice .

agreed! crested gecko is an excellent choice, you can handle them too, most are very calm as adults, even some babies are okay to handle.

[Hypnotic]

agreed! crested gecko is an excellent choice, you can handle them too, most are very calm as adults, even some babies are okay to handle.

I've bought three babies which I let mature and sold two of those, a few things to keep in mind when buying a crested gecko:
You will need Crested gecko diet, this is the super food, live feeders are good as a treat once or twice a week and should be dusted if done. They need to be misted daily. They need alot of hides and plants to feel secure, chances of seeing a crested gecko during the day are really small. Terrarium should be spot cleaned.
Note, when you make CGD, you can use it for 2 days max (some geckos like it a bit fermented), they are extremely fun animals to own and docile to handle eventhough I had one of those rare biters.
Eventhough some caresheets will say you need UVB, you really don't aslong as you supplement right or use CGD. I've raised two of my girls on live feeders and UVB, and one of them without UVB and with CGD, neither of the three ever had calcium problems and I checked calcium sacks monthly.
My feeding schedule for my girl is as follows : monday & tuesday CGD, wednesday redrunners dusted with calcium+D3, thursday and friday CGD, saturday crickets dusted with multi vitamines, sunday either fruit porridge or some sundays I just skip feeding, since in the wild they won't find food daily either.

[rikkitiger]

I will definetly take a look at crested gecko and crocodile skink. btw I am kinda looking for something maybe a bit different than frogs? thanks again for all the great suggestions! I will let you know what I decide and I am still open to new suggestions

[rikkitiger]

ok sorry crocodile skinks are out for me. too expensive

[Lija]

there are quite a debates going on among the breeders about need of uvb for cresties. I've raised a lot of babies and i must say while I haven't noticed any influence of UVB on babies, neither growth rate or overall health, but having UVB in a breeding females tanks makes HUGE difference, they recover faster, lay better eggs, eggs have better survival rate, bigger and healthier babies are hatching, that is in comparison to the same incubation and nutrition as my control group without UVB. I switched groups in a second season in order to illuminate genetic factor and got same results. so while my experiments can't qualify by any means to be called scientific, i must say i don't need any other proof then that. Thus I say, you may use UVB it is going to be beneficial, but you don't need it in order to have a healthy gecko.
Repashy claims that geckos don't need anything else if fed exclusively repashy crested gecko food. I do believe it is true, however i noticed that feeding once a week dusted with multivitamins or ca/vitd3 crickets makes difference for both breeding females and babies growth rate.
therefore all my adults have UVB, babies don't, everybody are getting repashy 3xweek ( M/W/F), once a week crickets., babies have fresh repashy every 2 days insect day or not.

rikkitiger - will be waiting for update on who you are gonna get, with pictures

[Hypnotic]

Well Lija, I have to admit, I offerd so many hides in my tank, they were always below the foliage or sleeping in bamboo logs. So I doubt the UVB could even reach them. It's a known fact that UVB lighting helps geckos process calcium faster, wich is probably why breeding females benefit from it so much.