Crested Gecko Cricket Fight

I intended to video tape the feeding/hunting response of crested geckos when offered live moving prey items. Thus, I placed two geckos in a small clear cage (critter keeper) because it lends itself to a clear view for filming.

As the video shows, the movement of a gecko and its tail can be confused as prey by other geckos in the same enclosure when feeding live prey. The point here, as shown in the video, is that when feeding live prey accidents such as this can and will happen. Using a larger well planted enclosure will help decrease the chances of an incident like this.

On a side not, that is paper towel lining the critter keeper. Paper towel is a fine substrate for crested geckos, and sand is not an advisable substrate for this species in any instance.

For more information on these geckos visit: -- enviedreptiles.com --, this is my personal site that has much more information on the species and their care needs.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• crested
• gecko
• rhacodactylus

[dudethatisawesome1]

lol its like "if i cant have a tail you cant either bitch!" and he attacks.

[Numbuh214]

now we know how the other one lost its tail...

[MrFrogNo3]

revenge is sweet

[MrFrogNo3]

so lucky it didn't drop it's tail

[21trial21]

you reject 

[BostonSecret45]

woahwoahwoahwoah there big boy. those are some huge crickets for those guys.

[sqwert80]

@Numbuh214 Exactly what I was thinking. He knows this can happen when multiples are fed in a small tank and does it anyway.

[gatesbillgates]

it was aiming for the cricket then the other one got mad

[silverakantor]

im surprised the tail didnt break off

[jadepez]

Pwned! xO