I like the way crested geckos feel. That pretty much sold me on crested geckos.

My first pet gecko was a pair of mourning geckos, i could not say enough how bad of an idea this is, i love the two (and their children) but having to go to bed every night knowing the chance that they could escape and take over my house was kindve scary...

Kenyan zebra skinks! How they aren’t wildly popular is beyond me. Clint likens them to a cross between BTS and ETS. They are incredibly intelligent, diurnal, active, cohabitable, eat a varied diet and don’t have difficult husbandry requirements. I’ve had mine for a week and they already recognize me and run for the enclosure door to be taken out! The best!

You know, I'm Seventeen and live in Germany. I had Lots of Problems with my mental health lately, and thought about getting a pet. To take care of something, and see it getting older. And I watched so many videos about reptiles, and the care for them, cause this will be my first reptile. And i feel like a crested gecko is the perfect one for me. Because it just fits me. I love their appearence and their character traits, but I'm very grateful for videos like this, because they REALLY make me think about my decision, and always Show me again, that i will get no other, but a crestie. I really love this Channel and your videos, because you got me into all this. And just preparing myself for getting a a crestie, and prepare an enclosure, makes me feel so happy. So thank you for all these Informations, i really love your Kind words towards These animals. I really appriciate that🩶

Woot! Love it when a Wickens video comes out🌻🦎

Me: oooohhhhh I want that! My lack of money, motivation, and space:

My male ETS is forever convinced that fingers dispense Pangea if you bite hard enough. It's hilarious to watch him try at least. I remember looking at horned dragon listings several years back and wondering why they weren't more popular. I figured they must not tolerate handling or something. I'm glad to see I was wrong, might be something to look into someday.

Love the channel Adam. Recently recused a 1 year old leopard gecko from a negligent owner. Couldn’t have done it without all the informative videos. Keep up the hard work brotha!

I had a mountain horned dragon years ago. Coolest lizard ever. I'm not entirely sure which type I had. It was about 16 inches full grown, brown and tanish in color, had the spiked eyes, and a ridge on the back of it's neck. I'd come home from college and open it's cage and it would climb my arm and hang out on top of my head. Pretty sure it was a male but not positive.

Another great video but we all know the crested is the #1 all rounder cheap enclosures they need cheap food they eat cheap and they are the definition of chill

Love these alternates! Id love any of these but my interest is definitely sparked with the mountain horned dragons! Right now I'm getting used to my new White's tree frogs, such goofy creatures, but they're lots fun. Great video 😊

I spend all week waiting for these videos always look forward to them and never disappointed

My bf bought me a baby crestie last yr in August during our first reptile show. They were all in bags with a price, different morphs of equal or eveb greater value than the monetary amount written. He was kinda an impusle buy (I dont care for the fact they jump/I hate bugs), but I knew their care & had a suitable tub enclosure (bioactive w/light) at home ready to go. I wasn't fond of him at first due to him jumping. We do have a 1 yr old now, too, so it made me a little anxious handling him. But now that ive done it & seen him calm down, I am starting to love him :) I can't wait to get him an adult enclosure asap, he'll be a lovely display animal when you enter my room.

I've been considering picking up this cute little pair of mountain horned dragons from my local pet store. No one seems to want them! They seem to be well taken care of and healthy

I really love the mountain horned! They're gorgeous! ❤

Just started the reptile journey last winter, have absolutely been loving your content. I use your videos to help decide what i want next lol. We are working on building a mini reptile zoo for all of our local Homeschoolers to come to

Eurydactylodes are the ultimate Crested gecko alternative

I wish I was able to take care of a reptile but I can’t because my parents don’t want me to have one because they don’t like the thought of a reptile in the house.

Great video as always

Ayyy I’m Here pretty early , just wanted to Say I love the channel Adam ! Great video as always love from Virginia

I don't know how it is these days, but in Feb and March of 2023, I was down to either a ETS or a KBL. I went with the Keel because I just couldn't find juvenile CBB for ETS. I have liked my Keel, but its a little more skittish than an ETS and a little more "skeptical". So it will climb on to me, sometimes, but it will also get flighty in a second and shoot off me to somewhere else. No warning. And if it thinks you're try to pick him up, he'll switch into RoadRunner mode and he's gone. Totally not aggressive at all and fun antics in his enclosure. Maybe I'll revisit an ETS at some point in the future.

I’ve been wanting to get an emerald tree skink for so long but I got a leopard gecko instead for my first reptile but I still hope to get a emerald tree skink someday

Can you make a video for people who are trying to figure out what you want from a pet (such as handling or some form of emotional support/grounding when cats and dogs ect are not possible). I am going to have to decide wether I want to keep emerald tree skinks and red eyed crocodile skinks or 1 boa imperator. I have been researching all of them for about 2 years, so I know how I should take care of them, but I am getting stuck on what I want from a pet in long term. (I know they have VERY different personalities.)

I think you've sold me on a mountain horned dragon

They are all great options and love watching Fadi interact with his MHD. At the end of the day, still love the cresties.

I've been thinking about getting into Mountain Horned Dragons again... I had a trio for awhile back in the day. So much fun!

I bought me a 6 year old ball python but she doesn’t get very tamed. Her first „Owner“ never handled her. She didn’t eat for like 3 weeks now.

Awesome video as usual, your audio has changed though, it's less clear, you need a mic that's closer to you, the sound is a little boxy with a room mic, have both, it will sound much better.😃🦎

Awn this first one is sooo cute! 🍋 Lemon? Is that yellow! ☺️

Love the videos! Newer to the channel and having a scaley baby. He's a Golden gecko probably not the best choice for a newbie but he stole my heart. Any tips or ticks on giving him the best life possible?

Can u plss make a fiji banded iguana care guide cus im thinking of getting one but most info online contradict each other. plus ur care guides are amazing and help out alot🙏🙏

Rankin's dragon (pygmy bearded dragon) is a great alternative . Or if you want a bearded dragon but the central bearded dragon is to big for you. Essentially small bearded dragons with pretty much the same character. But more social so cohab very well (they live in small groups in the wild). Being small beardies means they are day active, unlike a cresty.

Great video, CB Emerald Tree Skinks trio is hopefully the next reptile I'm gonna get 🤘💯🤘

Crestie is still going to be my first reptile when I'm able to get something. They look like mini dragons to me. Emerald tree skinks (thanks Clint!) and the dwarf horned mountain dragons are after that.

proper for the MHD's to be number 1. Great list! I think it's important for people to have more options to choose from as a "beginner" reptile.

Do a top 10 arboreal lizard

Definitely adding these to my bucket list. Thanks for the video!

That’s incredible I didn’t know they were thought to be extinct. Love your videos and information as always.

Im gonna be in Toronto planning on visiting reptila in Vaughn.

Opinion on tokay gecko? I know they get a bad rap for biting but they look so cool!

The colorful thumbnail got me to click the video. Well done.

Great video!

I like the alt options, can't ever see getting a crested, just not my thing, but they are very easy to care for.

My name suggestion for your Chahoua gecko is Three-Day Old Guacamole. (I love them.)

Awesome video!

I'm hoping to get a gecko within the next couple months. will be my first reptile! I learn a lot from your videos! TYSVM!!!

My African blue tailed skink is my little puppy he just loves attention but so does my crested gecko beta and clary they love attention

the tail on crested gecko are awesome even tho the can lose it forever but i love em for their crest unlike the chahua doesnt have any crest i think makes them not so pretty like a crested gecko

Why would anyone watch this video without bugging Adam Wickens at least once?

Hi, is the sound quality a bit off today? Nevertheless, great vid as always, and yes, I want Acanthosaura in my life, any species really.

Tony from Tony the Tiger from Kellogg's Frosted Flakes If you were talking about the tiger morph.

Chahoua geckos are awesome! Definitely my choice when it comes to New Caledonian geckos. Awesome list of great crestie alternatives. All 3 are awesome choices for most people.

Counterpoint: Heebie Jeebie, my crestie, is a perfect being. These guys are all pretty rad too. ;)

I always heard how handleable leopard geckos are so I got one and he hates being held or touched lol of course right? But my BP definitely lived up to his reputation of being perfect for handling

Hey bud, Can you do a macklot's python care guide?

Maybe a tokay gecko guide could be good(unless you’ve already done one)

Chahoua are the best gecko IMO!! They are amazing

will you ever talk about knight anoles? i don’t see people really talk about them and they are super dope

Name option Tigger the tire morph. Piglet bc of the pink colors on other gecko. Lemon and lime are other name options.

I would love an emerald tree skink...my crestie is always hiding. I saw him the most the day I reworked his enclosure.

Great vlog today I am sorry I'm late went out to eat with my mom, my brother and his gf. Those lizards are so pretty. I hope you and Trish have an awesome rest of the night and see you again Monday

I WANT A CRESTED GECKO SOOOOOO BAD BUT MY PARENTS SAY 3 SNAKES ARE ENOUGH I get how people can’t have any in the same way, and I’m sorry to hear it.

Oh but Adam I love my little crestie boy 🥹 great video Adam!

I had a question about lizards or any geckos that have like appetites that don’t eat worms and stuff because my parents don’t really really like that stuff they just like the vegetables they consider ones with vegetables and like different types of greens and fruit, but not so much like meal worms, and things like that

Do a why you SHOULD get a crested gecko video

For a Leopard gecko what is the difference between captive bred vs self produced and is a 220 leopard gecko too expensive? that is self produced with black night, with snow tug, bold, extreme bold, is also a juvenille,

"Your friends won't have em" well unless your friends with Fadi xD

Oh, and my dalmatian who looks like that nameless cresty is named Taki! Like the snack!

You should do on a review on the Petsmart blue tongue skink care guide it just came out and I think its better than other ones

amazing video love it!!

i need all the lizards

One of the reasons i dont have them anymore is because they have no personality and are lumps. 😂 ive had them for many years in the past and said i wont get one again. I like exciting animals and i forgot about the skinks and the mountain horned dragons. 😂. i will tell you we got my niece a crested for christmas (got it in october and i kept it temporarily) that little ass flung himself into a toilet. I started calling him Turd. Would bite the f* out of me and scream bloody murder. I got him from a good local breeder that is well known in our reptile community. He was just naughty all the way around. It took me 2 months to get him to kinda chill out. My niece helped me tame him. She was 11 and loved mine when i had them. She thought he was mine. Had no idea he was hers. She got bit and screamed at too lol. That was a few years ago. Like 5. She still has him. His name is Pongo (dalmation morph) and he is way better behaved and her bff for life. The only spicy crested ive ever met.

I've had Crested Gecko for three years now. Put her in a 20 gallon tank when she was the size of my pinky. Now she's in a 4x2x2 tank with hiding spots that I haven't found yet. Half the time she spends the day in her log. The other half, no idea. Need to make her one that's tall instead of long. She still has her tail too, despite having a lid dropped on it a couple years ago. I can even split fruit with her. Dropped a little piece of ripe banana in her log, turned around and when I looked again it was gone. I think she ate it. Ain't there some mineral bonding bananas do, something that won't impact an animal our size but might a smaller one if ate too often?

Name him Minatao because he's a lil yellow flash in the leaves

Obsessed! I have a couple cresties now and I had been thinking tokay next but now I’m debating chahoua…

Golden boy, name for your gecko

Someone PLEASE help me. Can someone tell my why my ball python hasn’t been active the past two days? He is normally active during day and night but mostly night but recently he been in his hideaway without coming out at all during the day/night. When I take him out he is active but when I put him back in his tank he just goes back in his hideaway. But he never done this, he likes to come out. Someone please help me understand.

What's up with the audio? It sounds a bit weird today... Love the videos though.

Where can you find the mountain horned dragons? I had two long time ago and haven't been able to find any since do you know anyone?

I wish to see comparison of emerald skink and schneider skink one day. Wchich is better, easier, more personable?❤

My twin wanted a bearded dragon and I wanted a crested gecko. As a compromise we now have a rankin dragon who is awesome. (His name is Ferdinand)

Hi guys, how do I convince my husband to get a crestie :( we have a cat (also a dog and a small tortoise) and he is worried that the cat will eat it. What can I tell him to convince him?

I’m getting serious dejavu from this video, down to the exact quotes ☠️☠️

You didn't mention their longevity.

Wow, wouldn't have imagined that Emerald Tree Skinks would be friendly. Chahua (?) are interesting, except for their initial temperaments of being known to bite. Wish the Mountainhorn were larger, but hey you can't have everything. Thanks Adam, great class🦎❤️👍

Rankin's dragons.

Just started looking at a crested chahoua hybrid.

Name: Tigger, because- "The Wonderful thing about Tiggers is Tiggers are wonderful things tops are made out of rubber their bottoms are made out of springs Their bouncey, trouncey, ouncey, pouncey..."

8:10 That is weird that most people would be weirded out about most geckos not having eyelids, because all snakes do not have them either. 👀 13:16 A Tokay Gecko is a better option than a crested gecko. 🤪😜 Much prettier and much livelier. 👍🏾

Gasp! How dare! My crestie is flawless in every way sir. (But yes I love all geckos)

Bred tons of cresteds 20 years ago, havnt had one in about 4 years and just grabbed one for a pet that looks like my old boy that passed. So what morphs do you think from your activity in the industry still do you think would be worth investing in right now if you just wanted a trio and to make a little side cash?

I want an emerald tree skink so bad! But they are so hard to find!!

You should do a video on the top five coolest bearded Dragon morphs

I think the gecko should be named Butters

What happened to the audio?

I think the crestie looks like a Billiam lol. Larry seems fitting as well😂

Someone please write down the name of this #1 reptile. He is talking so fast I heard the mountain. ? Dragon?

ive been trying to find pygmy MHD's but i cannot seem to find them. Do you know of any US breeders?

Since you said you have a I think you said it was a tiger morph gecko that you didn't know you could have in your possibilities for breeding and it just came up out of nowhere I mean it's kind of like the crested geckos being thought to be extinct avengers popping up out of nowhere I think you said it's called a tiger morph what if you were to name it after one of the extinct species of tiger? Caspian, Javan or Bali! (I would lean towards Caspian because some people might think you named it after the prince from the Lion the witch and the wardrobe series I believe the most recent movie was called Prince Caspian

❤Bacon❤ it was the first name that came to me lol