CUTE CRESTIE BEHAVIOR...

Hello, I just thought I would relate to everyone an endearing story about Ginger, my best friend crested gecko. I hope you enjoy it and feel free to share any special stories about your crested geckos here...

On Friday August 2, Ginger did the cutest but oddest thing!

After her evening nap in my bra, I put her back in her tank as I was getting ready to go out for crickets, and checking my bra for any "gifts", I found an egg. Ginger had laid an infertile egg in my bra!

I haven't bred Ginger in 7 years, but even though I've kept her chaste she still ovulates and lays infertile eggs. But she's always dug in her nesting box and shown normal nesting behavior. This is the first time she's done it in my bra...

She didn't lay the second one, though she was digging on the weekend. On Monday August 5 (3 days later) she had her nap in my bra while I was getting her dinner ready and when I put her back in her tank, instead of setting her down on a branch, I set her down in her nesting box and said.

"Here, mommy will put you in your nesting box so you can lay that other egg. You know what to do."

And walking away but returning no more than 2 minutes later, I was surprised and shocked to see that Ginger had just laid the other egg! But the odd thing was that she didn't dig, she just laid it right where I set her down. And then afterwards, she just sniffed at it and left it, she didn't try to cover it up. (I guess she knew it wasn't good, though she always buried them before). So I put my hand in front of her, and she climbed on. I thought it was so endearing that she was interested in more cuddle time than burying her infertile egg.

I also thought it was cute that she did exactly what I told her to do!