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House my Jackson's with my crested gecko????

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I have a 4 month old jackson's and another crested gecko. I have a 2ftx1.5ftx3ft setup with lots and lots of plants. Can i house the two of them together????? Help me out guys, thanks
 
I've never owned a cham, but if it were me, I wouldn't. From what I can remember, chams seem like they can stress fairly easy, so putting it in with another species might be a big stress to them. I would say that if you have the space, to separate them. That's what I would do...it's just my opinion, I'm sure someone else might give you a better answer. :)
 
I agree it would definitely stress the cham and eventually it will eat the crested also
 
I can't see a jacksonii eating a crested (a veiled, very possibly) but I still would recommend against keeping them together for stress reasons.

Chris
 
well since I can't give you negative feedback points for your rudeness I will reply here and say that I'm not familiar with chams...

I'm sorry I didn't state that I'm not familiar with chams but I do know cresteds and I know most species shouldn't be mixed (which was the whole point of the post)...and if the crested is a baby (which is not stated, maybe you chris could say whether or not a jackson's would eat a 2.5-3" baby)

you agreed that the species should not be mixed...you should have just explained yourself and left it at that...it would have been more courteous to pm me and ask me to come back and explain myself instead...
 
Did I miss something? Where was the rudeness?

Edit: What region in NY are you from, just out of curiosity.
 
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It's a behind the scenes thing. Was just trying to help and somehow to him I'm helping to erraticate chams in the wild.

I don't think people with negative feedback should be able to give any. He has negative rep power.
 
LOL, I have negative rep power because I don't beat around the bush when I see people giving out false information which can be dangerous to individual animals or chameleons in general (general statement, not singling out this thread). People don't like the truth (as is evident here) and I have a high propensity to get those negative feedback points when I lay out the truth for people who don't like to be corrected. Doesn't really bother me though cause in the end of the day, if I managed to stop a single person from believing or buying into some of the BS that is propogated in some threads, I've done what I've set out to do. Leave me whatever negative feedback you will. I personally don't think people who are "not familiar with chams" should post on them due to the increased probability of spreading false info but rather than bash you about it, I simply corrected your incorrect information, left feedback that you were propagating bad information and moved on. Sorry you didn't like to be corrected, truth hurts sometimes though I guess.

To answer your question, no, as I stated the first time, a jacksonii is highly unlikely to eat ANY sized R. ciliatus.

Chris
 
I don't mind being corrected and would rather learn more but it's the attitude you take. If you treat people poorly and are harsh with them, then we are less receptive to your information. I would rather learn then be shot down and told to get off my high horse. I am not the one who is on a high horse here.
People don't mind being corrected, we just don't like your attitude that goes with it.
 
I guess if your definition of high horse is quite politely posting in disagreement then using the Rep Power for what it is for (critiquing one's posting reputation), then I'm completely guilty. Don't expect me to give you good reputation points on replying to a chameleon thread on a topic that, by your own admission, you know nothing about, however. You should probably reread the thread if you want to get into a discussion with me about anyone's attitude in this thread. Talk about high horse!

Regards,

Chris
 
its sad that this forum offen end in a "war", because in the end, we all love chams.

To answer your question, I agree with chris, keep chams alone. Even though it maby looks like they get a long, most of the time (that is my experience) you can really see a difference in their behaviour, in a positive way. I know that some people keep chams together, but with true chams like F.pardalis, F.verrucosus, ch.calyptratus and jacksons who we offen see in this hobby, then I would keep them alone.
Im not a big cham firm, so i still keep all my babys in there own cages, yes it takes a loooong time to feed them, but I manly do that besause of the stress.
hope you could use it
 
Sircat - why reply to a thread when you admittedly know nothing about chams. This question wasn't asked in the Gecko forum. One of the big problems I am noticing with forums is that false info can easily be propagated, and then somehow becomes forum "law". But if a knowledgable party then comes around to correct the wrongs, they get flamed.
The jackson in question is 4 months old, and irregardless of the age of the Crested (yes even hatchling) there is no way that it could eat it. There are many reasons for not housing the two together in the described enclosure, but one eating the other is not one of them.
 
it was more of a point to say they shouldn't be kept together and that much I do know and everyone agreed...but it was a mistake to answer and try to help at all since I've been jumped on for it...sorry for the additional thought that started this whole thing

he wasn't flamed for correcting wrong info...I was just extremely put off by his tone ...I can take being told I'm wrong but don't like it when people can't be civil and informative rather than bashing and name calling...so I made a mistake...you can correct it politely and I will hear it just the same...it would just reflect better on the person doing the correcting
 
i think by general consensus, he wasn't rude, flaming, or bashing. you are just hypersensitive. unbunch your undies and move on. (and no, this post doesn't require another follow-on, i'm misunderstood kind-of-thing). if you want to, go ahead, but i believe that at this point, the high horse is very dead and severely beaten.
 
he was just behind the scenes and tried to act differently here...so rather than making the same mistake I did and replying without all the info, just let it die...this is my last post on this thread
 
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