Weights Are the Headline Record
A crested gecko weighs so little that gaining or losing a few grams is significant, and nobody can judge that by eye or by how she feels on a hand. Bring a dated weight series — monthly is plenty for a healthy adult, more often for a growing juvenile or a gecko you are worried about — recorded alongside notes on appetite. A slow slide across several entries tells a new vet a story that a single weighing at the clinic cannot.
Pair the weights with what she has been eating: which powdered diet she is offered and how often the dish is refreshed, whether she takes live insects and which ones, and how reliably she eats at all. Crested geckos can be fussy about flavours, so note any recent diet change and whether her eating changed with it.
Tail, Skin, and Body Notes
State plainly whether she still has her tail. Crested geckos commonly drop their tails and do not regrow them, so a tailless gecko is not an emergency — but a vet who is not told may read the stump as a recent injury. If she dropped it while with you, give the date and how it healed. If she arrived tailless, write that too.
Add her shed history, noting any skin retained on toes or the tail tip, and describe anything you have observed about her body: a tail that looks wavy rather than straight, a jaw that seems soft or rubbery, or a kink along the spine. Record when you first noticed each thing and whether it has changed. These are observations for the vet to assess, not conclusions, and noticing them early is precisely why they belong in the handover. Anything progressing quickly should prompt an earlier appointment, not wait for a routine first visit.
Humidity, Temperature, and Daily Rhythm
Describe her enclosure conditions as you keep them: the room temperature range she lives at, any heat source if you use one, and how warm the room gets in summer — crested geckos are stressed by sustained heat, so a hot-spell history matters. Record your misting routine, the humidity spike after misting and how low it falls before the next one, and the substrate and planting in her vertical enclosure.
Note egg laying if she is female, even if she has never been with a male, since infertile eggs are common and laying affects her condition and appetite. Give the dates of clutches you found and how she behaved around them.
Origin, Handling, and Your Questions
Finish with where she came from, her approximate age, how long you have had her, and whether she shares a room with other reptiles. Note how she is usually handled and how she responds, so the clinic can handle a jumpy gecko appropriately — this species is famous for sudden leaps, and a vet warned in advance will keep a hand cupped over her.
Write your own questions at the end of the packet: whether her weight trend is appropriate for her age, whether her diet rotation is balanced, and what signs should bring her back promptly. A first visit that answers those leaves you with a baseline worth keeping.
Gathered in KinsLe's Pet Passport, a crested gecko's weight series, diet notes, and enclosure record stay together in one portable packet, ready whenever a new vet needs them.