7th December 2025 - Moving Challenges
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I bought a house recently. As I am currently renting, I have had the 
luck of being able to move slowly. I spent a fair bit of time 
disassembling annoying furniture left behind and being able to clean 
the place before moving in. 

One of the challenges is that I needed to move Barry, my crested 
gecko. He resides in a vivarium which is roughly 60cm x 60cm x 100cm. 
It is a tall bugger of a glass vivarium to shift. Barry is also not 
the happiest gecko when it comes to handling. He does not really 
enjoy it. He also tends to want to bite my hand. Not unusual for male 
crested geckos of a certain age. They are violent shaggers for sure. 

I requested some help from a friend and their partner. We managed to 
sort a few cabinets which I was struggling to lift off the wall safely 
and then somehow got the vivarium in a small car - a Skoda Fabia. We 
ended up lying the vivarium on the back side across the rear seats. 
Barry remained in the vivarium the whole time as he was being 
obstinant. Surprisingly, he managed to make it without any issues and 
still retained his tail. Crested geckos can drop their tail but they 
do not grow it back. They become frog butts for the rest of their 
life. Some how, Barry still has a tail! Some how we managed to get him 
between houses. 

A big weight is off my mind now. Barry is in place with all bar the 
wifi dependent lighting. He is alive and well. A great effort with 
great results.