Crested geckos, raised by hand.
Heart & Hatch is a small family project in the UAE, led by a young breeder who knows every animal by name. Healthy geckos, honest listings, and hatchlings we'll be proud to send home.

It started with one gecko and a lot of heart.
I'm a young breeder, and I've loved animals my whole life. Crested geckos pulled me in completely — the morphs, the genetics, the personality in every one. Heart & Hatch is me learning to do this the right way: thoughtful pairings, patient raising, and animals I'd be proud to keep myself.
Every gecko here is raised at home, handled gently, and grown out until it's strong and ready. I document the whole journey — the wins and the lessons — so you always know exactly what you're getting.
Read our full storyOtto — where it all begins.
Our founding gecko: a partial pinstripe extreme harlequin in black & white, about a year and a half old. Healthy, full of character, and the animal everything else is being built around. Bought as a male — and, as of July 2026, definitely a girl.
- MorphExtreme harlequin · partial pin
- BaseBlack & white
- Age~1.5 years
- SexFemale
- StatusFounder · not for sale
Asta & Liva are home.
We've brought home two females. Asta is a super dalmatian on a sunny yellow base, with bold, inky spotting; Liva is a lily white. Both are healthy and settling in now, with a careful quarantine and plenty of quiet time before any introductions. With Otto turning out to be a girl too, that makes three females here — and a male is what we're looking for next.
A lovely surprise came home with them, too: the breeder we bought the girls from kindly gifted us a few eggs. They aren't from our own pairing — that's still ahead — but they've been incubating in our care, and three of them have now hatched. Meet them below
Liva
FemaleThe gifted eggs have started hatching.
So far three of the gifted eggs have hatched — the first ever to hatch in our care. They're smaller than we expected, properly tiny, and we've been completely glued to them.
The honest version, as always: these came from eggs we were given, not from an Otto pairing — so there's no lineage for us to claim, and we won't claim any. They aren't for sale, either. They stay right here, growing out, until they're strong and genuinely well-started. Our own homebred hatchlings are still ahead of us.
Hatchling #1
HatchlingHatchling #2
HatchlingHatchling #3
HatchlingNoma — our first snake.
Noma is a ball python — the first snake to live here, and the only one. Not a gecko, not part of any plan — just an animal I completely fell for.
Noma came to us as a cinnamon het leopard. The cinnamon you can see; the het leopard is what the seller told us. A het is invisible in the animal itself, and the only way to confirm one is to breed the animal — which we aren't doing. So it stays unproven, and that's exactly how we'll keep saying it.
For now Noma is settling in, eating well, and teaching me a whole different animal from scratch — different heat, different humidity, different everything. Learning it properly is the whole job right now.
- SpeciesBall python
- MorphCinnamon · het leopard (unproven)
- AgeAbout two months old
- StatusPet · not for sale
The honest version, as always: maybe, years from now, snakes become a second line alongside the geckos. Maybe Noma just stays what they are — one snake we love. Nothing is planned, there's nothing to join, and there'll be nothing to sell unless that day genuinely arrives. The geckos are still the project.
Small operation. Serious heart.
Grown out, not rushed
Hatchlings stay until they're well-started and eating strong — never sold too small. Healthier geckos, happier keepers.
Honest & personal
Real photos and real traits. No filters, no overselling — what you see is the gecko that arrives.
Support after the sale
New to crested geckos? We'll help you get set up and answer questions long after your gecko comes home.
The day-to-day lives on TikTok and Instagram.
Questions, answered honestly.
When will crested geckos be available?
Not yet — and we won't pretend otherwise. There are three hatchlings here now, from the eggs that came home as a gift from Asta and Liva's breeder. They're only days old, they'll stay with us until they're genuinely well-started, and they aren't from a pairing of ours — so we claim no lineage for them. Our own pairings are further off than we thought, too: Otto turned out to be female, so we're now looking for a male before any pairing can happen. Join the waitlist and you'll be the first to know the moment any gecko is ready.
How long does it take, from pairing to hatchlings?
There's no rushing this, and we wouldn't want to. A healthy female lays a clutch about once a month — and crested geckos almost always lay two eggs at a time. From there the eggs incubate for roughly two to three months before hatching, sometimes longer in cooler conditions. Add the grow-out time after that, and you can see why we treat this as a patient, long-game project rather than something with a deadline.
How old will the geckos be before they can come home?
Once we do have hatchlings, our rule will be simple: none goes home until it's genuinely well-started — eating confidently, steadily gaining weight, and comfortably past the fragile newborn stage. Responsible keepers generally won't rehome a crested gecko below around three grams, and we'd always rather wait a little longer than send one home too early.
How much will they cost?
We'll price every gecko fairly to the UAE market, based on its morph, quality, and how well it's started. We're not putting numbers up before we have animals to sell — no inflated prices, no guesswork.
Do you deliver, and where?
Yes — UAE-wide. We arrange safe delivery so your gecko arrives calm and comfortable. There's more on how that works on our delivery page.
Are the geckos healthy?
Every hatchling is raised at home, handled gently, and grown out until it's strong and eating well before it goes anywhere — never sold too small. Health is guaranteed, and we're here for your questions long after your gecko comes home.
I'm new to crested geckos — is that okay?
Absolutely. We'll help you get set up and answer questions as you go — new keepers are genuinely welcome. Our care guide is a good place to see what's involved.
Do you provide lineage or paperwork?
Being straight with you: we don't have lineage papers for Otto, so we'll never claim any. Our own homebred hatchlings will have known, documented parents — so their lineage records will be real, and we'll say so honestly.
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