Yuri I agree about not forcing growth. They- all my animals- do better I
think if you try and mimic nature. Fat anything is not good. But what is a
begging cillie? Margaret
----- Original Message -----
From: "Yuri Huta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 12:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Gecko] where reptiles are banned and ciliatus?
> Hi Margaret,
>
> Green, seedless, organic grapes. I dice them to very small, about 3mm
> square cubes. It is time consuming, but she will usually eat all of
> them. I typically give her non-prey food in a cleaned out Nantucket
> Nectars/Snapple juice top, filled to the top with the runny baby food,
> and more with diced fruit. I have not heard of the fruit you mentioned.
>
> The moth predation is amazing to watch. I try and introduce them just
> after the lights go out and she starts her prowl. Usually she is slow
> and deliberate in her movements. However, when a few moths are flying
> around her enclosure, she seems hell bent on getting them - she can
> really move quickly.
>
> I got her as a six week old and have fed her insects and fruit all
> along. She has never refused to eat at least some insects. Usually she
> gets all the crickets and wax moth larva, and most of the mealworms. I
> have resisted the temptation to fatten her up and make her grow as
> quickly as possible, instead trying to raise her so that she grows
> slowly and so don't feed her everything and anything. Note: I am not
> trying to starve her, just let her mature slowly and steadily. I am
> waiting for her to get a little older and then I want to start breeding
> her. She is about a year and two months old now. She is a big and active
> girl.
>
> Have you tried the food scenting method? I think snake keepers use this
> to get specialized/finnicky eaters to take more standard fare.
> Basically, scent the food you want them to eat with food they readily
> eat. I don't know if this will work with geckos or not.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Yuri
>
> Margaret Both wrote:
> >
> > Hi Yuri
> > What type of grapes? Red, green,seedless? I will try making the mashed
> > fruits more runny and see if that helps. None of my 13 will eat either
the
> > wax or mealworms. I have not tried the moths as the last time I tried
them
> > on my old chameloen the non animal people in our family got rather
grumpy
> > about the escapees. My daughter who is the only other reptile/animal
person
> > is away at U of Guelph with her Leo's and Prairie dogs.
> > Sometimes they eat crickets willingly and other times ignore them.
> > Tomorrow is feeding night so I will try the runny mashed. fruit. There
was
> > something in something I read about a fruit called freycinta bancusii I
> > think Any ideas. It is something they eat in New Caledonia.
> > Margaret
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Yuri Huta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 11:44 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Gecko] where reptiles are banned and ciliatus?
> >
> > > Margaret,
> > >
> > > My female R. ciliatus relishes diced grapes. Of course I buy organic
> > > only and skin them and then dice them into 3 mm x 3 mm cubes. I give
her
> > > apple mango, papaya, apple blueberry, as well as other assorted fruit
> > > baby foods and she eats some of it, but the grapes she seems to like
> > > very much. She will also eat vegetable, and vegetable meat baby foods
> > > with gusto. Crickets, occaissional meal worms and wax worms are eaten
> > > with gusto and I give her large moths from outdoors which she chases
> > > around the tank while snapping her jaws at them - you can actually
hear
> > > the snap sometimes.
> > >
> > > She has not refused to eat anything, although she does seem to prefer
> > > certain foods over others.
> > >
> > > One thing that I add to her fresh fruit, fruit and veggie baby foods
is
> > > pollen (from local food coop) as well as supplements.0
> > >
> > > Come to think of it, what I have found is that if I water down
> > > especially thick preparations of food, she usually eats more than if
it
> > > is presented as a thick goop. I usually try and have it prepared so
that
> > > the consistency is such so that if I were to angle the dish, the food
> > > would spill out quickly. It is thinner than apple sauce, but thicker
> > > than plain water.
> > >
> > > Yuri
> > >
> > > Margaret Both wrote:
> > > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Does anyone else have ciliatus that positively refuse fresh ripe
bits of
> > > > mashed fruit? Baby food is devoured but I have tried mango,
> > papya,banana,
> > > > prickly pear and a few other weird and very expensive things and
they
> > ignore
> > > > it.
> > > > Margaret
> > >
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