Re: [Gecko] where reptiles are banned and ciliatus?

[Nathan Tenny]

At 05:54 PM 12/13/00 -0500, Lyle Puente wrote:
> > Can Leopard Geckos eat baby food too or is it just for ciliatus?
> >
> >Becky
>
>Hi Becky,
>No they wont take that. Most geckos are insectivorous, but a some
>supplement their insect eating ways by also eating ripe fruit. Most well
>known being the Phelsuma, Rhacodactylus, Gehyra and....anyone?

I have no good explanation for this, but one of my desert banded geckos 
(_Coleonyx variegatus variegatus_) once took a few bites of shredded 
carrot.  (We weren't sure exactly *what* they would take when we first got 
them, so we offered a bunch of different stuff experimentally.  I've got 
video of the bit with the carrot, or I wouldn't believe it myself.)

         NT

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