Hi Becky
The latin/proper name is R.ciliatus or the crested gecko,eyelash gecko or
whatever common name you chose. They have often been labeled "cilies" by
their owners. They are a fantastic gecko from the New Caledonian Islands.
I have used the baby food on both my breeding female leo's and for any that
I have treated for others _sick ones that I get calls about-as a way of
getting nutrients into them. One of my elderly females loves it and I always
let her have about 1/2 tsp or so when I am feeding the others. As a rule my
males don't seem to like it.
If I was more awake I could spell The R word but the others can help.
Margaret
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Subject: Re: [Gecko] where reptiles are banned and ciliatus?
> In a message dated 12/13/2000 7:16:17 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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> << Tobey I used a needles type of syringe-obviously- and dropped bits of
baby
> food mix on the ends of their faces and along the edges of their mouthes
as
> 2 of my first ones arrived from the shipment rather sorry looking and I
> wanted to get vitamins and calcium etc into them. Sort of an oral IV.
Their
> initial reaction was that I was an evil monster trying to poison them and
> they tried to shake and rub it off. When they finally got some into their
> mouthes it was kind of comical the surprised look on their faces. It only
> took maybe about a dozen assisted feedings before they started eating
what
> was in their dishes. Good luck. Margaret >>
>
> Margaret,
> Please excuse my ignorance, but I am really new to the gecko world and
> don't know what half of these animals are that everyone is talking about.
I
> guess it takes time to learn the "gecko" language and the many types.
>
> Can Leopard Geckos eat baby food too or is it just for ciliatus?
>
> Becky
>
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