Tobey,
You might want to experiment a bit with how much to feed him (see how
much he will eat over a several day/week period and this will give you a
good starting point). As to how long should you force feed him, I would
try to use the same food you force fed him with and leave it in the tank
(same spot may help) and see if recognizes the scent and goes to it by
himself. I usually watch a new gecko (when it is active) and see what
its movement pattern is (e.g. favorite perch) and place food so that it
will encounter it along on of its routes. Handling can be pretty
stressful, so I would try and keep it to a minimum.
As to baby food - live food, I feed mine both and she is over a year
old. These fellas eat both fruit and insects in the wild throughout
their lives.
The moths I catch outside or I get when my wax moth larva metamorphis
(sp?) into moths. I actually had a moth come to the porch light last
weekend (I live in Maryland and it was near freezing).
It can be frustrating having just one gecko and finding food for it. My
solution was to get more geckos and that made mail ordering crickets
cost effective. Maybe not the best solution for you though.
Yuri Huta
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> Margaret:
> Well, I bought a small glass "eye" dropper lastnight and fed Sebastian (my
>Rhacodactylus Ciliatus) some baby food. He was not thrilled with the process and
>squirmed quite a bit. When he finally settled, I gently rubbed a little on his lips,
>and he shook his head flinging it on me, but eventually he did begin to lick. He
>ended up eating about a whole dropper full, but then he would not take anymore. How
>much baby food is normal for him to eat in one meal? How long should I continue to
>"hand feed" him? How often should he be eating baby food versus crickets or worms?
>I would like to feed him some moths as I saw some of you do from earlier posts, but
>where would I get them? I can't really order large quantities of "feeders" from
>anywhere as he is the only R. Ciliatus that I have.
> Thank you so much for the advice. I truly appreciate each of you on here sharing
>your knowledge with others.
>
> :o) Tobey
>
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