Welcome indeed! I have a Fat tailed gecko I have been rehabing for 10
months. The only hope I can offer you is they get faster at being hand
fed.
My method: I put A/D diet in a syringe with a pinch of Minerall-1
I have a container of insects handy
I squirt a little of the goup out of the syringe on to 1 nostril
He starts to lick, I pick up a bug and hold it against the side he
is licking.
He snaps at the bug.
Repeat until he losses interest.
Sometimes he won't snap at the bugs, so
I squirt a bunch of the A/D on the side of his mouth
I hold the syringe there
When he snaps I put the syringe in his mouth and squirt 3 cc in
I repeat until he has taken 6cc, he weighs 65g
I still offer prey in his cage, he walks over it as if he is blind. Good
luck,
Cyndy
On Sun, 4 Mar 2001 18:38:04 -0500 Lyle Puente <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >Any tips on getting the rehab golden gecko to start taking food,
> >i.e. crickets? He's really not interested in any food, and I can't
> be
> >putting babyfood on his nose twice a day for 30 minutes each time.
>
> welcome to rehab!
> I would suggest keep doing what your doing until the gecko gets a
> good bidy
> wieght. The stop and offer a cricket every other night until the
> gecko
> takes it. If the weight starts to go down, you will needto resume
> your hand
> feeding.
>
> Lyle Puente
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