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I went
to the local pet store last night and found T-Rex Crested Gecko food. Since he's
been eating baby food so long, I'm going to start slowly and mix it in and
gradually increase the T-Rex and decrease the baby food.
Thanks
for all the information.
Regards,
Jim
Hi Jim,
What your R. ciliatus is doing is not
unusual. I would keep offering crickets every couple of days and clean them out
if they are not taken. Make sure they are the right size, about 90% of the
gecko's head. Mealworms are more fatty than crickets. At this point I would not
offer them much.
Julie B.
Jim Hammond wrote:
Julie,
I
don't think Rachy is eating the crickets very well if at all. I change them
out to make sure they are well-fed, but he seems to be lapping up the baby
food instead. Does he need crickets or mealworms?
Thanks,
Jim
Hi
Jim,
Jim Hammond wrote:
We're providing fresh mealworms and gut-loaded crickets for our Crested and
he seems to prefer baby food.
That is ok! I would provide
that by mixing it with the Gargoyle food so he gets enough protein. This is a
baby Crested, yes?
I can account for all but two of the crickets
we've put in his house in the past 3 weeks.
We're supplementing the baby food with D3 and bee pollen. Is he getting what
he needs?
If you are going to supplement babyfood which is not not
mixed with anything else, you need a balanced supplement that includes at
least Calcium, phosphorus (Ca:phosphorus 2:1) , D3, and beta-carotene
(pre-cursor for Vitamin A). There are several products on the market that
would fit this bill - the T-Rex (ICB) Insect Cricket Balancer would work
although is really meant to "balance" crickets fed (ILF) Insect Loading
Formula to acheive the proper ratios. RepCal with D3 mixed 50/50 with
Herptivite would work, also the good Dr. Susan Donoghue (herp vet nutrition
specialist and fellow gecko lister) could provide you something at http://www.herpnutrition.com. So
no, just D3 and bee pollen will not be adequate and is harmful because of the
metabolic imbalance.
If you use the Gargoyle Gecko food mixed with
babyfood there is no need to supplement.
Let us know if you have any
more questions!
Julie B.
Thanks,
Jim
-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 11:13 AM
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Subject: Re: [gecko]crested gecko eating issues
Hi Dana,
If he is eating crickets then I don't think there is any cause for worry
here. Your frequency of feeding this guy babyfood is probably too much from
what I am seeing here. Save it for every third day or so, and DO NOT hand
feed (creating a bad habit that may be hard to break). Be sure to use the
Gargoyle and not the Crested T-Rex food at this point. He wants protein more
than babyfood at this point in his growth and the Gargoyle food is just what
he needs as far as that goes.
Julie Bergman
www.geckoranch.com
GGA lifetime member
Dana wrote:
Hi Everyone -
I wrote to this listserv last week about my newly acquired juvenile
crested that wasn't eating his baby food (for reference, he is about
4.5-5.0" and does seem to be growing). Thanks for the responses -
they were helpful.
Unfortunately, he still won't eat the baby food on his own. He will
eat a little bit at a time when I hand feed it to him - he eats so
little each time that some days I have fed him small amounts twice a
day. When I leave the food in his home he won't eat it by himself. I
am feeding him the same flavor baby food mixed with the T-rex crested
gecko diet just as they had been feeding him at the store where I
bought him. I have tried different flavors of food, food without any
supplements, food with Rep-Cal supplements (very light) instead of the
t-Rex - the only thing that I haven't tried, which I will do tomorrow
is puree some fruit myself and offer that to him - any other
suggestiong that I haven't tried? He has been eating crickets - he
really likes them, but how concerned, at this point, should I be that
he is not eating the baby food on his own (he's had plenty of time to
acclimate to his new home as it has been 2 weeks since I brought him
home)?
- Thanks,
Dana
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