KevinS
09-27-2005, 01:36 AM
Hey guys, most of you probably aren't familiar with my situation but at the moment I'm in a college dorm that doesn't allow any pets. I have my crested hidden in the closet and I've been feeding it CGD and baby food. I have a blue tongued skink at home that I feed every weekend and I have my mom give it some food in the middle of the week. Normally she gives it bearded dragon pellets or some commercial diet like that. Well recently, I got a pet store gift certificate and used it for some freeze dried crickets from Flukers. I figured nothing would eat them, but I could mix them with other things to give my skink some variety. To my surprise, as soon as he tasted them, he started wolfing them down. He eats them just fine when I leave them in a dish inside his enclosure. So I brought a few back with me this weekend in a ziploc bag to try on my crested. I left a few in its normal feeding dish and some were missing after the first night. I break them in half to make it easier since my gecko is small and they're adult crickets, but I just got done hand-feeding him some and he seems to be able to crunch them up just fine. I just thought I'd let you guys know if any of you are also in a position that makes it difficult to get live insects but you want to add some variety to the diet. These crickets are supposedly gut loaded with calcium prior to freeze drying, here's a link to the type I got: http://sugarglider.safeshopper.com/88/112.htm?253
I'd be interested to know if any of your geckos go for them too.
I'd be interested to know if any of your geckos go for them too.