Question about feeding and foods, and behavior

Okay, so a couple days ago, I got a gargoyle gecko, and a leo, so I bought 1k mealies, 1k tiny supers, and a cup of 25 or so dubia roaches to start breeding. The leo is straight forward for me, so my questions obviously are about the garg.


When I got her, I mixed up some CGD real well in a bottle lid (about the size of a small prescription bottle lid) and gave that to her. I cleaned it out yesterday and mixed up some more, with less water than it says to (so it was thick), and only mixed enough to coat the bottom of the lid well. Over night, a little more than 2/3 of that was eaten, and while I was out for about 5 hours, a bit more has been licked up.

The garg is about 4 months or so, but I am unsure if she should have CGD at all times. Should I? Even when she's a full grown adult?

Also, when I first got her, I left 4 mealworms in a dish in case she didn't eat the CGD (because the store fed only crickets, even though the employee who got her for me made sure I knew about the CGD), and the mealies were completely untouched for two days. I'd like to get her eating some sort of insect as well because I know they and cresties are omnivores and grow better/faster when they have an insect to eat as well, and because I'd like to make sure she can eat the dubias that have just gotten too big for the leo (but too small for the rats if I lack any 4 wk olds) once I get my shipment to start breeding.

With insects, how often can those be fed? And how much of them with CGD? And should insects be dusted at all if I'm feeding CGD with them?

And another thing: I think I remember reading that gargs sometimes do not accept insects because they are small, and prefer slightly over-sized items. I can't remember exactly what this was about though, so could I get some insight?


And I'm also curious about what other foods gargs might eat besides CGD and insects, but I know wild ones eat actual plant matter. What can you get at the supermarket (like, say Walmart) that's okay for them? Just something I'd like to know.


Now for the last thing. The gargs and cresties are kept in enclosures right next to each other, and the 6 month old or so crestie they had (who would NOT settle down when I held it) was sitting on a wall every time I saw it, and only about half the gargs I've seen have done that. My girl seems to prefer to hang out under a fake plant on the FLOOR of her tub, and she also seems to be a really really bad climber for a supposed (semi) arboreal species. She doesn't seem to cling very well to anything (from the smooth surface of my laptop screen to my unshaven arm) except for the fish plant decoration type thing in the store and paper towels.
This a normal thing for some gargs? I can feel the stickiness of her tailtip and feet (though it's definitely not super sticky like the crestie was), but she's a horrible climber and just seems to prefer the floor. She also jumps sometimes from my grasp (during the very short daily holds to make sure nothing's going on), and if I'm not being careful, she gets pretty close to falling off wherever she landed, which I wouldn't expect since I can feel the pads.

I don't have any experience with Gargs, but I'll try to help you out since this thread hasn't had any replies. I only have two cresties.

I believe gargs can live their whole life on CGD, and don't need any insects. If you do feed insects, do dust them with... Calcium I think? I don't feed insects to my geckos, so I'm not positive. There's also a debate on dusting with D3 added or not added.

If you want them to grow faster then feeding insects can help. I was going to, but since I have no intention on breeding my cresties, I'm pleased with them eating up the CGD.

I don't think gargs are as good as climbers as cresties. I talked to someone at a reptile show and she said they feel more like velcro and not sticky like cresties. My cresties will stick to the glass for two days sometimes. ...Bugs the crap out of me, lol.

I've fed fresh fruit to my cresties and they're fine. Just don't give them a whole lot, you'll throw off the complete nutrition that CGD gives. You could also mix a little CGD powder on the fruit to make it more balanced.

If you'd like more concrete information, I'd suggest heading over to the Pangea Reptile forums. They're mainly cresties, but ALOT of people have Gargs, and they have a forum just for gargs :)

Congrats on your new gecko! I like Gargs, but right now am a little too overstocked in animals!