Feeding

[Marla]

Mlededee, I suspect that sense of smell is probably the largest part of recognizing immobile food, but I think it helps that I always put their food dish in the same place, even when I use a different dish. They learn where to look for the food.

TG, yeah, that could be exactly what he's thinking. My mister has stopped misting since I used it several times to shoot a stream of water at a couch-clawing kitten, so for the last couple of days I've had to carefully shoot the walls to splash water onto the leaves and avoid shooting geckos. I can't imagine what they must be thinking now when the water cannon appears. :lol:

Shaun, have you tried reading the caresheet I wrote?

[Shaun J]

ok,this is a revised schedule

4 crickets dusted with calcium or vitamins.if i decide to use both,one must have d3.the other shouldnt.I willl gutload them with oatmeal,apple,potato,corn meal,or dye and chemical free pet foods.EVery feeding will be M,W,F.Is this fine?


OR

CGD with Baby food every M,W,F



Please correct me if im wrong

[Marla]

Shaun, that sounds good about the crickets. I'd revise the other to be "CGD with baby food" instead of the other way around, and feed by hand on at least some non-cricket days so they get used to eating CGD.

[Shaun J]

thats what i meant sorry
What i saw on the caresheet was that i can replace crickets and mealies with CGD and Baby food.Would you reccomend this?or is it not as healthy or something like that?

[Tigergenesis]

Marla, I can picture your cresties frantically trying to dodge water bombs fearing for their little lives!

[Marla]

No, it's fine. The most important things to remember, in no particular order, when feeding cresties are that:

*They need both protein and fruit in their diet and babies need more protein than adults, but should not have a prey-only diet.
*If you feed them crickets often enough, many young cresties won't eat anything else and won't have a nutritionally balanced diet.
*If you take away, you should add back -- weakening the CGD by adding baby food may make it taste better but it also makes it more important that you add calcium and vitamin supplements back in to it and/or as cricket coating.

[Shaun J]

Ok,so ill just mix small amounts of baby food,the CGD,and calcium w/ D3 and vitamins w/o D3

[Marla]

Yes, and stop BUMPing every post! People have other things to do, you know, and the post is already highlighted when they come to check for new ones.

[Marla]

Marla, I can picture your cresties frantically trying to dodge water bombs fearing for their little lives!

They don't seem to be quite *that* concerned but I'm sure they're feeling a bit uneasy ...

[Shaun J]

ok ill quit