What do you feed?

[mlededee]

You NEED to feed the Repashy diet unless you are able to create a mixture on your own that contains the same nutritional content by mixing fruits, vitamins, pollens, etc.--which is extremely not worth the time, money and effort involved and also not likely to come out being nearly as nutritionally complete as the Repashy diet which has been perfected over years of research and testing.

I prefer the one part, complete Repashy diet as it is easier and my geckos have no problems eating it. If your local pet store (PetSmart/Petco/etc.) doesn't not carry it you can order it here and will only need the smallest bag for 2 geckos: http://www.pangeareptile.com/products.htm.

You should mainly feed the Repashy diet, but can supplement with insects once or twice per week (I prefer once per week max, so that the geckos do not get spoiled and stop eating the CGD while holding out for insects). Dusted crickets, feeder roaches, silkworms and phoenix worms are all good insect choices. Mealworms and superworms and not good food sources as they serve mainly as filler because cresteds cannot digets their chitinous shells, thus they get very little nutritional benefit from them. Wax worms are not a good choice because they are very high in fat. Do note, that insects are not best fed on loose substrates--papertowels are best if you plan to feed insects unless you hand feed them or feed in a separate enclosure (not all geckos will actually eat in a separate enclosure due to the stress/distraction of being moved into an unfamiliar area).

Never feed baby food as it is very high in sugar, but you can occasionally make your own fruit mix as a treat. Good fruits to use for this are strawberries, mangos, bananas, peaches, apricots and watermelon, but never use any type of citrus fruit as cresteds cannot handle citric acid. You can blend up your fruits into a smoothie with a small amount of fat free, sugar free vanilla yogurt, some CGD and water for consistency if necessary and you can even add some insects if you don't mind putting them in the blender. Your friends will never know on margarita night anyhow.