Long story here, I have a adopted dragon whom had periodontal disease. I have stopped the progression and decided (myself and my vet) that the corrective surgery is not a good option. (If you have not seen it it removes most of the lower jaw and chunks of the upper they look flat faced and have chewing issues.) It seems vets are on the fence some believe in it some don't. The up shot is he will not eat on his own. This means 4 times a week he gets assist fed (forced fed) He eats off a syringe. Zeke's story is here http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...dontal-disease


The feeding is quite easy I place him on my desk he knows now what this means I put a drop on is lips he licks it off and the tip of the feeding tube. It isn't very traumatic for him I don't restrain him at all. He is fed critical care herbivore mixed with Critical care carnivore(3:1). He seems lately to be getting board of this. I was thinking of every now and again maybe once a week using repashy gecko diet in place of the carnivore CC. He still always has fresh greens but rarely eats them, he also has crickets and super worms offered but again rarely eats them. We tried a stoppage of assist feeding for 2 months but started when he simply refused to eat.

Does anyone feel that the complete gecko diet would be an issue as a 'treat' or flavour changer every now and again?