Quote Originally Posted by artgecko View Post
LOL cute little guy. I've not been able to get any of my geckos to take dubia yet (my gargs, leachie, or cresteds). I'll have to try again. Do you leave his in a dish for him at the bottom of his cage? I'm thinking I may have to try that as opposed to tong-feeding.

IMO the only disadvantage to cresteds is that they are nocturnal. I hardly ever get to see mine awake since their cages are in my reptile room.
Those Dubias are smart !!!

They play dead. As soon as Smeagol is in the bin with them they stop moving. And he won't hunt/eat them unless they move. They can literally sit in front of him, under him, ON him and he ignores them unless they start running. I have to keep prodding them ( I know, mean..) Even on the tongs, if they don't move, he don't care..

I don't mind them being nocturnal, because I stay up late. Plus Smeagol sleeps right out in the open. Used to be, he wouldn't do anything until I went to bed and I had to sneak around in the dark to catch him take one step.

Well, that is over with. Now he takes advantage of me sitting there to pull all kinds of stuff to get me to take him out. He will try to stare me down, hop around, sit by the door, stare some more, jump by the door, act crazy and throw a fit. He wants the door to open, the hand to appear, and come out. Preferably to be taken to the Dubia pit. Boy, he was just nuts last night.

And he still didn't eat the gecko diet, LOL. He just smeared it everywhere. So tonight..no bugs. It will be interesting, sigh..