Be sure to feed and water the prey items, such as crickets and mealworms well. I usually feed my crickets some crush dog food...something with protein so the crickets get nice and fat, looking like they are about to explode, and if you don't feed them enough protein they will start eating each other. You can try some unmedicated chick mash (which is high in calcium) and tropical fish flake food for varieties. For even more varieties some vegetable like shreded green beans, some winter squash (grated), grated parsnips, and calcium rich greens like collard and mustard greens and dadelion and a little bit of fruits. I heard the fish food really brings out the color. The way I water my crickets is I give them a shallow dish of water with gravel in it. From my experience watering the crickets this way will make them well hydrated, and they even ooze out water when you pick them up. THis helps with the shedding also when the crickets has a lot of moisture in them. Your gecko will get the extra moisture from it. I have never had my gecko having problem with shedding this way. You can feed mealworms some crush dog food also. Just spray it down with water to moisten it so the mealworms get some water into them. Be sure to change it frequently because moist dog food goes bad and get moldy quickly. Don't feed you pray items cat food because it contains a lot of stuff that isn't so good for a lot of animals besides cat, and it simply is too high in fat. Good luck!

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