Posted by:
kozmo02
at Thu Dec 2 12:47:55 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by kozmo02 ]
its not a good idea to take them off crickets completely, so as much as you hate it you are still going to need to get them crickets at least once a week, you cant take away what comes naturally to them. in the wild they dont have bowls of CGD waiting for them, they go after insects.
you will have to make a very slow transition over to the CGD too, most of the geckos wont just come out and eat it, most people mix a little in with the baby food and gradually increase the amount over a month or so until the geckos have accepted just the CGD.
i still know of people that will only mix it in with baby food because there geckos wont touch it by itself. others mix it with water and have great results. babies are usually the easiest to get eating it, once they are hooked on baby food and crickets it takes a while to get them to switch over, but it can happen if you take the time to gradually change them over to it.
also, please make sure that you continue to give them crickets, i cant stress that enough, it is very important that they still feed on insects even while using CGD, several breeders use this same method. crickets once a week or so, and CGD on alternate days.
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