I myself made no assetions and hope noone took my comments as such. I respectfully disagree with your opinions and will until multigenerational tests have been run using CGD, meaning that I will trust this product in about 15 years when all the geckos initially raised on it as test animals have lived out full complete lives and their progeny are on the way to doing the same. Under any other circumstances it is irresponsible to assume that this is a "complete diet", in my opinion.

That said I do use cgd and I stil hold firm that its greatest asset is its color enhancing compounds (pick up a jar of human grade spirulina and some bee pollen to acheive the same thing much more cheaply).

Anthony I do have to say though that I find your comparisons to human and gecko nutrition a little out of context and misleading, being someone with a small background in nutrition, I know for a fact that no doctor would ever recommend someone eat a singular diet no matter it's composition. The risk is ALWAYS there for nuritional deficiencies. I just find your comparison a little off, no offense. As I aid before it is arrogant to assume it is a complete diet, and I hav to say this as well, if you do a little research you can find all the ingredients in cgd and ggd and mix large batches yourself at a fraction of the cost.

Also I don't know who the comment "resident experts" was referring to, but that disparaging attitude towards your fellow hobbyists will take you nowhere, in fact it gave me the impression you had your hackles up for some reason, and I certainly wouldnt want to see you as the type of individual who is threatened by the fact that other people out there may disagree with what you think.. so you have to go and be derogatory.

You breed awesome animals and you're definitely one of the more experienced individuals out there with them (you have definitely accomplished alot in what, a year and a half with these animals?), however I still know droves of people (a few of whom own in excess of 100 gecko species), and these "experts" see the cgd and ggd as a good product, but not nearly what it is cracked up to be.

That said, I will continue to go with every book but one, and every person i have talked to that is truly an expert on the subject of reptile nutrition, who do not stand to make a buck or lose a buck off the answer they give.

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