Agreed. I got my first cresteds just before the CGD came out and I raised those on babyfood/crickets with no problems. Babyfood and crickets seem to work fine without any CGD whatsoever, so I'm not saying that the CGD is even necessary. To be completely honest, I don't think it is necessary, but I do think that it helps provide more complete nutrition and I do think that it helps the geckos' colors.

The main point of my post was not to knock the other method of feeding, but to defend my method of feeding them, which was under fire by people who probably haven't owned as many Cresteds as I have, let alone Allen Repashy.

-Anthony

>>I use it. I mix it in with babyfood though. I know, I know, it has everything they need! But still, I just "feel better" feeding mine a variety of foods. They get gutloaded crickets, roaches, a variety of babyfood mixed with CGD. I supplement with Rep Cal and Herptivite.
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>>I got my first trio of crested geckos in 1998. Just plain buckskins but man were they expensive! And very cool! I raised all three from babies and they were fed a diet of gutloaded crickets supplemented with calcium and vitamin powder. No baby food, and obviously no CGD. Never had a problem with any of them, and they did reproduce successfully for me.
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>>The moral of this (sorta lame) story? What each keeper chooses to feed his or her geckos is a personal choice, and as long as the animals nutritional needs are met then there is no right or wrong choice. This kind of reminds me of the sand vs. paper towel debate we have been having for years over on the Leopard Gecko Forum (Monte will know what I am talking about :0)
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>>The important thing is that we are properly caring for our Rhacodactylus and not housing them as PetCo recommends (yuck!)
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>>Ok, back to feeding geckos
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>>Peace-
>>Kelli Hammack
>>H.I.S.S.
>>email me
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