maybe those algaes that intensify the colors would STILL not be making into their meals. It makes one wonder what other minor nutrients the average baby-food&cricket hobbiest might be missing. While it's true that animals seem to survive and reproduce with less than the ideal diet and husbandry (we were once given 3 dairy goats which were being fed hay, RAW SOYBEANS AND SHELL CORN, NOTHING ELSE!!!!), if a potentially better alternative becomes available and is easy-to-employ, it seems a bit block-headed not to try it, at least. I for one am grateful to Allan who, having observed these animals in their natural habitat, developed an easy-to-use diet at least as COMPLETE and probably more-so than anyone was likely to formulate in their own kitchen AND decided to share it with the world. He could have kept it a trade secret that only Sandfire and a few other major breeders with whom he cultivated relationships with would have access, leaving the rest of us to wonder why the brilliantly-colored animals we purchased faded to pale in our ownership.
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Terri

4:8:7 crested geckos: Popcorn, Goldfish, Harley, Bear, Big Red, Olive, Smudge, Blackie, Belle, Brilliant, Tina, Brick, Toni(y), Kermit, ChiliPepper, Spot, WildFire, WildTiger & Randy(i)

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