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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• Crested Gecko Diet...Long, long post. - AnthonyCaponetto, Tue Dec 7 00:23:21 2004
• excellent post. - kozmo02, Tue Dec 7 03:00:23 2004
• I think what got me whipped up was . . . - powergeckos, Tue Dec 7 13:18:00 2004
• RE: I think what got me whipped up was . . . - lzrdldy530, Tue Dec 7 15:12:33 2004
• RE: I think what got me whipped up was . . . - MWHS, Tue Dec 7 15:37:43 2004
• RE: I think what got me whipped up was . . . - kozmo02, Tue Dec 7 18:33:20 2004
• RE: I think what got me whipped up was . . . - Gecko_Freak, Tue Dec 7 21:38:37 2004
• All this talk...but nobody can tell us what it is that's missing.... - AnthonyCaponetto, Wed Dec 8 02:55:29 2004
• My thoughts on the CGD - KelliH, Wed Dec 8 05:07:06 2004
• RE: My thoughts on the CGD - ravencelt, Wed Dec 8 10:58:44 2004
• RE: My thoughts on the CGD - lzrdldy530, Wed Dec 8 14:43:29 2004
• Very good post, Kelli...that brings up a point I forgot to make. - AnthonyCaponetto, Wed Dec 8 16:36:25 2004
• Your baby is probably eating it...more - AnthonyCaponetto, Wed Dec 8 16:42:01 2004
• RE: Your baby is probably eating it...more - ravencelt, Wed Dec 8 22:20:55 2004
• The burden of proof for anything... - MWHS, Thu Dec 9 00:05:55 2004
• RE: The burden of proof for anything... - AnthonyCaponetto, Thu Dec 9 02:11:46 2004
• RE: Very good post, Kelli...that brings up a point I forgot to make. - KelliH, Thu Dec 9 03:01:22 2004
• Pigments and their color enhancing ability... - AnthonyCaponetto, Thu Dec 9 05:17:29 2004
• That is really interesting - KelliH, Thu Dec 9 11:19:51 2004
• and if Allan hadn't taken note of the color differences that he observed, - lzrdldy530, Thu Dec 9 14:00:48 2004
• You're exactly right about the ICB. - AnthonyCaponetto, Thu Dec 9 18:48:04 2004
• RE: Crested Gecko Diet...Long, long post. - mconley, Fri Dec 10 10:16:55 2004
• RE: Crested Gecko Diet...Long, long post. - AnthonyCaponetto, Fri Dec 10 11:30:35 2004