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I may have gotten in over my head on this one. I rescued a crested Gecko.
He can't stick to walls because of the layers and layers of shed stuck to his toes and feet and he’s super skinny. I soaked his feet for 20 minutes and got the thick amount of shed off his feet however his front feet look horrible. His toes are so floppy they look useless. Is that normal or what?
And I need to know what I can feed him to help fatten him up in a hurry. I just happen to have crested gecko powdered food lying around (though I’ve never owned a cresty before, so don’t ask) But he doesn’t seem interested in it at all, at least with it mixed in water anyway. The previous owners said he hasn’t been feed in a while (whatever that means) but he dosn't seem to want to eat the food I'm providing
Here is pictures of him> http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=10783681&uid=1949332&members=1

try chicken flavored baby food with a sprinkling of crushed cherry tums on top. you can also try a fruit baby food (mamgo, peach, apricot are all good)

If you need to rehydrate in a hurry you can use pedialyte (or even Gatoraid of your in a pinch)

If they're still not eating you should find a herp vet to check them out asap.

Hope this helps!

disclaimer: I've only had my cresteds for 6 months, so I'm by no means an authority on the topic.
That said, He doesn't look too too bad. He might be thin, but not too skinny from what I can see in the pics (2nd opinions welcome). I would def. make an appointment with a reptile vet & get him assessed though.
His feet look ok from the pics. Cresteds do this weird thing with their toes that makes it look like they broke all of them, but it's really a normals thing (freaked me out the first time I saw my geckos toes curled upward in person). Can he grip you while on your hand? Or are his feet pretty useless?
As for feeding, I've found one of my cresteds doesn't like to eat out of a large container, so I hand feed him right after I mix the food up. The other one is a pig & will eat from her dish. It takes them a while to get settled, so you may not notice yours eating for a week or 2. Also, if you are going to feed baby food, be sure to mix in some ca &/or vitamin supplaments. If you are worried about MBD, you can leave a tiny dish of ca powder in the cage as well. I just did that for my younger one b/c I'm afraid I'm seeing signs of MBD (someone had mentioned that cresteds might take the straight powder if they need it, like leos do).
Anyway, good luck with your new rescue. And make a vet appointment for him to get a professional opinion (make sure the vet has crestie experience)
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I am also not an expert, but I also have a crested who barely touches fruit or powdered crested gecko diet. What she does eat, and by the bucketload, is crickets. I'd toss a few in the terrarium with the gecko, just as an experiment - it may be that yours is like ours and is way more interested in crickets. Ours has been growing like crazy (we feed her 5 medium sized crickets a night now, and she devours them ravenously). She's not overly fat, just full of energy and growing like crazy.

I guess some cresteds are like that - my brother and his wife have one that won't touch crickets at all, eating nothing but baby food, so it seems they run the gamut from purely fruit eaters to purely cricket hunters, and probably everywhere in between.