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I was just wondering if anyone has ever tried to feed their uroplatus fruit baby food on occassion, and if so, will any of them eat it? Thanks

LEEWAY CORUCIA RESEARCH CENTER (LCRC)

Hello,

Unlike Rhactodactylus which consumes nectar and fruit with an insect diet, Uroplatus-particularly the larger species fimbriatus and henkeli- consume Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches as the main diet. I keep both the above species which thrive on an exclusive diet of crickets. I know they do not consume fruit as it is occasionally put in the enclosure for the crickets to consume.

Hope this helps.

Sincerely,
Brian
LCRC

Thanks. I knew they have a diet of insects. I was just curious if they would ocassionally accept fruit, because, I have a pair of wahlbergs geckos, and after having them for about 6 months now and feeding them only insects, someone recently told me that they feed their wahlbergs fruit on occasion. So, I wondered if anyone had ever tried with uroplatus. I had never heard of it, and didnt think they would, but, you never know.

last year when i could get no crickets i tried to feed my sikores peach and vitamin fortified baby food. the females ate but the males did not.

i have kept phantasticus and pietschmanni and offered baby food a few times to both species when feeding it to my cresteds. to get my cresteds interested i put a dab on the tip of their mouth. whenever i have tried the same with spinies or satanics, they back away from the food and wipe it off their snout. i even tried offering it to newborn phantasticus, they too showed no interest. but they always go for live food!

i've tried with phantasticus, lineatus, and sikorae. i have had all accept a little but only when put directly on their snout using a 10ml syringe. all seemed to take several licks of it but would never eat it as a meal like my cresteds do. haven't done it for awhile because they won't eat enough of it.

i feed my geckos apricot sometimes they just the juice on it but dont eat or bite it

When I medicate or assist feed I use chicken and gravy flavored babyfood (diluted with pedialyte)and all my henks will readily lick it off their snouts... They have also licked if off the cage walls as I place it there as well... However, they won't go walking around looking for it in their cage!... Like Brian said, its not like a rhaco that will eat it from a dish like a dog eats dog food...
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Ben