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I am grateful for the activity in this forum! It seems as though as soon as someone has a question the answer is immediately provided for that person... if only the rest of life was that easy. Anyway, to the gecko stuff. I am looking into getting a crested gecko and I have an 18.5 gallon custom tank made out of a Rubbermade container, inverted so it is vertical. I closely mirrored the great pictures provided in the photo gallery on this site to make the cage for the gecko. The environment I know is fine- it's just the size. Is 18.5 gallons enough for a crested? It definitely passes the requirement of "12x12x18" posted on other sites (in fact I believe that to be too small for a crested). Also, having three fire-bellied toads and a house gecko, I have quite a multifarious list of things for the crested to eat. I have mealworms, waxworms, and red worms. I have a calcium supplement and apricot baby food. Are red worms okay to feed to a crested? I haven't heard of anybody even attempting to feed a crested a red worm, but maybe it's better because it is soft and easier to digest? Either way, I just want what's best for my gecko. One last question- how much is everybody feeding their geckos? How much is too much? And as far as the calcium powder goes, how often should I dust my worms with it? I hear something different at every site I go to. Thank you for your time and suggestions!

-[HOTBELLY]-

Size of cage is fine. Stay away from feeding mealworms. They are hard to digest for the geckos. I feed calcium dusted crickets twice a week and provide crested gecko diet on non-cricket days. Baby food is not nutritionally complete. Good Luck!!

Mike: I've made a frozen bananna, mango, apricot, melon, wild berry mixture with CGD, vitamins, and calcium mixed in. That they seem to like.

Do you think its alright to feed them a frozen diet?

CGD is a complete diet all on its own. It contains all the vitamins and calcium needed. I wouldn't mix it with anything.

Would red worms be ok to feed to a Crested? I want to keep the diet varied, so I was wondering if feeding it a red worm would do harm to it. Thanks in advance.

-[HOTBELLY]-

the size is comepletely fine and sounds good

there are mixed opinions about mealworms so I just don't feed them to my pets...I haven't heard about red worms...wax worms can be fed once in a while as a treat b/c they're high in fat

you can feed daily or every other day...I alternate feeding CGD mixed with baby food and crickets...I don't dust my crickets b/c I had a female that seemed to OD on calcium once so I don't add any and my females continue laying perfectly white eggs and are doing well...
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Rachel
Hatching Herps
1.0 bearded, 2.4.9 crested geckos, 0.1 gargoyle gecko, 1.2 corns (reg, butter, caramel), 1.1 ball python, 1.1 sinaloan milks, white's tree frog, orange belly newt