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can i get a few names of good mulitples and calcium (or both) supplements people have had good results with for crested geckos? seems everyone has a diffrent opinion on what works best and i'd like to hear about it.
i'm looking for something to dust crickets with and another to add with fruit and/or babyfood. better yet they would be one & the same.
quick fyi : i feed CGD almost exclusively with crickets now & again. i get a lot of free fruit my my work and i hate to see the stuff tossed when i got critters, including myself, that will eat it up. i do mix fruit in with the CGD randomly as well.
thanks.
-julie

i just use RepCal ultra fine calcium with D3 when i dust the crickets. my cresteds are almost exclusively fed cgd, and the juvies are fed it until they are 5 months old before getting any crickets usually. that's what i've used for the past 3 years.

would you recommend that (RepCal ultra fine calcium with D3) as a good supplement in baby food as well? or should i just add in b/f to the CGD ('stead of water) and not worry about the extra calcium?

i wouldn't add baby food at all to the CGD. if you do, i would only add a maximum of 1/4 of the normal water volume as babyfood.
i have several reasons for this, not only does it screw up the nutrition, but it makes it sticky, and it also thickens up faster than it normally should.
crusted babyfood on a gecko is very hard to get off of it's feet, and this also allows for the geckos to eat it for a longer period of time.

i feed all of my crested geckos with CGD mixed with water, and a very small amount of bolsters berry smoothies. i usually mix 5tsp. cgd,: 1tsp. smoothie,: and 9 tsp. water.
i wouldn't add any calcium to cgd if that is all you are using.
i you feel you MUST feed babyfood, then i would add some calcium with d3 to it, but it is difficult to suggest an amount to add.
i also feed my cresteds crickets once every 1-2 weeks dusted with the calcium with d3