Homemade Crested Gecko Diet

Homemade Crested Gecko Diet

Although, the best thing that you can ever feed your crested gecko is the meal replacement- Crested Gecko Diet- you can offer a homemade treat that your geckos will love. You want to avoid baby food at all costs, it's nothing but sugar for them and no real nutritional value. Remember that it is formulated for human children and not reptiles. But, you can offer a fresh fruit smoothie blended with calcium and vitamins. You geckos will love this treat and they will thank your for it.

Crested Gecko Care Sheet

Crested geckos are a great beginner reptile. They have simple husbandry requirements that are fairly easy to meet. Crested geckos are a relatively small gecko that do not need excessive space.

And, they come in a variety of morphs (colors), ranging from brightly colored harlequins and fires to dalmations opf varying degrees. They can be pinstripe, tiger, patternless, red, tan, yellow, etc.

Crested geckos are becoming more and more popular in today's reptile market due to their ease in to keep in captivity.

A few crested gecko breeders include:

AC Reptiles

Garrick DeMeyer

goReptiles

HISSS

RT Reptiles

Spade Reptiles

These are just a few of the reputable breeders I have had the pleasure of working with.

What? You want a specialty animal?

Specialty animals include:

• Birds
• Reptile
• Ferret
• Rabbit
• Small Animal

Thinking about getting one? Read the following article:

Things to Consider Before Buying a Specialty Animal

Animals

I have too many... Ha... Well, it's true.

I have had dogs all my life. My experience with dogs ranges from volunteering weekly for 5 plus years are various dog rescues. Dog training for over a year. And just plain personal experiences.

As for my experience with reptiles; I have been researching reptiles for over 7 years, and have owned them for over 4. I have a small hobby business breeding leopard geckos, african fat tail geckos, and crested geckos. goreptiles.com

My experience with small and furry animals goes so far as 10 years off and on hands on experience and research. I was the certified specialist for a retail petstore, as well.

The list of my zoo inludes:

REPTILES

• 12 leopard geckos
• 5 african fat tail geckos
• 2 crested geckos
• 2 bearded dragons
• 1 ball python

SMALL AND FURRY

• 3 rats
• 2 chinchillas
• 1 hamster
• 1 mouse

DOGS

• 1 yorkie (mine)
• 1 pit bull (mine)
• 1 mutt: hound/heinz 57 dog (partially mine)
• 1 dalmatian (cute dog at the house)
• 1 st bernard/collie mix (my mother's)

Please take everything written in this blog as personal experiences unless otherwise said.