[Tdizzle10]

like the topic says i don't think my golden is eating enough food here is a pic to show what it looks like from the bottom.

[crestedtimm]

Hello!

I have had Goldens for years, so here are the Questions...

-How long have you had him?
-What are you currently trying to feed him?
-Have you tried fruit (such as mashed bananna) or a Meal replacement diet such as Repashy Crested gecko food?
-Have you tried a dish of insects such as roaches or crickets with the hind legs removed?
-Temperatures?

Acctually, aside from the empty stomach, that boy has a fat tail-base, you just have to start offering fruit foods I'll bet.


keep us updated!

Timm

[Tdizzle10]

Originally Posted by crestedtimm

Hello!

I have had Goldens for years, so here are the Questions...

-How long have you had him?
-What are you currently trying to feed him?
-Have you tried fruit (such as mashed bananna) or a Meal replacement diet such as Repashy Crested gecko food?
-Have you tried a dish of insects such as roaches or crickets with the hind legs removed?
-Temperatures?

Actually, aside from the empty stomach, that boy has a fat tail-base, you just have to start offering fruit foods I'll bet.

keep us updated!

Timm

I have had him for a year now and i have never really seen him eat to much, i feed him crickets,meal worms and i tried 3 butter worms but i dunno if he actually ate them or not, i tried some apple sauce but i don't think he ate that, temp right now in the tank is like 81-82 in the hot spot and about 72-73 in the cold spot. And no i havent tried removing the hind legs

[crestedtimm]

Start treating him like a Crested gecko and he will come around. Seeings as there is little as far as care sheets on this species, and a lot on the ever popular Crested, I believe if you pretend you have the most Golden Crestie ever, he will start to do better.

I meant removing the legs of the crickets so that they can jump from the dish, but actually the legs are quite spiny and the geckos dont like them anyway.

Timm

[reptilegirl64]

wait a minute! i dont want to go around pulling of cricket legs! my tokay gecko seems fine with cricket legs. i had a mediteranean house lizard, 2 of them, but one escaped and one died. it was for no apparent reason. i was doing just as i was doing with my tokay. what happened do you think?

[Tdizzle10]

Originally Posted by reptilegirl64

wait a minute! i dont want to go around pulling of cricket legs! my tokay gecko seems fine with cricket legs. i had a mediteranean house lizard, 2 of them, but one escaped and one died. it was for no apparent reason. i was doing just as i was doing with my tokay. what happened do you think?

My friend takes crickets with tweasers and burns them with a lighter. and some animals dont like the legs yours may not care

[Ingo]

The male on the pic is well nourished. No need to worry, if this condition is stable. They do not need more than 5-6 feederitems per week to keep their weight and stay active. Also they are secretive feeders sometimes.

Best

Ingo

[Tdizzle10]

Originally Posted by Ingo

The male on the pic is well nourished. No need to worry, if this condition is stable. They do not need more than 5-6 feederitems per week to keep their weight and stay active. Also they are secretive feeders sometimes.

Best

Ingo

yeh both of my geckos are secretive feeders they wont feed from a pair of tweasers or while a light or anything is on or anything like that... only when its all dark and in like the middle of the night..its really lame