[electricreptile]

hello,

i perchased a gargoyle gecko near the end of November. i am kind of getting a little worried because he is quit picky . i have 2 other crested gecko, so i am quit familiar with CGD; but my garg doesn't like it! he will not eat insects or the gecko diet. the only thing i have found him to eat is peach baby food (100% natural), but i know it's not the healthiest, so in order to get some calcium, i mix calcium powder and sometimes multi-vitamin powder. but im not sure if that is too healthy either. over the past few months, i noticed that it's not the taste of crested gecko diet that he doesnt like, it's the little 'chunks' that is in it, and i have to make it REALLY watery until he will eat it. at the last expo, i say something called "gargoyle gecko diet" and was wondering if that is any smoother?

in short:
my gecko is very picky and doesnt eat anything chunky and will only eat peach babyfood, is gargoyle gecko diet any smoother than crested gecko diet??

thank you!

[Severa]

It is imperative that the gargoyle gets moved to the Crested Gecko MRP and off of the baby food. Despite the fact that you are mixing the powders in with the food in order for the gecko to attain more nutrients, as a whole the diet is not balanced. Over the years, I have hatched hundreds of gargoyles/cresteds. Some take to insects, and some do not. But I have never really witnessed any that did not take to the diet due to its consistency.
When I mix my batch, though I have a lot of geckos to feed and I use a small food chopper, the outcome is a smooth mix with no chunks. You may not be adding enough water.
To fix your geckos current problem with being stuck on baby food, you are going to need to “wean” him/her off. What you are going to have to do now is mix a little baby food in the diet and at each feeding, gradually decrease the amount of baby food added into the mix. I have had to do this with a few new purchases from breeders who claimed that the gecko was on pure MRP, only to get them home and not feed for me. I then would introduce small amounts of apricot and “magically” the gecko was cleaning the bowl. So, I had to gradually wean them off.
I was under the impression that the only diet available by Repashy was crested Gecko diet which is universally used for most of the Rhacs. Don’t quote me on this but I “thought” there was once a Gargoyle diet. If you saw a bag of it, I wonder how old it was…

Hope this helps!
Severa
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[Hannibal]

I agree, I think they did away with gargoyle diet a couple years ago since was practically the same thing as CGD. Gargoyles can be very picky eaters; I have a few that refuse to eat certain flavors so you might want to try a different flavor of the CGD. Mix it according to the instructions and leave it in the enclosure for 2-3 days. Some gargoyles like it very fresh and some prefer it 1-2 days old. It would be best to just stop feeding the baby food and just be very patient with only offering CGD; then monitor for poop and their weight.

[Kriket7590]

How do you feel about mixing the cgd with apple sauce. I am a first time owner and don''t want to do wrong by the little guy.

[Severa]

I wouldn't add apple sauce. Its too much sugar...even if it is natural. Its a rarity that I add anything to the mix, but when I do, sometimes its raspberry as the calcium to phosphor ratios are balanced. I have also used papaya and apricot. But like I said...its rarity...like 1 to 2 times a month and I feed 3 times a week.