[KClark]

I would like to offer more different feeders to my female williams day gecko to keep her happy and healthy, and before i purchase something that she may not like or is not very healthy, i would like to know what experienced keepers on here feed their beautiful geckos so any replies are greatly appreciated! thanks -Katie

[Chum]

I mainly feed my williamsi wingless fruitflies, curly winged houseflies, woodlice, and in the summer time if I have time and can find any I catch insects outside.
For fruit diet I feed them a daygecko diet - can't remember the name of it.

[Wanderer]

mine get Repashy MRP, or a fruit mixture of bee pollen, baby food (mango or banana seem to be favourites) honey, reptile vitamins and a dash of MRP.

for insects they get crickets, flightless fruit flies, small waxworms and occaisional small mealworms.

hope this helps

[hexentanz]

Repashy MRP w/ Peach & Passion fruit flavor

Tropical woodlice, Firebrats, Fruitflies, Curly winged flies, Waxmoths, Bean Beetles & on occasion waxmoth larvae.

[Frinta]

Interesting to see how everyone feeds so small food, personally i feed small crickets and roaches.

Tried fruits and stuff but mine dont seem to be into them, honey also didnt work which was interesting

[dom]

What about supplements? Do u mix them with fruit or dust feeders?

[hexentanz]

@Frinta - I believe nobody really mentioned crickets because the original poster said "other", at least that is why I did not list crickets.

Fyi. small crickets and curly winged flies are about the same size as each other, as is most field sweepings. The same is the case with waxmoths and firebrats.


@dom - Supplements should be offered with insects. If your gecko is not eating however and will only take fruit pulp at the moment, supplementing this for awhile would be fine also.

[dom]

Originally Posted by hexentanz

@dom - Supplements should be offered with insects. If your gecko is not eating however and will only take fruit pulp at the moment, supplementing this for awhile would be fine also.

I have had them both for about a month now, Nether of them seem like they have lost weight since ive had them nor have the gain alot of weight. I feed mashed bananas daily and just recently i have added a few drops of honey to about one spoon full of mashed bananas. I also feed fruit flys every day, as I also have Dart Frogs, "Oophaga pumilio" as well that eat FF's. I dust the flys with

Repshay ICB
Herptivite
Superpig
Rep-cal d3
Reptomin
Nekton

In that order mon-sat Sunday I use undusted FF's.

I am new to these geckos so any information is welcome, please dont hold back. Do you think this is a good enough source of supplemts for them? Should I not feed so much bananas? Should I put supplement is Bananas/Honey mixture. They really love the mixture ill add a video of the male going to town!


a little background info/ how the tank is setup.

I have been keeping Darts for about 2 years now, The care is not the exact same but they have there similarities. I do use UVB bulb. they are in a 10 gallon filled with sphagnum moss as a substrate a I put lots on pothos in there.

ill upload a picture of the temp tank.. This picture was taken the day i put them and it has grow alot! The pothos reach the top of the tank now. Tomorrow when lights are on I will take a new picture.

ambient temp is about 30 C
basking (which is only a 25w 5.0 UVB bulb) 32 C

i dont have a humidity gauge in there, but I spray often and and would guess a range of 60% - 90% is the avg.

i dont meen to highjack this thread, but my question are about supplements and I figure some would benefit by me asking. Minimize lots of the same threads.

cheers
Dom

YouTube - Male Lygodactylus williamsi eating banana mush

you can hear my roomate in the video, sorry its not the best of quality but its pretty cool

[hexentanz]

Originally Posted by dom

I have had them both for about a month now, Nether of them seem like they have lost weight since ive had them nor have the gain alot of weight. I feed mashed bananas daily and just recently i have added a few drops of honey to about one spoon full of mashed bananas. I also feed fruit flys every day, as I also have Dart Frogs, "Oophaga pumilio" as well that eat FF's. I dust the flys with

Repshay ICB
Herptivite
Superpig
Rep-cal d3
Reptomin
Nekton

In that order mon-sat Sunday I use undusted FF's.

I am new to these geckos so any information is welcome, please dont hold back. Do you think this is a good enough source of supplemts for them? Should I not feed so much bananas? Should I put supplement is Bananas/Honey mixture. They really love the mixture ill add a video of the male going to town!


a little background info/ how the tank is setup.

I have been keeping Darts for about 2 years now, The care is not the exact same but they have there similarities. I do use UVB bulb. they are in a 10 gallon filled with sphagnum moss as a substrate a I put lots on pothos in there.

ill upload a picture of the temp tank.. This picture was taken the day i put them and it has grow alot! The pothos reach the top of the tank now. Tomorrow when lights are on I will take a new picture.

ambient temp is about 30 C
basking (which is only a 25w 5.0 UVB bulb) 32 C

i dont have a humidity gauge in there, but I spray often and and would guess a range of 60% - 90% is the avg.

i dont meen to highjack this thread, but my question are about supplements and I figure some would benefit by me asking. Minimize lots of the same threads.

cheers
Dom

you can hear my roomate in the video, sorry its not the best of quality but its pretty cool

See - Lygodactylus williamsi | Gecko Time


Why use all those supplements btw? Imho when you offer that much variety they may not be getting a steady stream of what they need.

[dom]

Originally Posted by hexentanz

See - Lygodactylus williamsi | Gecko Time


Why use all those supplements btw? Imho when you offer that much variety they may not be getting a steady stream of what they need.

I like to keep a variation, its more of a personal choice. I have heard that using varied supplements allows you to get a better selection of nutrition. and it has worked great for me so far so i just kept with it.

I am not aware of any vitamin ODs for L. williamsi, is there a possibility i could be giving them to much of something? What would you recommend as far as supplements for Williamsi?