Giant Day Gecko Diet

[siz]

I am thinking about getting one or a pair of Phelsuma madagascariensis grandis, can they eat crested gecko diet? Feeding the crickets won't be a problem for the most part but my closest store is a ways away. I know there is Day Gecko Diet but I don't recall seeing it in any of the local herp stores.
What is a good supplement for the nectar they would eat in the wild, and what kind of feeding schedules do you keep your geckos on? (I will be buying juvis)?

Thanks.

 

[grassman]

Yes, they can eat the crested gecko diet. I feed my grandis the Repashy and she loves it. I only give it to her once or twice a week and the rest of the time I feed calcium dusted crickets.

 

[siz]

Thanks for the quick reply

 

[Bob]

I feed mine crested gecko diet 3 times a week and feed dusted insects 3 times a week.

 

[StobbeToews]

I've fed mine Repashy, Clark's and "Day Gecko" powder. Also, crickets for treats.

 

[frogsnbugs]

I tried the Rephasy diet for mine, they won't eat it. So I cut up the fruit in small chunks and they lick it and eat it that way. I give them bits of Cantaloupe/honeydew melon/A strawberry/grape/ and a piece of papaya/Break up a Fresh Fig--They LOVE figs!!! Plus I add a tiny bit of organic honey on the dish as well. Sometimes a bit of ripe banana. They get Crickets dusted in Calcium about three days a week, the fruit mixture a couple of times a week and then also have a Water bottle cap of Baby food in there ALL the time. it's called Apple/Mango/kiwi fruit mix from Wal-Mart. They just love this stuff and will eat a capful a day at times. I have tried to put this in a blender and they won't eat it that way? Just want it chopped up! Fussy Beasties!!!

 

[Gecko Ranch]

I tried the Rephasy diet for mine, they won't eat it. So I cut up the fruit in small chunks and they lick it and eat it that way. I give them bits of Cantaloupe/honeydew melon/A strawberry/grape/ and a piece of papaya/Break up a Fresh Fig--They LOVE figs!!! Plus I add a tiny bit of organic honey on the dish as well. Sometimes a bit of ripe banana. They get Crickets dusted in Calcium about three days a week, the fruit mixture a couple of times a week and then also have a Water bottle cap of Baby food in there ALL the time. it's called Apple/Mango/kiwi fruit mix from Wal-Mart. They just love this stuff and will eat a capful a day at times. I have tried to put this in a blender and they won't eat it that way? Just want it chopped up! Fussy Beasties!!!

They should eat the Repashy Diet, how did you mix it? A lot of times it is a "Betty Crocker" mistake in the mixing. Which one did you use? Crested Gecko Diet or two part? I have a pretty big collection of Days and they all eat it, even ones that come from collections that "never ate it."

Are you just supplementing with Calcium on your insects and fruit? If so you are missing a whole bunch of vitamins your geckos need like vitamin A, D3, phosphorus - it is all a critical balance. I have found two things that work with Phelsuma are 1) RepCal with D3 mixed 2:1 with Herptivite and 2) Repashy Calcium Plus (more ingredients and no mixing).

There's nothing wrong with feeding fruit puree on occasion instead of crickets.

 

[rab2009]

I have to giants and one eats the day gecko diet. However the other one doesn't allways eat it. So give my giants crikets and the day gecko diet

 

[frogsnbugs]

We used The Rephasy cherry type, but NONE of them liked it. tried the mixer with the fruit, still didn't want it, so finally hit on some Baby food from Wal-Mart, Apple/Mango and Kiwi. I gave them a Water bottle cap a day for the pair, which they ate daily too. Plus they all had a cap full of both types of calcium mixed. But they also had their crickets dusted in the calciums. The one male would not eat the Baby food at all. So with all of them I just chopped up those various types of fruit and they ate away on them off and on all day. The longest it could stay in was 2 days. Then it dried up and I didn't want them getting sick. So took it out and re-newed it in a couple of days. We have SOLD our Phelsuma's now, never thought I would as I do love them, but I discovered Spider Geckos and want to stay with them. I hunted and hunted for a female Phelsuma for a mate for our extra male, and when we sold them to JJ's PetShop in CALGARY ALBERTA. He had Just gotten a female in 2 days before we brought ours in. So if he still has them ( this was very recently) he has the ONLY 2 PAIRS of PHELSUMA'S for Sale in CANADA! Thanks. Oh, they took the odd waxworm too.

 

[zohariels]

I give my phelsumas lots of different thing's just to make sure they get a good diet, but their favorites seem to be mango, crickets, and repashy/fruit mixture. I literally put a piece of mango in there, lightly mist their tank, and they seem to go to this several times a day. They'll lick other fruits too, but so far that seems to be their favorite! Of cource they love their crickets, (i dust them), but I also give them wax worms and small silk/hornworms occasionally. Also the repashy mix, and when I run out of that, or just to change things up, I give them baby food w/ natural honey & calcium/D3 powder.
While it is harder to get phelsumas here in Canada, if youre looking for grandis it shouldnt be a problem. In the eastern provinces there are plenty for sale, especially in Ontario. If you're more in the west it may take a little bit more looking, or you can have them shipped. Good luck and let us know how it goes!