Dusting crickets

[Graham_s]

You don't need to do that.

Do you think crested geckos food in the wild gets put in the fridge?
I have worked for a very large breeder and have never even heard of such a thing.

In the wild they also don't have people containing them and feeding them crickets and a meal replacement powder.

It is sometimes useful for the very fast brown crickets, as crested geckos aren't the most precise hunters, and I suppose it would also reduce the risk of the crickets harming the gecko. It's no different to people using different livefoods, different feeding/supplementing regimes, different substrates...etc

 

[MsShlee]

crested geckos get exercise by hunting and chasing their crickets
if you feed them crickets that are of proper size for them and dont put too many in their enclosure there is no need to do anything else.

 

[Graham_s]

I think this could lead into another difference in husbandry argument. I personally don't use the method of putting the crickets in the fridge, but I don't see why it would cause any harm, and I don't see anything wrong with people using this method. If the OP wishes to, that is his decision IMHO.

Anyway, this isn't the thread to debate, so can we please keep this thread on-topic from now on.

 

[MsShlee]

Just trying to help.. But if that is not what is wanted here I can make my way to the other message boards I frequent.

 

[Graham_s]

Just trying to help.. But if that is not what is wanted here I can make my way to the other message boards I frequent.

I'm not discouraging any help or useful advice. I'm discouraging aimless debates which aren't staying to the topic of the thread.




Sorry for the interruption to the thread Chazdude.

Do you have all the information you need on supplementing for your crested geckos now?

 

[Chazdude43]

Yep :biggrin:

Thanks for all the help, i will be putting mashed up fruit with the calcium powder in it with a ration of about 50-50 a few times a week as i would like them to continue eating the CGD and feeding them too much could get them used to it...

Thanks for all the help and btw, it is the container of Komodo Cricket dust that says to put them in the fridge to slow them down...

My dad forgot to order the one off amazon so i went to the pet shop and they had some right at the back of the shelf as i asked the reptile specialist who also reccomended fridging them...

Thanks again for all the help, my little guys are having fun in their water bowl at the moment...:?