L. Williamsi.. what do you feed your geckos?

[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]

@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]

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

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]

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?

 

[hexentanz]

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?

I've mainly only heard the first when it comes to frogs. A lot of frog hobbyists believe rotating between 2-3 or more supplements helps frogs. Much of this came about because the supplements available for frogs previously lacked a lot. Due to this quite a few hobbyists were importing Dendrocare, Herpetal and so on.

I have never heard of this for geckos, since reptile supplements are mainly the main thing offered and constantly perfected in the USA and other countries.

Me Personally I use Korvimin ZVT + Reptile and Herptal Mineral + Calcium or non plus (depending on if the animal receives little to no UVB). If I lived back in the states I would be using the supplements from Repashy as these are the most well balanced on the market currently.

As far as overdosing goes, Yes. This is possible as is with any animal.

 

[WingedWolfPsion]

Mine are currently fed Repashy CGD and flightless fruit flies dusted with calcium powder, or Repashy cricket booster (whatever the heck it's called).

I don't give them anything that might escape and grow larger in their viv, that's a hassle, lol.

They're plump, brilliant, and breeding like crazy.

 

[dom]

Sorry its taken me a little to reply ive been a little busy lately.

Yes I come from a frog background. I will switch the geckos over to a solid source for supplements. I was thinking of just sticking with the Repashy calcium ICB plus and herptivite.

Any luck in using the Crested Gecko diet?

I've mainly only heard the first when it comes to frogs. A lot of frog hobbyists believe rotating between 2-3 or more supplements helps frogs. Much of this came about because the supplements available for frogs previously lacked a lot. Due to this quite a few hobbyists were importing Dendrocare, Herpetal and so on.

I have never heard of this for geckos, since reptile supplements are mainly the main thing offered and constantly perfected in the USA and other countries.

Me Personally I use Korvimin ZVT + Reptile and Herptal Mineral + Calcium or non plus (depending on if the animal receives little to no UVB). If I lived back in the states I would be using the supplements from Repashy as these are the most well balanced on the market currently.

As far as overdosing goes, Yes. This is possible as is with any animal.

 

[WingedWolfPsion]

In regards to the CGD, you may find this helpful:

My geckos refused to touch the stuff when I first offered it, and were eating only insects for a month, though I offered it to them every other day. Puzzled, I contacted the importer, and she told me she'd been giving them peach baby food, which they loved.

So, I gave them peach baby food. They dove into it like they were starving (which they most definitely were not, those little guys are chowhounds).

Then, I made up a mix of 50% CGD and peach baby food. They gobbled this down, and then had a sugar rush, which was the most amusing thing I have seen in ages--one of them did an actual backflip to catch a fungus gnat.

I gradually decreased the peach until they were eating plain CGD, and I've had no problem getting them to eat it since, even when I tried the mango flavored variety. They will eat Clark's diet now too--they've learned that the goo in the dish is good food, and dive right in.

Their activity level dramatically improved after I added the CGD to their diet, and they began courting and breeding within the week.

 

[dom]

In regards to the CGD, you may find this helpful:

My geckos refused to touch the stuff when I first offered it, and were eating only insects for a month, though I offered it to them every other day. Puzzled, I contacted the importer, and she told me she'd been giving them peach baby food, which they loved.

So, I gave them peach baby food. They dove into it like they were starving (which they most definitely were not, those little guys are chowhounds).

Then, I made up a mix of 50% CGD and peach baby food. They gobbled this down, and then had a sugar rush, which was the most amusing thing I have seen in ages--one of them did an actual backflip to catch a fungus gnat.

I gradually decreased the peach until they were eating plain CGD, and I've had no problem getting them to eat it since, even when I tried the mango flavored variety. They will eat Clark's diet now too--they've learned that the goo in the dish is good food, and dive right in.

Their activity level dramatically improved after I added the CGD to their diet, and they began courting and breeding within the week.

awesome this is good to hear. I have been feeding mashed bananas with honey, and they love it. I will start mixing in some CGD.

How often do you feed them CGD?

 

[WingedWolfPsion]

I've been lax about using a set schedule due to disruption from our moving--I've been alternating it with the dusted flies. Sometimes they get just CGD, sometimes just flies, sort of random now, lol. They don't appear to mind, and they're still laying eggs like crazy.

The main issue is not to overfeed it, because they will turn themselves into little blimps with legs if you let them. You'll have to simply use trial and error to figure out how often you can feed it without making them fat.

 

[dom]

come on who doesnt want little blue and green blimps running round there vivs! :yikes:


i will start watching there weights and judge on feeding, just wanted to make sure there nutrion is right. seems like little is more and not to over due it with them.

thanx all for the adives as well. I appreciate the help

I've been lax about using a set schedule due to disruption from our moving--I've been alternating it with the dusted flies. Sometimes they get just CGD, sometimes just flies, sort of random now, lol. They don't appear to mind, and they're still laying eggs like crazy.

The main issue is not to overfeed it, because they will turn themselves into little blimps with legs if you let them. You'll have to simply use trial and error to figure out how often you can feed it without making them fat.

 

[WingedWolfPsion]

The main thing I'm glad for is that the CGD had adequate calcium, so they have visible calcium-sacs of good size, which reduces my worries about the fact that they're laying eggs at such a phenomenal rate.