Feed Tokay Gecko with chicken liver?

[yourmanjh]

Hi everyone,

I read somewhere over the net that you could feed tokay gecko with chicken liver is that true? Cause I did try to feed my tokay with chicken liver but it refuse to eat it lol

 

[Archie]

Is chicken liver a natural food for Tokays in the wild?? I would think not.....feed him crickets etc.....there is some very bad info on the net, rather stick to the norms

 

[yourmanjh]

Is chicken liver a natural food for Tokays in the wild?? I would think not.....feed him crickets etc.....there is some very bad info on the net, rather stick to the norms

Thanks for your reply, the people who actually feeding chicken liver are the people who breeds them in large quantities and selling it every where around the world. You may read about it and I was just wondering what technique do they used to feed the Tokay, cause when I try feeding my Tokay with the liver it just move his head away lol, tokay also eats small frogs in the wild ....

Tokay here in my country The Malaysian Life: Tokay Geckos For Sale

 

[Airedale]

There are a lot of things that people feed their geckos in captivity that they don't eat in nature. Tokays are known to eat scorpions and centipedes in the wild, and I don't think there are too many "domesticated" crickets running around in the jungle, but I don't know of any gecko keepers who will feed their geckos scorpions and centipedes. I feed my lygodactylus yogurt sometimes, but in the wild, they wouldn't find yogurt laying on the ground. In my opinion, anything you give your gecko outside of its normal diet could be ok, but NEVER use it as a staple. Just a little bit as something different every once in a while. And if it won't eat it the first time you offer, don't bother offering it again. Each gecko has its own likes and dislikes.

 

[Riverside Reptiles]

Wow, that's an interesting article. If Tokay are really selling for those kind of prices, it seems like it would be very profitable to captive breed and raise them. That's HUGE money even when translated into US dollars.

Tokay geckos are indeed opportunistic feeders and will eat most anything that moves. But they are mainly insectivores and should be kept on a mostly (if not wholly) insect based diet in captivity. The people feeding chicken livers are not trying to raise a pet gecko, they are trying to raise a fat gecko that they can sell for more money. The long term health of the gecko means little to them.

@Jim - When you say

anything you give your gecko outside of its normal diet could be ok

you need to remember that theory works in reverse as well. Anything you give to your gecko outside of it's normal diet could just as well be toxic. Just because an animal will eat it, doesn't make it ok. My dog loves chocolate...ever seen what too much chocolate does to a dog?

 

[Airedale]

@Jim - When you say
Quote:
anything you give your gecko outside of its normal diet could be ok
you need to remember that theory works in reverse as well. Anything you give to your gecko outside of it's normal diet could just as well be toxic. Just because an animal will eat it, doesn't make it ok. My dog loves chocolate...ever seen what too much chocolate does to a dog?

Good Point... Yeah...

 

[yourmanjh]

There are a lot of things that people feed their geckos in captivity that they don't eat in nature. Tokays are known to eat scorpions and centipedes in the wild, and I don't think there are too many "domesticated" crickets running around in the jungle, but I don't know of any gecko keepers who will feed their geckos scorpions and centipedes. I feed my lygodactylus yogurt sometimes, but in the wild, they wouldn't find yogurt laying on the ground. In my opinion, anything you give your gecko outside of its normal diet could be ok, but NEVER use it as a staple. Just a little bit as something different every once in a while. And if it won't eat it the first time you offer, don't bother offering it again. Each gecko has its own likes and dislikes.

Thanks bro really appreciate the advise..

 

[yourmanjh]

Wow, that's an interesting article. If Tokay are really selling for those kind of prices, it seems like it would be very profitable to captive breed and raise them. That's HUGE money even when translated into US dollars.

Tokay geckos are indeed opportunistic feeders and will eat most anything that moves. But they are mainly insectivores and should be kept on a mostly (if not wholly) insect based diet in captivity. The people feeding chicken livers are not trying to raise a pet gecko, they are trying to raise a fat gecko that they can sell for more money. The long term health of the gecko means little to them.

@Jim - When you say you need to remember that theory works in reverse as well. Anything you give to your gecko outside of it's normal diet could just as well be toxic. Just because an animal will eat it, doesn't make it ok. My dog loves chocolate...ever seen what too much chocolate does to a dog?

Yeah i think it is true, they would want to put up more fats on the gecko, anyways I'm selling it too if it reaches more than 300grams lol.

I will put up some pictures of my brother's Tokay soon, last week he just bought like 60 Tokay Gecko and several parties are begging him to sell it already for a huge amount of money. Before he purchase all the Tokay some of them had reach 320 grams but after taking them back home their body weight had shrunk to 280gram and 7 of them had died due to traveling

Hope I could get some pictures from my brother soon to show you guys.
Cheerz

 

[Geckolover274801]

Tokay

Hey Every one i have a problem i am new To having lizards and i am quite faint hearted I got a tokay about a day ago and i dont know what to feed it and it looks hungry i will feed it something but i dont know what and i really like lizards so i need to know asap :feedback: :? P.S how can i check if it is heathly

 

[Riverside Reptiles]

Hey Every one i have a problem i am new To having lizards and i am quite faint hearted I got a tokay about a day ago and i dont know what to feed it and it looks hungry i will feed it something but i dont know what and i really like lizards so i need to know asap :feedback: :? P.S how can i check if it is heathly

I have three very quick easy responses for you:

Insects...crickets, roaches, etc

Take it to a vet

Read through the past threads on this forum. THere's a million threads that already exist with this same information on them.

 

[billewicz]

Wow, that's an interesting article. If Tokay are really selling for those kind of prices, it seems like it would be very profitable to captive breed and raise them. That's HUGE money even when translated into US dollars.

Tokay geckos are indeed opportunistic feeders and will eat most anything that moves. But they are mainly insectivores and should be kept on a mostly (if not wholly) insect based diet in captivity. The people feeding chicken livers are not trying to raise a pet gecko, they are trying to raise a fat gecko that they can sell for more money. The long term health of the gecko means little to them.

@Jim - When you say you need to remember that theory works in reverse as well. Anything you give to your gecko outside of it's normal diet could just as well be toxic. Just because an animal will eat it, doesn't make it ok. My dog loves chocolate...ever seen what too much chocolate does to a dog?

Yeah guys, pounding liver into your Tokay will put on weight fast just like a rat or mice pinkies diet but it will have long term health effects on your obese lizard.

So if you live in the Pacific rim or Indo-China and are engaging in the Tokay black market, you do not care how long it lives, just how much it weighs. Many a poor Tokay has died from injections of silicone to get them over 500 grams.

Obviously the temptation to make over triple their annual income in one sale of a monster sized Tokay is too much for many.

Now, as to good sound food choices for your Tokay. Just because we can eat fast food does not mean it is good for you. Sadly, your captive Tokay only gets what you give it so it's up to you to provide a suitable, varied, fortified diet.

All the best,

Michael