Avoid mealworms and superworms. These are high in chitin, making them difficult to digest, leading to impaction in some cases. Note: All feeder insects should be gutloaded for at least 24 hours before feeding. Ideally, they should come pre-gutloaded from the breeder.
As an occasional treat, yes. Appropriate fruits include bananas, mango, apricots, papaya, and berries. For more information, visit Moon Valley Reptiles. Keep in mind that if you offer fruit too often, the gecko may reject prepared diet, risking malnutrition. Contrary to popular belief, YES — crested geckos can see, recognize, and drink water from a bowl. Most feeding ledges have space for two condiment cups, so provide CGD in one of them, and fresh water not distilled or reverse-osmosis in the other.
Make sure that you only feed insects that are large enough for your crestie. Citrus fruits are harmful to your crested gecko because of the citric acid in them. You should only ever give citrus fruits as treats, limiting giving them at most once a month, as a part of a well-balanced diet.
Crested geckos in the wild live in a humid environment and need this high humidity and water to stay healthy. Since crested geckos are unable to take a sip from a water bottle a water dish or water bowl is the only way to give your crested gecko water.
Water dishes are available online and in stores. You should refresh the water every day and clean the dish when doing so. Although crested geckos will usually drink from the water dish, they will also get their water intake from licking the water droplets on leaves or on the side of the vivarium.
Some crested geckos will even ignore the water dish and get their water from the water droplets. Make sure to mist the vivarium once or twice a day and that you mist the plants to create these water droplets. A good feeding schedule will consist of feeding your crested gecko 3 times a week.
The exceptions to this general guideline are hatchlings and juveniles. To ensure that your little crestie grows up to a healthy adult, daily feeding is allowed. Crested geckos are crepuscular and nocturnal creatures and should be fed in the evening. The uneaten food should be removed after 24 hours to prevent the buildup of bacteria and to avoid nasty smells. It can be quite difficult to know how much to feed to your crested gecko.
A lot depends on the size and age of your crestie. You decide when you feed the meal replacement powder, pellet food, insects and soft fruit to your crested gecko but to give you an idea of some possible feeding schedules, you can find 3 examples below. Crested geckos can bananas.
Bananas are soft fruits and can be given mashed up in a paste. You should only give small pieces of banana as a treat and only once or twice a month. Bananas are high in potassium which inhibits calcium absorption. The calcium-phosphorus ratio of bananas is low and giving too much is not recommended. Crested geckos can eat mealworms. However, mealworms do have hard exoskeletons.
Feeding mealworms can, for this reason, cause impaction. I would recommend not feeding mealworms to your crested gecko or feeding only a limited amount of them. Waxworms are a better choice because of their softer skin. If you do give a mealworm, make sure to do so only once or twice a month and look for possible signs of impaction. Crested geckos can eat apples. Apples are harder fruits and can be given mashed up in a paste.
You should only give small pieces of apple as a treat and only once or twice a month. The calcium-phosphorus ratio of apples is moderate. Crested geckos can eat kiwi but only as a treat. Kiwis are citrus fruits and are high in acids. Crested geckos can eat applesauce.
Applesauce is easily palpable by crested geckos but does usually contain high amounts of sugar. If you give applesauce only give it as a treat and use unsweetened and low-sugar applesauce. Crested geckos can eat grapes. Grapes are soft fruits and can be given mashed up in a paste.
This is not the best but also not the worst kind of fruit you can give. Crested geckos can eat superworms. However, superworms have strong mandibles and can cause injuries when fed alive. This will ensure that your crestie can safely enjoy its superworm. Superworms should be only given as a treat, once or twice a month. Crested geckos can eat hornworms. Some crested gecko owners report giving hornworms to their cresties without problems but others have had problems with the chemicals these worms can excrete causing some chemical burn.
If you want to be safe, I would recommend giving them safer waxworms. Crested geckos can eat strawberries. Strawberries are soft fruits and can be given mashed up in a paste. Crested geckos can eat blueberries. Blueberries are soft fruits and can be given mashed up in a paste. Crested geckos can eat waxworms. Waxworms are in fact the most popular type of worm to feed to crested geckos.
They have soft skin and no hard exoskeleton like other worms such as the mealworm. Waxworms should be only given as a treat, once or twice a month. Crested geckos can eat dubia roaches and will love chasing them. Dubia roaches are a bit harder to find and are a bit pricier but is an excellent insect to alternate with feeding crickets. Crested geckos can eat oranges but only as a treat. Its highly recommended that they are kept out of sight as you may have guests over who are afraid of bugs. They should also be kept out of reach of children or other pets to avoid them being let loose by accident.
One of the first questions a new crested gecko owner ask is can my crested gecko eat fruit? Well here is the answer:.
Fruit is a very important component in a Crested Geckos diet, for a balanced diet you should feed your Crested Gecko with soft fruits that are low in phosphorus but high in calcium.
Your crested gecko will love eating different fruits and vegetables. Since you can feed your crested gecko such a varied diet you can have fun switching it up and learning which foods are your little friends favorites. When feeding them its best to mash up the fruits or cut up the fruit so that they can eat it. They can eat a number of different fruits and vegetables, and are known to like mangoes, bananas and even mashed up baby food.
They may prefer to eat their fruits and vegetables in a smoothie form and this way you can include different fruits and vegetables in one meal. Here is a list of some of the popular vegetables that your crested gecko may eat. It is important to note that they should be given a varied diet and vegetables only make up a part of this diet.
Yes crested geckos can eat broccoli. It is high in protein, and makes an great food source. It should however be fed in moderation as it has a lot of goitrogenic compounds. These compounds effect the thyroid and can make it difficult for the thyroid to produce the necessary hormones within your crested gecko.
Yes, crested gecko should definitely eat carrots as a staple vegetable. It is low in phosphorus, and goitrogenic compounds. Carrots will need to be cut up fine, made into a smoothie form or mashed for crested geckos to eat.
Yes they can eat celery. Celery is high in calcium, and can be a staple vegetable within your crested geckos diet. It is also low in goitrogenic compounds. It is however higher in phosphorus, but is still a great vegetable for your crested gecko to be eating. Yes crested geckos can eat cucumber and it is a great staple vegetable to add into their diets. Yes crested gecko can eat green beans. In fact it is probably one of the best vegetables to feed them, as it is packed full of protein and they have almost no downsides.
You can chop them up fine to feed to your little friend, or you can mash itup. It can also be incorporated into a smoothie. Yes crested geckos can eat lettuce. Cos lettuce is the recommended lettuce to feed your crested gecko as it has a lower water content and is stock filled of vitamin A and has a lot of good fibre. Iceberg lettuce should be avoided as it has no nutritional value.
Yes, but only very very occasionally. It is not poison for crested geckos but is not considered healthy for them to eat. It is best to avoid feeding it to them. Yes crested geckos can eat dandelion greens. It is one of the best flowers for them to eat. However it is highly recommended that you buy them from a store and not pick them. If you pick them they could be covered in parasites and pesticides.
Dandelions are easy to find in most grocery stores or farmers markets. Yes crested geckos can eat tomatoes, and it is even recommended that it be used as a staple vegetable. It is low in phosphorus, and has under 20 mg of oxalates per grams of fresh vegetables. Cut it up fine, mash it or make it into a smoothie form for your little friend to easily eat it. Yes crested geckos can eat sprouts, and they offer great nutritional value for your little friend. Make sure that it is washed thoroughly to remove any pesticides and cut it up fine so your crested gecko can eat is easier.
Below is a list of some of the popular fruits that you can feed to your crested gecko. Just like vegetables they should only make up a part of your geckos diet.
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