No matter if you prefer cutting and mashing your own blend of fruits, vegetables and insects or purchasing pre-mixed meals for your crestie from online or local pet store retailers – there are various options available both online and at local pet stores that include insect protein while others only include fruits.
Crestie live feeders should be fed a diet consisting of powdered food containing calcium, multivitamins and insect protein for the best results.
Contents
Fruit & Insect Diet
Designed as an all-inclusive crested gecko diet, this powder is a nutritious combination of delicious fruits and bulk-building insects with all of the vitamins, minerals and trace nutrients your reptile requires to stay happy and healthy. Sugar, preservatives and artificial flavors are free – providing an alternative feeding source other than crickets or dubia roaches!
Some crested gecko owners combine this powder with live food like insects such as worms and flies for a more nutritionally complete diet, while others may provide it as the sole food in their enclosures – this may be beneficial to new or less experienced crested gecko owners who may find the process of feeding live insect diets daunting.
Fluker’s and Pangea offer this product in various fruit flavors like mango, watermelon and banana. There are also other crested gecko diet options such as pellets and ball-shaped granules which can easily be dropped into their food dish.
Protein & Fat
Crested geckos in the wild feed on insects, so flukers crested gecko food has been designed to mimic this natural diet. Mealworms, bananas, mangos and blueberries are blended together for an easy-to-mix powder diet which can be fed solely or combined with live prey for feeding purposes. Furthermore, its abundance of essential vitamins, minerals, carotenoids and trace nutrients support overall health benefits in your pet scaly friend.
Cresties reptiles require an unusually high protein intake in their diets in order to thrive, as this combination helps promote a healthy metabolism while helping them maintain muscle mass.
Flukers crested gecko food is packed with proteins from black soldier fly larvae and mealworms, and high in fat content to support breeding and egg-laying in crested geckos. Simply mix MRP with water (using the scoop included) to form a paste for feeding to your scaley friend; repeat every few weeks while providing insects at least twice weekly to keep him stimulated and active!
Calcium & Phosphorous
Crested geckos in the wild are frugivores and feed on fruits, insects, and plant matter for sustenance. When kept as pets in captivity they typically are fed a powdered reptile diet with live insects being provided 1-2 times each week as treats.
An ideal crested gecko food will contain the appropriate balance of calcium, multivitamins and insect protein to promote optimal health in their gecko. Furthermore, it should also be appealing to them so they’ll eat it – look out for products with no added sugars!
Feed your crested gecko foods that contain adequate calcium:phosphorous ratio (ideally 2:1 or lower). Too much phosphorous could result in bone and kidney issues for your pet.
Fruits should contain low levels of phosphorous; however, most domestic fruits are too high in sugar for crested gecko diets. Some fruits contain toxic parts, like apple seeds containing cyanide. To minimize this issue and ensure maximum variety in their diets.
Vitamins & Minerals
Crested geckos require a range of vitamins and minerals in their diet in order to remain healthy. A common combination is powdered meal replacement (MRP), insects, soft fruits, or gut-loading and dusting with extra nutrition for their mealworms or insects.
MRP food provides your crested gecko with all of its essential vitamins, minerals and carotenoids for overall good health. Mix it in with fruit or insect prey!
Prior to MRPs becoming widely available, many crested gecko owners would feed their reptiles baby food that contained high levels of sugar and additives that are bad for its health.
Your crested gecko can also enjoy snacking on fruit such as papaya, figs, and strawberries, which are rich in Vitamin C as well as calcium and phosphorus. Insects such as crickets or dubia roaches contain high amounts of protein; just be careful with giving too many at one time as there may be signs of impaction.
