Gecko Fare
Crested geckos are fruit and insect eaters. Babies usually do not eat for three to five days after hatching; they are still nourished by the absorption of egg yolk at this time. Hatchlings can be started out on quarter-inch crickets, fruit baby food mixed with turkey baby food or the T-Rex Crested Gecko Diet. The powdered T-Rex diet can be added to the fruit baby food and alternated with the crickets.
Feed crested geckos in the evening when they are more likely to be active and looking for food. They can be fed every other day, alternating the T-Rex and fruit mixture with crickets. To determine the correct cricket size for crested geckos, keepers should estimate the distance from the gecko’s eyes to its mouth. Crickets of this length will be small enough for the gecko to easily ingest.
Gut loading crickets before feeding them to geckos is a good idea. This is accomplished by feeding crickets grains, dark leafy greens, carrots, oranges or a commercial gut-loading product. Crickets should also be dusted with a calcium, vitamin and mineral supplement.
