Best Fruits For Picky Crested Gecko?

[DustyTheGecko]

My crested gecko, Dusty, loves fruits, but not always the most healthy ones. She loves bananas, but of course those are only good as a very occasional snack. I've tried apples, but you have to let them get soft for a while and she doesn't love them, and I've tried grapes (only very small amounts). She only likes bananas in my experience, but I want to try papaya soon. I tried to give her some dragon fruit, but she was pretty full so she only took a couple licks. What are some healthy fruits that are soft and sweet for her? And of course healthy, or at least decently healthy.

 

[acpart]

I hope you're using Crested Gecko Diet (CGD) as well, since it has other additives that can be nutritionally useful. How about mango? Consider looking at the different flavors of different CGD brands and trying fresh fruit versions of their fruit flavors?

Aliza

 

[DustyTheGecko]

I hope you're using Crested Gecko Diet (CGD) as well, since it has other additives that can be nutritionally useful. How about mango? Consider looking at the different flavors of different CGD brands and trying fresh fruit versions of their fruit flavors?

Aliza

Oh of course! Sorry I didn't make that clear! Of the crested gecko diet, she loves watermelon best (and the tropical fruit mix). I've tried mango once before, and she didn't like it, however she wasn't very hungry. Thanks!

 

[DustyTheGecko]

I hope you're using Crested Gecko Diet (CGD) as well, since it has other additives that can be nutritionally useful. How about mango? Consider looking at the different flavors of different CGD brands and trying fresh fruit versions of their fruit flavors?

Aliza

Also, do crested geckos do better with live plants? I'm asking because I always hear its better, but honestly she loves her silk plants, and they are easier (and rearanging is easier of course).

 

[acpart]

I think live plants are best because it helps preserve humidity and it's cool having a "living" environment. I use mostly pothos and use some fake vines to give it something to climb up. One of my crested geckos wraps himself up in the leaves sometimes when he sleeps.

Aliza

 

[DustyTheGecko]

Okey doe! I plan on updating her to a 18x18x36 when she grows a little bigger in the next year or two. Do you have to get ispods? I'm perfectly fine with whatever bugs are needed.

 

[acpart]

Isopods are kind of cool but not essential. Somehow those little tiny white bugs whose name escapes me appear on their own.

Aliza

 

[DustyTheGecko]

Isopods are kind of cool but not essential. Somehow those little tiny white bugs whose name escapes me appear on their own.

Aliza

Springtails? Yeah I will get some potted flowers or something for my bedroom and they appear in there. Cool animals, as far as looks I prefer isopods, but springtails will work too.

 

[acpart]

I got some dairy cow isopods from someone in exchange for some cages I gave her and they are now in nearly all my planted cages. You just need a few and then they'll fill the space,

Aliza

 

[DustyTheGecko]

I got some dairy cow isopods from someone in exchange for some cages I gave her and they are now in nearly all my planted cages. You just need a few and then they'll fill the space,

Aliza

OK! I love the "ducky" ones, those are beautiful. In my backyard there are black and gold ones which are pretty too.

 

[acpart]

I've never seen any isopods in the "wild" that were anything but charcoal gray.

Aliza

 

[DustyTheGecko]

I've never seen any isopods in the "wild" that were anything but charcoal gray.

Aliza

Really? I've seen them in dull blues mostly, a long with sand and as I said, black with gold. Also, I know I should've made a form for this but I don't have much time, what is the best way to keep a gecko for a week trip? Nobody near me knows how to feed my gecko (shes picky and will only eat by hand), but taking her on a week long trip seemed risky, so I wanted to know more. I would of course bring everything I need, shes not hard.

 

[acpart]

Get a plastic tub for her. Let her be in the tub when you're traveling but don't put any furniture in it so she won't get injured. when you arrive, get some feeders from the pet store and feed her. Put her furniture back in the tub when you're at a destination. Make sure she can't get out. Have a good time.

Aliza

 

[DustyTheGecko]

Get a plastic tub for her. Let her be in the tub when you're traveling but don't put any furniture in it so she won't get injured. when you arrive, get some feeders from the pet store and feed her. Put her furniture back in the tub when you're at a destination. Make sure she can't get out. Have a good time.

Aliza

Okey doe! I can easily bring the CGD, and of course a spray bottle with water. I assume a paper towel at the bottom is recommended too? Also, I have silk vines (very soft) that I can put in, she can't get injured on them. She is a very calm gecko, but I still want to make sure everything is safe and she won't lose her tail.

 

[acpart]

Good luck. Have a good trip.

Aliza