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This is the diet
I recommend everyone use for all of
their geckos except for the Leachianus.
It has been designed to be mixed 60%
base, 40% nectar. I have two groups that
I have been feeding 50/50 for the past
year, and they have been breeding
successfully with no ill effects.
However, the original diet has been
tested on literally 1000’s of geckos, so
I cannot yet recommend this feeding
method.
Description
This super food is for the gecko keeper
looking to go further with their gecko’s
nutrition. This diet is meant to be a
base of nutrition (the base, obviously),
mixed with the sweet stuff of dessert
(the nectar). There are a wide variety
of nectars to be mixed in with the base,
so you may experiment with them to see
which one your geckos prefer. People
often ask me what flavors the geckos
don’t like, and I can honestly say that
at this point I have fed all of them
with near equal success.
Feeding Directions
When used
as an exclusive diet (no insects):
Mix 60% MRP Base
with 40% MRP Nectar BY WEIGHT (not
volume). Add water to desired viscosity.
Mixing at these ratios replicates the
nutritional analysis of the original
Crested Gecko MRP formula.
When used
as part of a balanced diet (combined
with regular insect feeding):
The recipe above may be used as
a supplemental diet, (part of a balanced
diet), but if your geckos have a sweet
tooth, you may use this recipe when also
feeding significant amounts of insects.
Mix 50% MRP Base with 50% MRP Nectar BY
WEIGHT (not volume). Add water to
desired viscosity. You can just mix two
new equal size Base/Nectar containers
together dry and save for future use.
Dusted Insects should be offered several
times a week.
Mixing the two
part Super food:
When I mix my powders together, I
always mix at least what I will use for
the month, put it in the fridge in a
Tupperware, and pull the powder out as I
need it. As a little ‘cheat sheet,’ I
have put the 60/40 mixing portions below
in ounce weights, as far more people
have access to an ounce scale:
3oz base/2oz nectar
6oz base/4oz nectar
12oz base/8oz
nectar
Ingredients
Hempseed
meal, whey protein isolate, wheat germ
flour, bee pollen, brewers yeast, fig
powder, calcium carbonate, dicalcium
phosphate, spirulina algae,
haemotococcus algae, kelp meal, marigold
extract, rosemary extract, yucca
extract, natural mixed tocopherois (as a
preservative) vitamin premix (includes
D-activated animal sterol as a source of
D-3) probiotic remix.
Guaranteed
Analysis
Crude protein (min.) 35%, crude
fat (min.) 11%, crude fiber (max.) 23%,
moisture (max.) 6%, ash (max.) 5%,
calcium (Ca) (min.) 2.6%, calcium (Ca)
(max.) 3%, phosphorus (P) (min.) 1.2%,
vitamin D3 (min.) 5,000 iu/kilo. |