Good Beginner Lizard

[Will0W783]

Well in that case, I'd go with a gecko. I kept a crested, a leopard gecko and a white-lined gecko while I was in my dorm at college..lol. I loved them. I still have my leopard gecko and my white-lined gecko (he is going on 6 years old now). They are very easy to care for and quite portable. I also have a new crestie named Yoda who's a sweetie. But he won't eat any crested gecko diet, even though I've tried him on three brands. All he wants is crickets and he used to lap baby food (organic, no sugar added kind) off my finger but he will only take a few licks. Any ideas, Jess??
Geckos are more portable than a beardie or tegu or any of the agamids.

[siz]

Often cresteds get 'addicted' to baby food like snakes do to mice. Really the trick is to be consistent, feed him in the same spot every day and not change the food brand/flavour too much. IMO the best MRP brand is Repashy Superfoods Crested Gecko Diet (available in bags and T-Rex bottles). Keep in mind they won't starve themselves and often you don't even notice that they have ate, depending on the consistency of the food itself, and how many licks they take lol. I'd say just keeping trying, be persistant and don't change your routine. I know someone and it took almost 2 months for them to get their gecko to completely switch over! Eventually the geckos realize they aren't getting any more junk food and switch over. It's not that they don't like CGD - mine love it - it's just that they would RATHER eat that crap haha.
If you want to make sure he isn't just stretching himself between cricket feedings, cut the insects altogether until you know he is feeding well on CGD.
Repashy is also available in 2-part diet which is the base, with all the good stuff, and flavour, which sweetens and adds...flavour There are about 10 different flavours so it gives you lots of room to experiment with what your geckos like. The 1-part mix however has rose, strawberry, banana and mango (or fig I forget) all mixed together and I find it to be a big hit. If you put the bag (unmixed) in the frisge it lasts like a year so it won't go bad on you.
Another thing you could do is mix it with baby food in decreasing amounts to get them used to thew taste. This works, but I'm not a fan. Baby food is junk to geckos and it messes with the nutritional balance of the CGD.
Alternativley, you could feed the smoothie mix with crickets but it is way easier to feed the CGD because it is hard to get the correct nutritional balance by yourself.
Remember to only feed crix about twice a week
Hope that made sence I've been a little out of whack today.

[Will0W783]

Thanks Siz. Where can I get this Repashy superfoods CGD? I haven't been giving him baby food since you mentioned it was bad for him months ago. So the only thing I can see he's been eating for the last three months is crickets. I keep mixing up the CGD and putting it in a little dish for him, but he lets it sit there and dry out. Maybe he's been eating a tiny bit of it, but I examine it closely and can't see any little licks or anything. I will try a different brand for him and hopefully that he'll eat.

[siz]

I'll PM you

[siz]

You should be able to leave the diet in there for two nights. Sometimes it takes a bit of experimenting to get the right consistency. Like I said sometimes you don't even notice but it sounds like he is holding out for crickets. Just be solid with your feeding patterns and eventually he will eat it A cricket-only diet isn't all that healthy as these geckos actually eat mostly rotting fruit as opposed to insects(in the wild), it can/will eventually result in MBD even with supplementation of the insects.