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Posted by Marcia McGuiness - The Lizard Lady on July 15, 2001 at 13:41:51:

In Reply to: Whats all the baby food stuff about? posted by Rachel on July 14, 2001 at 18:17:52:

According to Dr. Frederic L. Frye, DVM., PhD., MSc., CBiol., FIBiol., FSRM., and Professor of Comparative Reptile Veterinary Medicine and Pathobilology at UC Davis Veterinary School, author of countless books and probably the most reputable Reptile Scientist in the world, (whew!)Leopard Geckos are OMNIVOROUS in the wild. The following are direct excerpts of his e-mail correspondence to me, which also addresses the question regarding the subject of feeding Leos fruits and baby food:
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"You are most welcome, Marcia!

It should also be noted that under natural (wild) conditions, leopard geckos consume substantial quantities of fruits, nectar, pollen, grubs, miscellaneous winged insects, and spiders---not crickets. The most common native fruits are mandarin, persimmon, fig, pistachio, loquat and cactus pear that has fallen.

Most any tropical fruit, as well as soft, ripe stone fruits are acceptable. Also, don't forget that fruit nectar, scraped mango, soft figs, peach, nectarine, apricot, pear, etc., are all appropriate, or if necessary, strained baby foods containing these fruits can/should be fed a couple of times weekly; you can add whatever mineral supplement to these soft, tasty goodies. Also, they make a splendid vehicle for supplementing their diet with calcium lactate, calcium gluconate, calcium carbonate, etc.

If you are willing to go the to the extra trouble -- and have a source of mulberry leaves (mulberry trees are very inexpensive and are quite common on many of our Northern California community streets), I suggest that you consider feeding mulberry silkmoth larvae; they are very easy to culture during the roughly 7 months of clement weather that we have. Then, in those months that you cannot locate or culture the silk moth larvae, you can fall back on crickets that are fed fresh collard greens and sweet potatoes. If you can locate a copy of my book, CAPTIVE INVERTEBRATES gives adequate instructions on how to culture clean insect prey. If you cannot locate one locally, my publisher's number is 1-800 724-0025."

Sincerely yours,
Frederic L. Frye

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: According to Dr. Frederic L. Frye, DVM., PhD., MSc., CBiol., FIBiol., FSRM., and Professor of Comparative Reptile Veterinary Medicine and Pathobilology at UC Davis Veterinary School, author of countless books and probably the most reputable Reptile Scientist in the world, (whew!)Leopard Geckos are OMNIVOROUS in the wild. The following are direct excerpts of his e-mail correspondence to me, which also addresses the question regarding the subject of feeding Leos fruits and baby food: : ---------------------- : "You are most welcome, Marcia! : It should also be noted that under natural (wild) conditions, leopard geckos consume substantial quantities of fruits, nectar, pollen, grubs, miscellaneous winged insects, and spiders---not crickets. The most common native fruits are mandarin, persimmon, fig, pistachio, loquat and cactus pear that has fallen. : Most any tropical fruit, as well as soft, ripe stone fruits are acceptable. Also, don't forget that fruit nectar, scraped mango, soft figs, peach, nectarine, apricot, pear, etc., are all appropriate, or if necessary, strained baby foods containing these fruits can/should be fed a couple of times weekly; you can add whatever mineral supplement to these soft, tasty goodies. Also, they make a splendid vehicle for supplementing their diet with calcium lactate, calcium gluconate, calcium carbonate, etc. : If you are willing to go the to the extra trouble -- and have a source of mulberry leaves (mulberry trees are very inexpensive and are quite common on many of our Northern California community streets), I suggest that you consider feeding mulberry silkmoth larvae; they are very easy to culture during the roughly 7 months of clement weather that we have. Then, in those months that you cannot locate or culture the silk moth larvae, you can fall back on crickets that are fed fresh collard greens and sweet potatoes. If you can locate a copy of my book, CAPTIVE INVERTEBRATES gives adequate instructions on how to culture clean insect prey. If you cannot locate one locally, my publisher's number is 1-800 724-0025." : Sincerely yours, : Frederic L. Frye

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