Hello,
I just moved to Portland as I mentioned before. I just wondered who else is from
Portland, or surrounding areas tht keep geckos and other herps. I remember a couple.
Thank you for your time,
TQ
> With the crested gecko diet, I've found that I have to use just slightly
> less than a 2:1 ratio of water to food. If I do 2 parts water to 1 part
> food by volume (say, 1 level teaspoon of water to 1/2 level teaspoon of
> food), the mixture is slightly too runny. If, however, I use, say, a
> slightly rounded 1/2 teaspoon of food with the same amount of water, it
> comes out better. I also typically don't notice any sort of "gelling"
> taking place, unless you mean the dehydrated food absorbing the water and
> the mixture becoming a tiny bit thicker... I use slightly warm water to
> speed this process up, and I mix continuously with a toothpick or some other
> small implement until the mixture does not show any more obviously dry bits
> of food. At this point, using the ratio I described above, I tend to get a
> pretty consistent result.
>
> But is there something I'm not doing or should be doing differently? It
> appears that all my gex take the food, though it's a bit difficult to tell
> because the amount I give them (due to using slightly deep dishes) is so
> much greater than the quantity they can consume. If you think it's
> important that I stick to a more strick 2:1 ratio, let me know. This is just
> my own experience. Glad the subject was raised though.
>
> Rick
>
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