Over feeding a tokay

[eViL_KaRoT]

After reading the post on over feeding a monitor and seeing that pic of the very fat monitor, I'm wondering if you can do the same to a tokay. Will they pretty much only eat until they are full, or will they eat if there is food. I don't want to over feed mine. Here is what I'm feeding right now. 1 pinky rat, once a week. 5-8 superworms a day and 6 crickets(which he doesn't seem to care that much about) once in awhile, just for variety.

Also...other than mealies, wax worms, moths, mayflies and other insects...is there other things that I can be feeding her for variety. Will They eat fruits at all? How about veggies? Baby food? I haven't tried any of these things, just because I didn't know if she'd eat it at all. If anyone has had experience in feeding these things to tokays, I'd like to know.

[eViL_KaRoT]

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Still no answers to this question, huh?

[bigmitch]

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I will get you an answer to your question ASAP. Evil..LOL ;D

[eViL_KaRoT]

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Tanx!!

[bigmitch]

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I can't see anything that says they have a problem with overeating. Although from my general knowledge of lizzys i would say your doing fine. Maybe this will help a little.

Feed

Tokays require a mixed diet. You can feed them crickets, mealworms, superworms, pinkie mice, cockroaches, and other insects. Adults should be fed 3-4 times a week while young are feed daily.

A water bowl is not needed. Tokays require daily misting and a dripper. Remember when misting to use hot water. This is because the water cools very fast when coming out of the mister. Simply spray the plants and the gecko will drink the droplets.



Gutloading

For keeping a healthy pet, it is also required to keep your food well gutloaded. This is because your herp gets all the food and nutrition form it's food. An if a cricket has an empty stomach then your gecko will be getting no nutrition.

Crickets are basically an exoskeleton. They do not hold nutrition very well unless they have it in their stomach. This is way it is so important to provide you crickets with a well rounded diet. For the easy way, it is recommended to use poultry or chicken mash to feed to your crickets. Make sure that it does not contain any steroids or other growth hormones. You may also use cat food though it is not quite as nutritious. Their are also product's called cricket gutload or cricket feed. These are acceptable too. Not only should you provide a good source of dry food, but you should also provide a fresh veggies or fruits. This will complete a good diet to provide back to your herp. Also this will provide a good source of water for your crickets. Stay away though from using iceberg lettuce as this has very poor nutritional value. You may also purchase another product called cricket water. This provides an good source of water too. Or use a combination or the too. Do not use a water bowl as crickets are dumb and can drown in a drop of water. This also make's it to easy for bacteria and disease to spread as crickets will excrete their wastes everywhere.

Mealworms are easier provided that you feed well gutloaded crickets as part of their diet. Simply provide a container with a rolled oats or wheat bran for their food source and substrate. Five them also some sort of vegetable or fruit once a week.

Potatoes, mustard greens, and dandelion greens are an excellent source of nutrition. Potatoes, carets, and oranges provide a good source of nutrition with providing a great source of water. Please remember though to replace the fruits or vegetables every couple days as it will start to mold which can be harmful. Also when using dandelion greens, it advisable to get them from the supermarket or make sure that your lawn is not sprayed or have received overspray from the neighbors yard from any chemicals such as weed killers, pesticides, or fertilizers. They can be deadly for both your feed and herp.

Good Luck ,
Hope this helped!

jAySoN

[eViL_KaRoT]

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Yeah, thanks. That's what I was thinking, I just wanted to be sure. I found that on some site too. I just didn't want my tokay to end up like that monitor. I just wish there were other things I can feed it. But Hey, they are primarily insectavorus, so I guess that's what I'll be feeding it. Thanks again.

[bigmitch]

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;D If you want something different and realtivly easy try earth worms they will probably tear those up. My Savh's do! ;D

[eViL_KaRoT]

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yeah, I've given her earthworms a couple times. She loves them.

[Destrega]

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I dont think you could really over feed a Tokay but they can get fat or look fat with the calcium storage in their necks mine looks alittle fat!

[Destrega]

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This one too

[Destrega]

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Also the closest thing to vegies and Fruits is Sandfire Super Foods Crested Gecko Diet by T-REX it is basically a bunch of dried powdered fruits bananna, mango, and a bunch of others i found she liked that alot, i dusted the crickets with it. However if you read the instructions it says to mix it with water and stuff for crested geckos but i buy 1 bottle of crested gecko diet and another of Repto Cal i mix half and half for my Crested gECKOS they love that and once i gave it to my tokay and she really liked it she ate them fast. Also that mixture of 1/2 and 1/2 made my crested grow super fast as soon as i switched to it she just grew faster i guess because she's getting fruits, veggies, and meat from the crickets.

[palimino13]

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Believe it or not... I used to throw in 30-40 crickets once a week and they'd be gone in 2-3 days. He's been slowing down now. (put 40 crickets in there a week and a half ago, and there's still 4 or so left in there) Than again... I just switched him from a 15 tall??? to a 29 gal tank... now he can't be lazy and wait for them to come to him... he has to hunt now! LOL but he's not overweight looking at all.