Crested gecko question?

[froglover27]

Okay so I just recently purchased two small cresties(: Barkley and Amber are quite the pair(: Well, when I was giving them some baby food Barkley thought it would be neat to go insde the food bowl-__- So now The baby food dried and little substrate pieces are stuck on my babies body all over! My question is how can you get the babyfood/substrate mix to come off?? I REALLY don't want to hurt him(: Thanks!!!(:

[John]

I am no expert when it comes to keeping lizards, but I would imagine you could use a hand mister to soak the stuck-on material so that you can gently remove it with a finger or the end of a forceps/tweezers.

[DonLisk]

I agree. I would also look into leaf liter for on top of the substrate. They will hide in it and it also helps to keep the substrate off them, nost of the time.

[Eel Noob]

Try this technique

‪Crested Gecko "Bath"‬‏ - YouTube


BTW get them off baby food and onto one of the crested gecko diets.

[VooDoo]

BTW get them off baby food and onto one of the crested gecko diets.

This can't be stressed enough. Baby food is a big no-no.

[ben7ani]

Hey, bit of a late reply, grats on your cresties! :-) they are awesome pets! As people have already mentioned, don't use baby food as a staple diet the sugar levels will make ur gecko obese very quickly and it lacks all the proper stuff your gecko needs to be healthy (+ soon they will become addicted and not accept anything else). Crested gecko diet powder is very good and lasts a long time you only need to mix a tiny bit with some water and put it in a milk bottle lid and job done. If you want to give your geckos a treat cut off a very small piece of banana or citrus free fruit in the morning mash it up and leave it in the viv over night and remove in the morning mine use to love banana / peach.

With regards your actual question get a small towell / clean cloth not one used for washing up :-P and run it under the hot tap rinse it out allow it to cool so its 'warm' and dab ur gecko to start with and then allow it to crawl through the towell this should help dislodge stuff stuck on it I would imagine its how I bath by royal python if it has difficult shedding. I cant say I ever had this issue with my cresties though. Good luck, its probably resolved by now anyway!!