Hikari® Herptile Ready-to-Use DragonGel™ Paste Diet for Insect and Vegetable-Eating Lizards, 2.11 oz (60g)

This 2.11 oz (60 g) tube of Hikari DragonGel is a reptile supplement in gel paste form, sold as a single pack. The manufacturer describes it as a growth and maintenance diet for omnivorous geckos such as the bearded dragon, and names baby bearded dragons, ocellated lizards, water dragons and other lizards that eat vegetables and insects. Nothing needs mixing: the paste comes straight out of the spout.

What goes into the DragonGel tube

The ingredient list starts with mealworm, Japanese mustard spinach, bran, soybean meal, brewers dried yeast and whole crushed silkworm pupae, followed by dried seaweed meal, citric acid, extracted seaweed meal, dried tomato, dried carrot, mulukhiya meal and dried pumpkin. The manufacturer states that the formula supplies nutrients, vitamins, amino acids and trace minerals.

The vitamins on the label include choline chloride, vitamin E, stabilized vitamin C (L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate), d-calcium pantothenate, riboflavin, vitamin A, thiamine mononitrate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, niacin, folic acid, vitamin D3 and biotin. The mineral sources listed are calcium carbonate, monosodium phosphate, ferrous sulfate, magnesium sulfate, zinc sulfate, manganese sulfate and copper sulfate, and the manufacturer says the paste contains no preservatives.

How the gel paste is offered and what it changes

• The paste is squeezed from the spout and fed as it comes, so no mixing step stands between the tube and the lizard.
• Hikari lists reduced odour among the features, compared with live foods.
• The gel texture keeps the diet in one piece on the spout rather than as loose powder.
• The tube weighs 60 g and the pack holds one of them.

Does this diet suit your lizard?

Hikari names baby bearded dragons, ocellated lizards and water dragons, plus other lizards that eat both vegetables and insects, on the label. A lizard outside those groups is not covered by the manufacturer's list. The manufacturer describes the paste as a growth and maintenance diet for omnivorous geckos such as the bearded dragon, so check that the animal in question is an omnivore before you open the tube. One 60 g tube is what arrives with a single pack.

Questions buyers ask about this gel diet

How much paste is in one tube?

One tube holds 60 g, or 2.11 oz, and the pack contains a single tube.

Do I have to mix anything into it?

No mixing is needed; the manufacturer's directions are to squeeze the paste from the spout and feed it.

Which lizards does Hikari list for this diet?

The label names baby bearded dragons, ocellated lizards, water dragons and other lizards that eat vegetables and insects.

Does the formula contain vitamin D3?

Yes, vitamin D3 supplement appears among the vitamins listed on the label.

Are there preservatives in the gel?

The manufacturer states that the formula contains no preservatives.