Smeagol and the grub

You want me to eat what?

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To funny. At first he seemed offended. How dare I disturb him. But then...that thing MOVED! If it moves it has to be grabbed! Then he held that first one in his mouth like a cigar for the longest time..LOL.

By grub 2 and 3 he was a Pro! Sometimes shaking them like a dog would. Hahaha...

But they have to wriggle first...

They are Phoenix worms, high in Calcium and no need to dust them..


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and here is a video...

to bad I didn't get the one he shook like a Rottweiler, LOL..

https://youtu.be/EzOdKBhaWOE

I think word got out that phoenix worms were healthy...my beardie acts like I'm trying to kill him if I offer them. He used to love them as a baby.

Such a great personality!

If I get into geckos, I am blaming you both. LOL

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Originally Posted by Skyrivers

Such a great personality!

If I get into geckos, I am blaming you both. LOL

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Oh, I can live with that ;)

The more "new gecko owners" on here, the merrier, LOL. I want others to share this journey with...

Um, Tttaylorrr? Where is that gecko ??? ;)

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Originally Posted by hilabeans

I think word got out that phoenix worms were healthy...my beardie acts like I'm trying to kill him if I offer them. He used to love them as a baby.

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I ordered Dubia roaches and then decided to add a cup of those worms.

The roaches are actually a bit small, so I decided to hold a grub out to Smeagol to see what would happen. I totally expected him to ignore them just to spite my efforts, LOL :rofl:

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Originally Posted by zina10

Oh, I can live with that ;)

The more "new gecko owners" on here, the merrier, LOL. I want others to share this journey with...

Um, Tttaylorrr? Where is that gecko ??? ;)

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They live longer than I thought. Shoot! I have everything I need to house one already. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm......................

Time to Shop?

Must wait 2 more months before buying a..... oh that was another snake. We never talked about geckos. LOL.

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They live longer than I thought. Shoot! I have everything I need to house one already. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm......................

Time to Shop?

Must wait 2 more months before buying a..... oh that was another snake. We never talked about geckos. LOL.

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Geckos are separate. You can buy a Gecko now and the snake in 2 month.

Makes for a nice balance :)

And aren't they adorable, LOL :D

Hahaha, his eyelashes are all scrunched down like he is scowling at that grub! :D

Word of advice on the phoenix worms: They are awesome feeders, but make him eat them slowly. One at a time with a short wait between each one. For some reason I found that when they snarf a bunch down sometimes it makes them re-gurge them right back up in a nasty pile. So just go slow and that won't happen.

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Hahaha, his eyelashes are all scrunched down like he is scowling at that grub! :D

Word of advice on the phoenix worms: They are awesome feeders, but make him eat them slowly. One at a time with a short wait between each one. For some reason I found that when they snarf a bunch down sometimes it makes them re-gurge them right back up in a nasty pile. So just go slow and that won't happen.

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Omgosh...

Well..since he held them in his mouth for a rather long time I hope it's ok. He didn't eat them very fast or one right after the other. But he did have 4 of them over 15 minutes or so...

Hope I don't come home to regurged.worms..yikes!

By the time I left the house he had held them down for about an hour and a half..


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That's totally fine. If he was going to regurge it would be right away. In the past I had growing juvies that would stuff their mouths with one worm after another, and I would keep dropping them in as long as they were chowing down. Turns out snarfing of phoenix worms is not the best way to go and manners are more appropriate in this situation. Don't stuff your mouth, take a breath between worms, etc. It doesn't sound like Smeagol is a snarfer, so you probably will be fine. I just always give people that advice because it's a bummer to watch your gecko so happily chomping on worms and then all of the sudden...blech.

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That's totally fine. If he was going to regurge it would be right away. In the past I had growing juvies that would stuff their mouths with one worm after another, and I would keep dropping them in as long as they were chowing down. Turns out snarfing of phoenix worms is not the best way to go and manners are more appropriate in this situation. Don't stuff your mouth, take a breath between worms, etc. It doesn't sound like Smeagol is a snarfer, so you probably will be fine. I just always give people that advice because it's a bummer to watch your gecko so happily chomping on worms and then all of the sudden...blech.

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Haha, like little kids !!!

I don't think Smeagol has ever seen those worms before. He was not impressed with me holding something in front of his face while he was trying to sleep.

He had ZERO interest. And while trying, I dropped 3 worms. And its like magic. Even though I could kind of tell where they fell, boom, they were gone. 2 in the carpet and one in the cage. For the life of me, I couldn't find them. But I do have somewhat shaggy carpet.

I was about to give up, but thought, oh comon..one more try. So the next one I tried to hold onto really well. And then it started moving around. That is when Smeagols eyes got focused and interested. Suddenly, almost like it surprised him as well, he just snatched it up.

It stuck straight out of his mouth like a cigar, LMAO. And then he just held it like this without moving for quite a while. The other 2 he hate quicker, but the one in the picture he held for another 5 minutes, thinking about it.

He is just a hoot. I think if I put them in his cage he probably would never notice them, unless they started moving a lot.

Well, I'm glad he has finally had a good sized meal. He has been eating Repashy almost every night (but the one I suspect he shed in). He continues to mostly ignore any Pangea. While he eats Repashy, it didn't seem like an awful lot of it. But then, I've heard they just don't eat all that much.

So for the next 2 or 3 days back to Repashy and then we'll try more worms or even the Dubias. I got the smallest size Dubia and boy..they are tiny, LOL. So letting them grow a bit.

Ma belly's so full...

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