Phoenix worms

[Montee]

if she likes the phoenix worms than you should be set. you can mainly feed those and supplement with mealworms and just forget about the crickets altogether if that's what you want to do. keep me updated on how she does!

cool, I'd much rather stay with the worms alltogether, and just ditch the crickets. Thanks again, you've been a great help!

[Montee]

I left her 10 mealies like you said. I supplemented 2 of them and the rest I just threw in. I just got back to find that she had eaten all 8 that were un-supplemented. I left her a little pile of calcium but It's undisturbed. oh well, so long as she's eating.

[mlededee]

what a little goof. what are you dusting them with?

[Montee]

what a little goof. what are you dusting them with?

rep cal multivitamins and calcium/d3

and it looks like she kicked the calcium powder around, she liked to dig her belly in sand and I guess thats the closest thing. You could even see an imprint that looks like she tried laying in it

[mlededee]

ha yeah, my females used to dig in their calcium and toss it all over the place. i think they just liked messing up a clean cage.

in any case, just leave the worms for her from now on and as long as they are gut loaded properly you can just dust every now and then to try to sneak some vitamins in on her. leave the calcium out in a dish like you are doing and she'll eat it if she needs it.

[Montee]

I just stuck 15 lightly supplemented mealies in her dish just so she can have them, and as soon as she caught sight of them wiggling around she walked over and took 2 mouth fulls and walked off. There's 11 left in there and i'm just going to leave them in. Hopefully she keeps eating them...

Do you pinch the heads on mealies before you serve them to your gecko's?

[mlededee]

well it sounds like she's coming around. i don't remove the heads, i just feed smaller worms to smaller geckos and the larger worms only to adults.

[Montee]

heres another question, i'll ask here since it's food related.... is there any harm in feeding her dead or dying crickets. I pull the legs off so they don't wander out of the dish. Just found out she'll consume them like that, she ate all but 1.

[mlededee]

i wouldn't feed those. most leos won't eat anything that isn't alive to start with, and if it is dead it may be rotting/bad and you don't want her to eat it. crickets that are dying could be dying for any number of reasons, but whatever the case aren't as healthy as a living thriving cricket so i just toss them. i think that you want to feed the healthiest insects in order to have the healthiest leo.

[Montee]

i wouldn't feed those. most leos won't eat anything that isn't alive to start with, and if it is dead it may be rotting/bad and you don't want her to eat it. crickets that are dying could be dying for any number of reasons, but whatever the case aren't as healthy as a living thriving cricket so i just toss them. i think that you want to feed the healthiest insects in order to have the healthiest leo.

Makes sense. Hopefully I wont have to hassle with crickets soon. *fingers crossed*