Hi everyone,

I feed mealworms exclusively and have never had a problem. I can't stand crickets, the smell and constant cleaning and watering is worse then the geckos! I also don't like the crickets being left inside the cage with a gecko because they can feed on the fecies and multiply a disease/problem and they can also chew on your gecko. My advice if you feed crickets, make sure there are none ever left in the cage, and/or add a small piece of fruit inside the cage for the cricket to chew on instead of your gecko.

As for the mealies, I buy about 50k to 75k at a time. Next year it will go over 150k at a time. I place the mealies in large Sterilite containers filled with oatbran in the fridge and keep them cool until I am ready to use them. About a week before I know I am going to feed that mealworm group out, I warm them up to room temps and feed them different fruits and veggies to help gutload them prior to feeding them to my geckos. I then place them into a calcium dish inside the cage and when the gecko feeds it eats the calcium as well as the feeder. About once a week I swap out the calcium for a vitamin dish.

Example of how we feed mealies:


Be careful with using only carrots to gutload your feeders. Carrots at small levels are ok, but at a higher level can interfere with the calcium absorption. I would mix it up some with apples, yams, romaine lettuce etc.

HTH!