Feeding suggestions please?
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Feeding suggestions please?
So I've decided I don't want to feed Miracle crickets anymore as 1.that article Kermit posted scared me O_O 2. I don't want her getting any diseases from them, no matter how hard I try to keep that stupid cricket keeper clean 3. They keep dieing and I don't know why, which worries me that they're diseased
Anyway, I tried feeding her superworms, and she won't eat them! I tried "stunning" them as it said to in the sticky, but it didn't really work. She tried eating one once, but I think it pinched her as she dropped it suddenly and since then won't eat them, only licks them a few times.
What could I feed her instead? She likes mealworms, and waxworms. I can get butterworms as well from a local pet store. Should I just try a rotation of these three insects?
Any suggestions?
Anyway, I tried feeding her superworms, and she won't eat them! I tried "stunning" them as it said to in the sticky, but it didn't really work. She tried eating one once, but I think it pinched her as she dropped it suddenly and since then won't eat them, only licks them a few times.
What could I feed her instead? She likes mealworms, and waxworms. I can get butterworms as well from a local pet store. Should I just try a rotation of these three insects?
Any suggestions?
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Re: Feeding suggestions please?
Those feeders are just fine, and I am sure that you know that the wax worms and butter worms are more for treats. You can feed her just on meal worms and maybe give her some time on the super worms. I find they take some getting used to and I will give it a try and if they don't take to them I give it a couple weeks and try again. It works out in the end being much easier in my opinion to feed super worms. It takes a lot less of them to fill them up. It is not a neccessity thought to get them on to supers, just my personal opinion.
Re: Feeding suggestions please?
Don't give up that easily.. just keep trying with the superworms. When I first brought home banana, all she would eat was crickets.. and when I decided superworms were the best and safest option for me she wasn't having any of it. but I kept trying and trying.. and didn't give her anything else until she ate at least one .. and it worked
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Thanks guys, its reassuring to hear that its not uncommon for the geckos to dislike them at first.
And don't worry, I know that butterworms and waxworms are for treats only.
(To show the stupidity of petstore employees: I went to the store to buy the superworms, and the employee guy asked what it was for. When I said leos, he said that I should use them ONLY as treats once and a while, because the hard shells can block them up. He then recommended that butterworms can be used as a staple diet.)
ANYWAY, after ignoring the insight of that guy, I left :P Probably won't be buying stuff from there again!
I will keep at it with the superworms, but feed her mealworms as a staple diet from now on!
And don't worry, I know that butterworms and waxworms are for treats only.
(To show the stupidity of petstore employees: I went to the store to buy the superworms, and the employee guy asked what it was for. When I said leos, he said that I should use them ONLY as treats once and a while, because the hard shells can block them up. He then recommended that butterworms can be used as a staple diet.)
ANYWAY, after ignoring the insight of that guy, I left :P Probably won't be buying stuff from there again!
I will keep at it with the superworms, but feed her mealworms as a staple diet from now on!
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