feeder geckos

[FiReBaNaNa]

hey i got some pics of my little shy bubby eating his first gecko, and he's only five months!!!





i took a fecal test on the geckos poop and looked up the species and im safe it is an exotic mediterranean gecko and the only parasites of the exotic species are localized in southern lousiana and the fecal test is clean so the people who freaked out over parasites you don't need to be pissed i see where you guys are coming from i i have come to see that i was selfish and i will not do it again but he is my "child" and i respect him in the greatest but all parents mess up just this one didnt end up in the vets office.

 

[Julirs]

So why do you feel the urge to feed a chameleon that young geckos?

 

[gary1621]

Im not sure i could do this

Is it alive?

What are they?

 

[FiReBaNaNa]

for his enjoyment and for food variety and they eats other lizards in the wild there is nothing wrong in my opinion one's being consumed for anothers well being

 

[Julirs]

They eat mostly insects in the wild, this is not the wild, and your cham is a little young. Did you do this for your enjoyment? Hopefully that was a lizard not full of parasites.

 

[james L]

That gecko was way to big for that veiled. I use anoles as feeder every once in a while, but I only use babies to small juvies, even with adult males. I think feeder lizards are better to use then pinkies, but you have to breed them, captive hatch, or have a spot thats safe and clean to catch them. Where did you get the gecko?

 

[Miss Lily]

Poor littel gecko! I know it's natures way, but I draw the line at that I'm afraid! I could never keep a pet that eats other creatures that I would also keep as a pet. That's why I could never have a snake - I wouldn't be able to feed it mice and rats. Maybe I'm just too soft?!

 

[FiReBaNaNa]

sure they eat insects most of the time and he may be young but it was a small, clean gecko. its not like he didnt want it and i know he loved the hunt, and in hawaii with there veiled prob. they eat freakn birds!, so if you think that it was angainst "animal policy" to feed him what chams eat in the wild (which if he could talk he would appreciate that, and i dont see them as pets, but as animals to be appreciated in what they were before man interveined) soooooo sue me!!!!!

 

[Lizardlover]

sure they eat insects most of the time and he may be young but it was a small, clean gecko. its not like he didnt want it and i know he loved the hunt, and in hawaii with there veiled prob. they eat freakn birds!, so if you think that it was angainst "animal policy" to feed him what chams eat in the wild (which if he could talk he would appreciate that, and i dont see them as pets, but as animals to be appreciated in what they were before man interveined) soooooo sue me!!!!!

IM not sure your understanding this, the problem is parasites, you dont know if that gecko was clean, you caught it on your porch. It is probably full of all kinds of parasites that your passing on to your cham. Parasites in the wild dont post a problem, when you mix parasites with stress, then you have a problem, and in captivity chameleons are exposed to stress inevitably. SO congratulations on being "cool" and feeding your chameleon a gecko.

 

[Spaz66]

all i can say is everyone different on how they raise their chams ,i personaly wouldnt do that ,if you want to feed your cham a gecko go for it as long as it doesnt hurt ur cham im all for it

 

[Lizardlover]

all i can say is everyone different on how they raise their chams ,i personaly wouldnt do that ,if you want to feed your cham a gecko go for it as long as it doesnt hurt ur cham im all for it

thats my point, it is probably loaded with parasites, he has no way of knowing it is "clean" unless he did a fecal on it, which I highly doubt he did.

 

[pssh]

A porch gecko? Think about what kind of nasty buggies that could be in that gecko... D: ew.

 

[Syn]

Aw this make me sad. I keep two of those geckos myself and would hate to see one eaten.

I hope the chameleon is alright, and rest in peace little gecko.

 

[Yessabub]

I could understand if you had no feeders at all and it was a last resort to keep you cham alive but it sounds to me like you did it for your own enjoyment, like how people buy pirahana just so they can throw mice in the tank to watch them get torn to shreds, and this my friend is the wrong reason to have a chameleon.

 

[Texas Panther Man]

I dont have a problem with him feeding a gecko to his cham. But the cham was only 5 months old. If he was over a year old LTC i could see giving him something like that once every few months. But I wouldnt feed him a wild caught gecko thats on my porch. (not very smart)

 

[Todnedo]

I guess this would be a bad time to post a video of a Parsons eating a baby quail.

 

[backwood fred]

Poor littel gecko! I know it's natures way, but I draw the line at that I'm afraid! I could never keep a pet that eats other creatures that I would also keep as a pet. That's why I could never have a snake - I wouldn't be able to feed it mice and rats. Maybe I'm just too soft?!

so you are telling me u wouldent own a cat or dog?

 

[BigBlue]

...and the can of worms has been open once again...

 

[backwood fred]

I guess this would be a bad time to post a video of a Parsons eating a baby quail.

no it wouldent because that would be bad ass

 

[Olimpia]

I once saw my Jackson's eat a little house gecko that somehow got into his cage, and I think it was petty disturbing. And for the following weeks, I saved several other baby geckos that were popping out in his cage or in the room he was in (I don't know if there were eggs in the plants I was bringing in, or what) because with all the thousands insects I have as feeders, I was not going to let a little gecko find his end in my house.

I don't know, I have issues with this kind of thing. My dog would eat small animals in the wild, but I'm not going to give her a rabbit just to spice things up lol. Not when I have lots of other food options for her.