leopard geckos....

I kept leopard geckos for a few years. I can answer any questions you have or direct you to someone who can. I'm not on that forum.
 
I fed them gutloaded mealworms and occasionally crickets when I felt like dealing with them. I ordered silk worms for them sometimes as well. A lot of people argue against mealworms but some people, including myself, think they are just fine. A lot of people feed crickets and they live well on a diet of mostly that. They can eat phoenix worms, roaches (always recommended), silk worms and other small feeders. It isn't recommended that you feed them many of any feeder with a higher fat content like wax worms or butter worms because they become overweight easily. Dust the feeders at every feeding with calcium that specifically says NO D3 and a nutritional substitute. I always used herptivite.
Also, since you have a female, set out a water bottle cap or equivalent filled with the calcium supplement. She will lick it as needed and females need a lot of calcium.
 
Yes I keep and breed leopard geckos and also am on the gecko forums. My screen name is the same on there as it is here. Feel free to pm me on either site for questions or help. Congrats on your new girl!
 
Supplimenting - D3 every feeding for babies/juveniles
Multivitamin - once every 7 days
plain calcium cup in tank (at all times)

I recently though have been using Calcium Plus ICB by Repashy only for all feedings


The reason i ask about staple feeders, is ive read without much reasoning why, that crickets should try to be avoided at all cost, but instead use roaches. very hard to get roaches at a place where its illegal, but she has been mostly on supers and crickets, with other worms as treats. my leopard is a picky eater though, and even at about 6 months old, wont eat every night.
 
ChameleonsInMyHouse said:
Supplimenting - D3 every feeding for babies/juveniles
Multivitamin - once every 7 days
plain calcium cup in tank (at all times)

I recently though have been using Calcium Plus ICB by Repashy only for all feedings


The reason i ask about staple feeders, is ive read without much reasoning why, that crickets should try to be avoided at all cost, but instead use roaches. very hard to get roaches at a place where its illegal, but she has been mostly on supers and crickets, with other worms as treats. my leopard is a picky eater though, and even at about 6 months old, wont eat every night.
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That's a lot of D3, is that what's being recommended now? I had lots of leos once upon a time but I gave them up for my chameleons. I remember only ever dusting with plain calcium, since they're nocturnal creatures.

I never read the crickets thing either. Hmmm, I can't think of a reason why that would be true? I'm with you on this, I can't even come up with the reasoning against it. Roaches are more meaty but if you can't get them then it's clearly not an option. Mine lived and bred on a diet of crickets, superworms, butterworms, and the very occasional roach.
 
We keep and breed leopard geckos and we are on the gecko forum. Our friend started that forum her name is Kelli and her business is HISS.COM just pm me if you have any questions:)
 
I bred those for years.
You can feed anything and they will thrive. Crickets are no problem- don't know why someone would say to avoid them, unless you are mis-understanding something and someone avoided them because mealworms were easier to deal with and leopard geckos thrive on mealworms as well. But they will thrive on almost anything (well- don't do very many waxworms).
 
fluxlizard said:
I bred those for years.
You can feed anything and they will thrive. Crickets are no problem- don't know why someone would say to avoid them, unless you are mis-understanding something and someone avoided them because mealworms were easier to deal with and leopard geckos thrive on mealworms as well. But they will thrive on almost anything (well- don't do very many waxworms).
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good to know. no flux i didnt misread anything. i seen that stated on one forum, and tried to look into it more. no where could i really find an explanation though. initially thought butter worms were what to avoid (being there was a problem last year and a little before hand, where butterworms were killing of leopard geckos, due to the new spray they were using in chilli. i've fed butter worms twice since having my leo and so far so good. but glad to know. thanks flux
 
Olimpia said:
That's a lot of D3, is that what's being recommended now? I had lots of leos once upon a time but I gave them up for my chameleons. I remember only ever dusting with plain calcium, since they're nocturnal creatures.

I never read the crickets thing either. Hmmm, I can't think of a reason why that would be true? I'm with you on this, I can't even come up with the reasoning against it. Roaches are more meaty but if you can't get them then it's clearly not an option. Mine lived and bred on a diet of crickets, superworms, butterworms, and the very occasional roach.
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thats is solely what i've been recommended, what i've read, and so on. majority rules right? lol it has and worked fine for me since i've had her though.

also, i do not provide UVB by anymeans.

my heat source is an undertank 50 w mat, and a 45w basking bulb that isnt always on.
 
Oh- I haven't used butterworms for anything in years so I don't know anything about spraying. Like waxworms - butters are not good in large amounts either- both are addictive and fatty when offered too much. Butters are expensive enough that they usually don't get fed enough for a problem anyway, but I've met several people who had leopard geckos that got hooked on waxworms and then refuse food all together later on...
 
fluxlizard said:
Oh- I haven't used butterworms for anything in years so I don't know anything about spraying. Like waxworms - butters are not good in large amounts either- both are addictive and fatty when offered too much. Butters are expensive enough that they usually don't get fed enough for a problem anyway, but I've met several people who had leopard geckos that got hooked on waxworms and then refuse food all together later on...
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expensive..that they are, which is why i have only bought a totally of two dozen in my whole 3 years keeping herps. 5$ a dozen :eek:

wax worms, i view as useless and prefer not to feed them off anyways. i'd rather stick to supers for a high fat bug
 
Texas Ranger said:
We keep and breed leopard geckos and we are on the gecko forum. Our friend started that forum her name is Kelli and her business is HISS.COM just pm me if you have any questions:)
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I know Kelli :) She's a fantastic lady! I saw her collection a few months back and she has some pretty amazing stuff.

When I was keeping them we weren't supposed to give them any D3 at any cost lol. Things change fast.

The only reason I think people would say to avoid crickets is because they carry bacteria in some cases. But then, you couldn't feed anything crickets!
Some people really believe roaches are a lot better in terms of nutritional value. I have noticed that there has been a movement for roaches in the leopard gecko world but hey, mealworms are just fine. I never used crickets because I lived in my parent's home at the time and they got out once... it was over. I don't like them much either but they are important for my chams and I won't do roaches.
 
emilybier said:
I know Kelli :) She's a fantastic lady! I saw her collection a few months back and she has some pretty amazing stuff.

When I was keeping them we weren't supposed to give them any D3 at any cost lol. Things change fast.

The only reason I think people would say to avoid crickets is because they carry bacteria in some cases. But then, you couldn't feed anything crickets!
Some people really believe roaches are a lot better in terms of nutritional value. I have noticed that there has been a movement for roaches in the leopard gecko world but hey, mealworms are just fine. I never used crickets because I lived in my parent's home at the time and they got out once... it was over. I don't like them much either but they are important for my chams and I won't do roaches.
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yeah her and her husband are very cool and helpful. And the geckos are crazy awesome:D..
O and sorry .NET lol.
 
My leopard geckos have been with me for over 17 years....I use the same dusting schedule that I do for the chameleons....phos.-free calcium at most feedings, phos.-free calcium/D3 twice a month and Herptivite twice a month. I've used a UVB light on some of them and not on others and it doesn't seem to make a difference. I also put a little dish of phos.-free calcium in the cages so they can lick it up if they want/need to. I've always fed them gutloaded/well-fed crickets along with superworms, silkworms, once in a while waxworms, etc. Since they've lived so long and reproduced well I can only assume that what I've been doing has been okay.
 
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