food

ekul luke2 · #1 (**permalink**) 09-23-2008, 11:08 AM

hey its me i have a question about how much mealworms i should feed my leopard gecko every day and how many times should i put calcium on it and how many times should i put multivitamins on the mealworms and should i have a calcium dish or vitamin dish always get confused ...that is all

ekul luke2 · #2 (**permalink**) 09-23-2008, 11:23 AM

and also do you think if the sand was a little damp it would be ok and my or because its damp and the heat pad and baking light is on will it make it too humid

JohnEDove · #3 (**permalink**) 09-24-2008, 01:18 AM

You should have a shallow dish of calcium available for them at all times and dust the prey with both Vits and Cal at each feeding.
Don't use the calcium with D3 either, they don't need the D3 to absorb the calcium.

ekul luke2 · #4 (**permalink**) 09-24-2008, 07:15 PM

thanks

ekul luke2 · #5 (**permalink**) 09-27-2008, 09:07 AM

can i juvenile leo eat giant meal worms or can only adutls eat giant meal worms
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JohnEDove · #6 (**permalink**) 09-27-2008, 09:53 AM

Variety in your prey selection is always best nutritionally for your gecko.
There are a couple of recommended ways to determine the correct prey size to feed these lizards. The first, and the one I consider most safe, is that the prey should be no longer than the space between the Gecko’s eyes. The second, which will allow for slightly larger prey to be fed, is that the prey should be no wider than half the width of the gecko’s head and no longer than the geckos head.
It is important to note that multiple small prey items are easier to digest and provide more nutrition than fewer large prey items.
Personally I always avoided Meal Worms, as much as possible, due to the high amount of chiten. When I did use them I tried to pick only the soft ones that were freshly molted.

Pavel · #7 (**permalink**) 09-27-2008, 10:53 PM

Actually I don't even bother dusting mealworms -- crickets, yes, mealworms no. The calcium just doesn't seem to stick well to the mealies. I find it far easier to just drop the mealies into the calcium dish. That way when Peanut grabs one, she also gets a bit of calcium too.

ekul luke2 · #8 (**permalink**) 10-01-2008, 07:32 PM

thanks actually the calcium and vitamins are sticking well on the mealies my leopard gecko is 6in long the pet store said it was about 6-8months for the im trying to breed the mealies i dont have to but i dont want to keep paying 4$ every 9 days im thinking when my leo eats bout half of them (i bought 35 giant mealies) ill got to petsmart and buy like 50 crickets and and that will give the other mealies another like1-2 weeks of time to pupate and they still dont pupate then ill buy 50 more and so on and so forth but i dont know how long it takes for a mealie to turn into a pupa do you know but anyway ill give you updates on how he is and hopefully i put some pictures up ill prolly put it on a new thread entitled first and newst leopard gecko but yeah please reply bye......