[Gerro31]

I bought one leachie about 2 weeks ago and she hasn't eaten even a single cricket since then. The previous owner gave her some Repashy food and I was wondering how to make her eat crickets, because I don't have an access to Repashy food. What's your advice?

[Debbie]

Young leachianus are not very fond of live insects. We have full grown ones, who also won't eat them.
It's necessary to feed them a properly balanced diet, especially when they are growing up.
It will be huge geckos when adult, and so they need the right amount of GOOD food to reach a proper size in good conditions.
Mixing your own diet can be difficult, you need the right ratios in calcium, D3 and Vitamins, in order to provide a well balanced diet.
If you only feed the leachie crickets even when you powder them, he can still suffer from malnutrition.
When you feed the Repashy food you will know for 100% sure they get everything they need.
A few companies (including ourself) can send the Repashy diet to Poland.

[pakinjak]

Originally Posted by Debbie

Young leachianus are not very fond of live insects. We have full grown ones, who also won't eat them.
It's necessary to feed them a properly balanced diet, especially when they are growing up.
It will be huge geckos when adult, and so they need the right amount of GOOD food to reach a proper size in good conditions.
Mixing your own diet can be difficult, you need the right ratios in calcium, D3 and Vitamins, in order to provide a well balanced diet.
If you only feed the leachie crickets even when you powder them, he can still suffer from malnutrition.
When you feed the Repashy food you will know for 100% sure they get everything they need.
A few companies (including ourself) can send the Repashy diet to Poland.

Amen to that, Debbie. I'd like to point out that while it may seem over the top to order CGD from out of country, it's really not. If you ordered 2-1 lb. bags per year, you'd have plenty. I bet it would still be cheaper than buying crickets all the time, unless you raise your own. Think about the cost, the die-off, escapees, the gut load and the travel time and the container to keep them in until you feed them...

I have two leachianus, two gargoyles and a crestie, and I'm still on the same bag since April. I use about a teaspoon every three days, and there is some left in everybody's bowl... except for my little piggy male leachie.

[reptivet]

I definitely agree, I have kept many leachies over the years, and most are not fond of any insects. I would consider some individuals eating roaches, or crickets , or locusts an exception, not the rule. I am sliglhy more ofrtunate with pinkiespieces in juveniles, from time to time. Some adult leachies like or at least eat, from time to time pinkies and mealworms.Anyway most of the diet is for me the repashy diet. I also use Clark's gecko diet also from USA. It is easy to order online both, directly from USA if you do not have a distributor in Poland. I think my gecko eat indifferently both the diets and I also mix them together.
If some food is left in the morning i stick it in the freezer and I defrost it and reuse it only once for the same gecko.