Leachie Diets over a one week period ? Opinions Wanted
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Nathan Hall
Founding Father
I really try to vary their diet. As many know, young leachies can be stubborn feeders. I feed them crickets (dusted with calcium and vits.), GGD, fresh fruit, peach baby food, waxworms (only a couple times a month), and pinkies if they are large enough. They relish them!
I feed them about 3-4 times a week.
I feed them about 3-4 times a week.
cookreptiles
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i just recently got mine, but so far i also feed about 3-4 times per week. i feed crickets, cgd (i have some leachie diet on order so we'll see how that goes), pinkies (yeah he liked those a lot!), and last night i gave him a few waxworms as a treat. sometimes i pop in a few extra crickets on a non-feeding night too since he's still just a little guy and he usually eats them.
bleeding_sarcasm
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pinks should be considered an occasional treat. my leachies go for fruit mash more then crickets, i do about 5 twice a week for my adults. When they were juvies, they were fed fruit mash and crickets, pinks as a VERY occasional treat, and that probably didnt start till they were at least 6 months old.
mine eat, fruit and crickets twice a week, 1 pink once a week. they eat only live, mostly because i dont take the time to try f/t, and i breed my own rodents. if hes not eating, what are your temperatures like? do you introduce them to the fruit mash instead of just popping it into the cage? [like dipping his nose in it?] what i have found is that my leachies dont really like alot of crickets. ive just started breeding roaches, so ill find out soon enough how they like those.
also, my leachies dont take pinks as well as id like them to. if anything i force feed them to bulk them up. my auriculatus on the other hand LOVE them. which is nice, because then its not a fight.
mine eat, fruit and crickets twice a week, 1 pink once a week. they eat only live, mostly because i dont take the time to try f/t, and i breed my own rodents. if hes not eating, what are your temperatures like? do you introduce them to the fruit mash instead of just popping it into the cage? [like dipping his nose in it?] what i have found is that my leachies dont really like alot of crickets. ive just started breeding roaches, so ill find out soon enough how they like those.
also, my leachies dont take pinks as well as id like them to. if anything i force feed them to bulk them up. my auriculatus on the other hand LOVE them. which is nice, because then its not a fight.
cookreptiles
New member
my leachie is around 6-9 months old i believe. he readily eats live pinkies. i once offered him 2 in one evening and he did eat them both but generally i just give one as a treat every so often. (i haven't had him that long yet so this is just in the last month or so.)
he seems to really like cgd mixed with plain fat free yogurt and a bit of fruit. i introduced it to him by putting some on his nose and letting him lick if out of a spoon and after that he went for it by himself out of a dish.
he also eats crickets about twice a week and once i gave him several wax worms as a treat. i don't know if i would recommend the wax worms or not, but they might get your little one eating. it seemed that they didn't digest very well--i could see pretty much whole worms in my guy's poop for the next day or two after he ate them. he liked them, but i don't think i'm gonna offer them too often because of the non-digestion thing.
he seems to really like cgd mixed with plain fat free yogurt and a bit of fruit. i introduced it to him by putting some on his nose and letting him lick if out of a spoon and after that he went for it by himself out of a dish.
he also eats crickets about twice a week and once i gave him several wax worms as a treat. i don't know if i would recommend the wax worms or not, but they might get your little one eating. it seemed that they didn't digest very well--i could see pretty much whole worms in my guy's poop for the next day or two after he ate them. he liked them, but i don't think i'm gonna offer them too often because of the non-digestion thing.
Nathan Hall
Founding Father
I only offer pinkies every three to four weeks. Again, they are offered as a treat. If fed pinkies too often, geckos can show early signs of fatty liver disease.
Greg,
Yoshi (your babies' mom) was always a very selective eater. She LOVES her crickets and fruit baby foods, but that's it. She won't touch any sort of worm or pinkie. I usually fed all of my rhacs crickets 3-4 times a week and babyfood 1-2 times a week.
BTW, drop me an e-mail when you get a chance, it's been a while!
Yoshi (your babies' mom) was always a very selective eater. She LOVES her crickets and fruit baby foods, but that's it. She won't touch any sort of worm or pinkie. I usually fed all of my rhacs crickets 3-4 times a week and babyfood 1-2 times a week.
BTW, drop me an e-mail when you get a chance, it's been a while!