Hello Phelsuma Keepers Question about feeder Insects

[JIGSAW818]

Which feeder has a fair amount of fat and or the most.... this info will help alot with my pregnant Phelsuma grandis.


Thank You,
JIGSAW818

 

[BOOSHIFIED]

I'm new to the gecko world but with dart frogs people use Bean Beetles and they are supposed to be high in fat.

 

[daggekko]

Wax worms.

 

[terradas]

As daggekko said, definitely waxworms. Another high fat option is a pinkie mouse of your female is big enough.

 

[JIGSAW818]

As daggekko said, definitely waxworms. Another high fat option is a pinkie mouse of your female is big enough.

waxworms are higher in fat... But yeah those are amazing answers thank you guys I appreciate you help. wax worms and silk worms are hard to find My area and she is small to take a pinky right now I wouldn't suggest a pinky though only because of bones unless you are feeding to something bigger with a large stomach like a bearded dragon or something with a large frame I have heard of geckos eating pinkies and digesting them well but that there are risks but then again a geckos instinct is a geckos instinct.

Hey you guys do you know if they mixed the new crickets DNA with meal Worms??? the chompers on the new crickets are strong!!!!

 

[jadrig]

for grandis, superworms are a better option.

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[Wanderer]

i give my peggo and laying females wax worms, butter worms, smaller superworms, mealworms andmore fruit / mrp mashup (high in sugar = fat)

sometimes its not what you feed but abundance.

another option is to gutload crickets with different products / higher fat foods.

 

[JIGSAW818]

I do not like the meal worms because of the hard exo-skeleton. I feed her goliath worms for her calcium intake those seem to work well but are not high in fat I will try and buy some wax worms asap. Organic baby food she loves.