OK, Other than feeding LOTS of wax worms, or feeding them roaches every day, what other options to I have to fatten up my Leos. I have been informed that they were a bit on the thin side by you guys. I honestly thought there were doing OK. So, Now I've seperated many of the more aggressive ones, redid the new cage for proper temps and not ready to focus on fattening them up. :yahoo: So, any suggestions? If you want to see the cage I made for them, you can see it here. Tri-Level Cage
Healthiest way to fatten up a leo's tail
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lisaowens
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i don't do roaches crickets when gut loaded are healthy and i can get them easier where i live i also give him meal worms so that is his added fat. i thought about seeing if i could find some different worms too but no luck yet
Saskia
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The best way to put up some healthy grames to your guys is to provide a veried abundant diet, i would avoid the wax worms, think for a second, if you were trying to gain weight yourself you could do one of 2 things: Either got o Mc Donalds every day and Eat as much fat as you can, or eat a LOT of healthy food, you'd gain weight both ways, but eating just fat you´d also probably end up with heart and liver problems, and so would your animals... so I would sugest not to think of it as "fattening" them, but instead, to gain healthy weight!!
Leopards eat a wide variety of food items, sadly most people usually just offer one or two kinds of food, they can eat: Crickets, Grasshoppers, Dubia Roaches, Earth roaches, Madagascar Roaches, Mealworms, Silk worms, Phoenix worms, Horn worms, Locusts, Super worms, Wax Worms, Pinkie mice and more...
Of that list the wax worms and pinky mice are very very fatty and should only be given very rarely, or be avoided altogether, I personally believe they don´t harm them if given as a ocasional treat (no more than once every 4 months or so).
If you are really looking forward to get them a bit fatter try buying a variety of roaches, crickets and healthy worms, gutload and dust their food and try offering food every day, you´ll see your geckos happy, healthy and gaining weight pretty fast!! Weight them and start a varied abundant diet and weight again in 30 days, you´ll be pleased with the results
Leopards eat a wide variety of food items, sadly most people usually just offer one or two kinds of food, they can eat: Crickets, Grasshoppers, Dubia Roaches, Earth roaches, Madagascar Roaches, Mealworms, Silk worms, Phoenix worms, Horn worms, Locusts, Super worms, Wax Worms, Pinkie mice and more...
Of that list the wax worms and pinky mice are very very fatty and should only be given very rarely, or be avoided altogether, I personally believe they don´t harm them if given as a ocasional treat (no more than once every 4 months or so).
If you are really looking forward to get them a bit fatter try buying a variety of roaches, crickets and healthy worms, gutload and dust their food and try offering food every day, you´ll see your geckos happy, healthy and gaining weight pretty fast!! Weight them and start a varied abundant diet and weight again in 30 days, you´ll be pleased with the results
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Unfortuantly, where I live, I only have access to my Dubias that I breed and Crickets from the pet shop. I guess I could order more species of Roaches, and as long as they can't climb, I can talk my Girlfriend into allowing me to breed them too. As far as worms go, I really only have access to wax, meal and super worms. I can get earthworms too, but I'm not sure how they would be for food for my leos! I'm sure they will eat them, but what do you think?
cricket4u
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Earthworms are not going to work for leopard geckos. They are too large and if you cut them in pieces they will not eat them. Most of us do not have access to healthier insects locally, we have to order via the internet. This is where I order from.
Mulberry Farms - Silkworms and other premium feeder insects
Coastal Silkworms, Your Online Worm Shop