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cricket4u

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those are good tips, thank you! I will try them all for Xena!
Do you prefer silkworms over phoenix worms for nutrition? The silkworms have a fruity odor Im wondering if that turns her off from them! same with the butter worms with fruity smell.
I am trying to get Xena to gain some weight, the fact that she is pregnant and acting picky isnt helping. I wonder if its alright to feed her some of these liquid nutrients i have just to give her a boost during her gravid period,
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Im going to purchase a scale to monitor her weight better.

Were you eating fruit and squirted some on your nose?:lol: The butterworms smell fruity, but the mulberry food does not smell fruity at all. For a gravid female I would prefer the silkworms. I would not use that if she is eating on her own. Just feed her as much as she wants of whatever she will eat. She is not acting lethargic is she? I would dust with D3 and MVI twice a week when gravid. Instead of dusting a whole meal in one day, I would split the dusting to half of the insects on two different days. Hope this makes sense. Actually, it would be best in general for all geckos.
 
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XoVictoryXo

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LOL!!
Not lethargic at all, she is super active and in attack mode!
I dont know maybe these are special silkworms- i got them from that mulberry farm website- they smell really fruity like berrys!! it actually makes me hungry lol!
 

cricket4u

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LOL!!
Not lethargic at all, she is super active and in attack mode!
I dont know maybe these are special silkworms- i got them from that mulberry farm website- they smell really fruity like berrys!! it actually makes me hungry lol!

That's funny. Most people complain that the food stinks. You just made me go to the refrigerator to take a better sniff, but it smells kind of like kids playdoh to me.:lol: Also make sure she is well hydrated. Don't allow the humidity to drop too low. Hopefully she will end up accepting the silkworms.
 

XoVictoryXo

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I love the way playdough smells! LOL That is really weird!
She is going to go thru a shed right now, so I have been spritzing her moist hide frequently. she Hangs out in there a lot. They both use the cool hide as a toilet.
I will keep introducing them to her, mostly with the smaller worms.
 
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