Crickets eating dried mealworms: Hazardous?

[Racgnar]

I am really new at raising these animals and I have a question. I bought him a weeks supply of crickets to be prepared for the white out storm we were going to have so that way he wouldn't starve. As lady luck would have it or because of my plain ignorance the crickets died within the first two days I had them.

So I was sprawling to find him some food so I went to my local walmart (couldn't go to my pet store because it was in another town and the roads were too bad to travel that far.) and bought him some freeze dried mealworms. Which he snacked on to hold him over till I could get to the pet store.

So now, I buy the crickets and put 3-4 crickets in his cage. After a while I see a few of the crickets nibbling on the worms. Should I be worried about that? Because I know i cant let the crickets eat his poop because that will get him sick but is that the same case for them nibbling on dry mealworms?

TLR: I am a newbie and want to know if crickets nibbling on dry mealworms will be hazardous to my geckos health.

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

Hi ~

A warm welcome to Geckos Unlimited!

Crickets nibbling on dried mealworms is not all that much different than geckos nibbling on dried mealworms. Freeze dried foods of any type just don't make a healthy meal. Part of feeding live prey is the hydration it offers our geckos.

It is a very good idea to have at least a week's supply of crickets at home so that you can feed your crickets a healthy diet prior to feeding them off to your leo. Who knows what crickets are fed at the pet store! You can probably do much better.

Keeping crickets alive by following these guidelines is easy.

Click: http://www.geckosunlimited.com/comm...-feeding-issues/68574-cricket-guidelines.html