LEOPARD1
New member
Well most of the regulars have seen my battle with my LG to eat consistently on a regular basis.
I have left a dish of mealworms in overnight for a week. No other types of feeding and I am skeptical of her endeavors. She even barely eats when they are put directly in front of her. I have had luck with her being "curious" having mealworms in a "see through dish", thats it. She either is 1) dumb 2) highly visual or 2) just a finicky eater. After a week I took two wax worms dusted one with reptivite w/D3 and one dusted with Calcium without D3; she took them without hesitation
I orderd some Dubias from a good friend who; thank Allah! sells 300 3/4" nymphs for 15$. To try to get a better feeding responce. I have done this before with still very little success.
Any ideas?
Her Growth rate is fine compared to what the norm is except for weight but I simply cant feed her a BigMac infused with crucial vitamins when she snubs her nose at everything else. This is the second animal from this breeder that acts this way and I dont want to sell her because she is beautiful, even without solid genetic info she would probably be bred, I mean this all started as an experiment any way. If I were to breed I would take two healthy Geckos and regardless of having prior genetic info breed them and then keep records ( I am talking about Commmon Leopard Geckos). If it was good enough when genetically mingling was started its good enough now. Off that BandWagon. Any help with the feeding issue would be appreciated.
Her temps are within range, humidity within range. good hiding spots. Constant thermo regulation on her part. She does have a tendency to hide all the time other than when she makes a quick move from warm/dry to temperate colder and her humidity again is enough that it has produced no "problem sheds" and her health seems and has been shown to be "good".
I have left a dish of mealworms in overnight for a week. No other types of feeding and I am skeptical of her endeavors. She even barely eats when they are put directly in front of her. I have had luck with her being "curious" having mealworms in a "see through dish", thats it. She either is 1) dumb 2) highly visual or 2) just a finicky eater. After a week I took two wax worms dusted one with reptivite w/D3 and one dusted with Calcium without D3; she took them without hesitation
I orderd some Dubias from a good friend who; thank Allah! sells 300 3/4" nymphs for 15$. To try to get a better feeding responce. I have done this before with still very little success.
Any ideas?
Her Growth rate is fine compared to what the norm is except for weight but I simply cant feed her a BigMac infused with crucial vitamins when she snubs her nose at everything else. This is the second animal from this breeder that acts this way and I dont want to sell her because she is beautiful, even without solid genetic info she would probably be bred, I mean this all started as an experiment any way. If I were to breed I would take two healthy Geckos and regardless of having prior genetic info breed them and then keep records ( I am talking about Commmon Leopard Geckos). If it was good enough when genetically mingling was started its good enough now. Off that BandWagon. Any help with the feeding issue would be appreciated.
Her temps are within range, humidity within range. good hiding spots. Constant thermo regulation on her part. She does have a tendency to hide all the time other than when she makes a quick move from warm/dry to temperate colder and her humidity again is enough that it has produced no "problem sheds" and her health seems and has been shown to be "good".
Last edited:
