`Do I have a correct list of what my leopard gecko will need?

Elizabeth Freer

Elizabeth Freer

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logan1234 said:
There is one around 12 miles and one around 20 miles away that says on the website that It's in stock. My dad says we might be that way this weekend so we will possibly check that store. To make sure before we go, I'll have him call the phone number on the website :)
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Sounds as if you live in farm country, Logan! :)

Be sure to ask on the phone what's the smallest size they sell.
 
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logan1234

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Happy Easter!


We were out the other day, so in case the one that just opened didn't have the sunfresh feed, we went to one where we were at, and we had it :). We bought a 40lb bag for less than 20 bucks. My dad let me borrow his nutra-bullet thing and it chopped the feed into a fine dust really well! I saw the bugs were actually getting flipped on their backs, but I bet they will get used to it.

The past few times I've been doing stuff for Flynn I've put my finger under his chin and stroked his chin so he will get use to my touch. He first was jerking away a lot, but I think he got use to me doing that more now. Today I touched the top of his head since he was looking at me when I was in there and he tried to bite the shadow of my finger because I usually feed him with tongs close to the ground. I think he thought I was his meal. He seemed to be hungry and was cute looking around :D I hope he is hungry like that tomorrow.

I have 2 more meals of dubias for him. One is for tomorrow and one is for the monday after tomorrow. I'll see if my dad will let me try another feeder or more dubias with my easter money when I run out. (I got 60$ :D )

Happy Easter!
 
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He is, I can't wait until I can hold him outside of the tank and get him fully tame :)
The nutra bullet totally chopped the chicken feed to something similar to sand. Could it get moldy faster then when the month is up? Next time even if it doesn't, I'm going to try to chop it up less so it is easier for them to dig in.
 
Elizabeth Freer

Elizabeth Freer

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logan1234 said:
He is, I can't wait until I can hold him outside of the tank and get him fully tame :)
The nutra bullet totally chopped the chicken feed to something similar to sand. Could it get moldy faster then when the month is up? Next time even if it doesn't, I'm going to try to chop it up less so it is easier for them to dig in.
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:idea:: :biggrin:

Store your Sunfresh Crumbles in an airtight container somewhere cool. It should not get moldy faster if it's ground. Keeping it refrigeratored might provide too much moisture???
 
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terreim! They are built to actualy withstant the heat of heat bulbs and try to get a bigger one! Also, you should be geting a small dish for calcium powder. Lastly, i am speaking from 6 years of expierence, get a spare tub to put your gecko in while cleaning the cage. You can just get one at ikia. Make shure it is nice and big as well.
 
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I didn't grind up all of the 40lb bag with the nutra-bullet, I just ground up enough to put into the mealworm bin. Also it seems like it may be a bit harder for the bugs to go into the chicken feed substrate and that is why I'm going to grind it up a little less next time I need to change mealworm bedding (or possibly before). It would also help me with not getting all of the substrate into the baby mealworm bin when sifting out the small mealworms.

I'll see if I can keep the chicken feed bag below the area where we keep some of our food. It is like a closet and it stays colder in there. We only have 5 more dubia left so a little while before we run out, I'm going to order more dubia of the smallest size or maybe a different feeder like phoenix worms.
 
Elizabeth Freer

Elizabeth Freer

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TheresaB.C said:
terreim! They are built to actualy withstant the heat of heat bulbs and try to get a bigger one! Also, you should be geting a small dish for calcium powder. Lastly, i am speaking from 6 years of expierence, get a spare tub to put your gecko in while cleaning the cage. You can just get one at ikia. Make shure it is nice and big as well.
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What is your post all about?
 
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Elizabeth Freer said:
TheresaB.C said:
terreim! They are built to actualy withstant the heat of heat bulbs and try to get a bigger one! Also, you should be geting a small dish for calcium powder. Lastly, i am speaking from 6 years of expierence, get a spare tub to put your gecko in while cleaning the cage. You can just get one at ikia. Make shure it is nice and big as well.
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What is your post all about?
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I would think it's her suggestion on what to do. I know it's not what you would suggest, but it's not that difficult to understand what she's saying.
 
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I got my roaches today from DubiaRoaches.com, and I ordered them last Friday or so... They probably shipped on Monday/Tuesday.
I got the smalls and they seemed smaller than I thought, so I might feed the slightly bigger ones off in a group of 5/6 until the rest grow up.

They sent me some of their roach food and I THINK Nutrigrubs. Those are the same species of Phoenix worms, so do I just take care of them like phoenix worms by putting them in a picnic cooler with an icepack and change every morning/evening and not feeding them anything? And, if I take care of them the same way of phoenix worms, how many should I feed at a time?
 
Zux

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Hi buddy,

You can take care of those worms the same way as before, the names are just marketing ploys.
You can feed as many phoenix worms as you or your Gecko likes at any given time, they are one of the few feeder insects I can advocate free feeding of. Follow the 10-15 min rule though I suppose if he is constantly eating one after the other.
 
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Thanks, Zux! I will try feeding him them tomorrow. If he likes them a lot I'll strive for 15 or so if its under 10 minutes. I'll gutload mealworms as a back up tonight in case he doesn't like the NutriGrubs.
 
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logan1234

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I was feeding him the NutriGrubs that the kind people at DubiaRoaches.com sent extra with my roaches, and he ate 15 in 6-8 minutes! Flynn must of liked them :yahoo: I just hope he doesn't throw them up. I honestly didn't know what to expect if he was going to eat them or not. If he doesn't throw them up then I might buy more after I run out of them and the roaches!

I wonder if they taste different then say Phoenix worms or Calci-Worms. Just to be sure I may order the brand NutriGrubs again, but saying again if he doesn't throw them up when he second thoughts about what he just ate. (Plus they are a little cheaper then phoenix worms so win-win right?)
 
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His first NutriGrub he dropped out of his mouth but it may of been because of its unusual softer body unlike crickets and stuff. He seemed to get used to eating them after a couple, though. :)
 
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logan1234

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It's summer break! Have a good summer everyone! :yahoo: :biggrin: :lol:

I clumped it up into two different sections about 1. taming and 2. feeding. Sorry for all the reading.

I've been trying to get Flynn to come to my hand a few times now. I don't think he is scared because when I'm feeding him he comes out and gets them. My dad said that maybe I could pick him up (as long as he doesn't seem scared) and try to see if he seems comfortable that way; moreover, it's summer so I can stay up later and try to tame him more. I admit I have been not been trying to get him to come to my hand every chance now, but I was waiting for summer break to come so I could crack down and be able to handle him by the end of summer break.

Secondly, I have been changing his feeding schedule some. I got it down enough that I won't have to write it down. It would go a something like this: Roaches Mondays w/ calcium (like usual) ,and on Thursdays when I don't dust anything I feed phoenix worms. When I do dust w/ vitamins I'm going to feed crickets. This is because it will vary his diet, let me feed him crickets less, vitamins sticks to crickets better, etc. It's a win win for both me and Flynn because I hate feeding him crickets and he doesn't like crickets as much as anything else. If I haven't stated in the past this, Flynn's old owner told me Flynn likes roaches and doesn't like crickets as much. I have seen that :)

EDIT: I also will still feed him mealworms on Saturdays. I have been breeding them and have a good amount of beetles and mealworms.

His feeding schedule could still change, but that is how I thought it could be for now.
 
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