`Do I have a correct list of what my leopard gecko will need?
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JessJohnson87
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I hope he does 
His user name is Zux if you want to send him a PM
His user name is Zux if you want to send him a PM
Okay, I sent him a message.
I fed him today trying out the dish but he seemed to think he could get them through the dish so I just let him hunt them outside of the dish. (I cut the back of there legs off.) I was shaking a bit (Not nervous) so it was a little difficult but I cut the legs off of them. Idk if it was because he ate 12 mealworms last time and would of ate more today, but he only ate 3-4 crickets. (Think it was 3) He actually caught at least 2 if not all 3 of them. I had to redirect the crickets some though. He might just get full after 3-5 crickets.
I took stuff out of the tank while feeding so I'm not 100% sure of the temps for the hammock, but I'll make a post about there temps again in a bit.
I fed him today trying out the dish but he seemed to think he could get them through the dish so I just let him hunt them outside of the dish. (I cut the back of there legs off.) I was shaking a bit (Not nervous) so it was a little difficult but I cut the legs off of them. Idk if it was because he ate 12 mealworms last time and would of ate more today, but he only ate 3-4 crickets. (Think it was 3) He actually caught at least 2 if not all 3 of them. I had to redirect the crickets some though. He might just get full after 3-5 crickets.
I took stuff out of the tank while feeding so I'm not 100% sure of the temps for the hammock, but I'll make a post about there temps again in a bit.
Elizabeth Freer
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I have just added Jess's post 458 to the Leo Guidelines for safekeeping......post 123.
Click: http://www.geckosunlimited.com/comm...cularius-demo-video-4-jan-2013-update-14.html
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Elizabeth Freer
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At first the leo will strike at the dish. Usually he will figure out how to get the bugs! All my geckos have.
If we are full from a previous meal, we probably will eat less at the next meal. See how Flynn does next.
Today I put my hand in the tank trying to see if he would come to it today. He was coming out a little further maybe sniffing my hand or something. He crawled on my fingertips right infront of his hide. So he must trust me enough to touch me. He may of been finding a way around me because he tried to go in behind his hide.
Elizabeth Freer
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It sounds like you and Flynn are making progress.Today I put my hand in the tank trying to see if he would come to it today. He was coming out a little further maybe sniffing my hand or something. He crawled on my fingertips right infront of his hide. So he must trust me enough to touch me. He may of been finding a way around me because he tried to go in behind his hide.
Next time he does that try gently redirecting him up your arm.
I haven't seen him on the hammock yet, but he could of been on there while I was at my dads or sleeping.
Flynn only ate 3 crickets, and like I said before he only eats 3-4 at a time. I tried feeding him in the dish again. He kept striking at it and I felt a little sorry for him since he didn't know how to get into the dish. I tilted it and he got 1, and I fed him the other 2 outside of the dish. He also bit the dish, so I don't know if that made him mad. He probably got scared because I took the hide ontop of him out since there were 2 crickets in there with him. I put the lid and stuff back on and I decided to try to feed him a 4th one (2 others died in the gutloading container overnight). I held it right infront of him and he didn't seem interested. Could something be wrong, or is that normal for some geckos to eat only 3-5 normally? He could just be full though.
Flynn only ate 3 crickets, and like I said before he only eats 3-4 at a time. I tried feeding him in the dish again. He kept striking at it and I felt a little sorry for him since he didn't know how to get into the dish. I tilted it and he got 1, and I fed him the other 2 outside of the dish. He also bit the dish, so I don't know if that made him mad. He probably got scared because I took the hide ontop of him out since there were 2 crickets in there with him. I put the lid and stuff back on and I decided to try to feed him a 4th one (2 others died in the gutloading container overnight). I held it right infront of him and he didn't seem interested. Could something be wrong, or is that normal for some geckos to eat only 3-5 normally? He could just be full though.
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Elizabeth Freer
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Try cutting back the mealworms. They are more fatty than crickets.
Elizabeth Freer
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Mark Finke, Ph.D.'s, Nutritional Analyses of Feeders:
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Elizabeth Freer
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I saw him on his reptile hammock for the first time today. He was laying down
I hope so too.
Today he only ate 1 cricket! I don't know what could be causing him to eat such little. We are getting crickets tomorrow and I'll try the other pet store and see if they are different types of crickets then the first pet store. Sometimes I take the hide out since crickets get under them a lot, but he acts like he doesn't like it when I do that. When I take the hide out sometimes he goes to the other hide and (idk if its because its see-through- but he pushes it around from inside. I hear people's geckos eating like 5-8 crickets but Flynn probably only ate up to 5 once since I got him.
Tomorrow I'll try to ask the person I got him from if that is his normal behavior.
Tomorrow I'll try to ask the person I got him from if that is his normal behavior.
JessJohnson87
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Don't stress. Sometimes they won't eat as many because they're not good at hunting. Mine only eats crickets every once in a while now and he eats maybe 5 or 6 when I feed them.
JessJohnson87
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Mine is super lazy when it comes to hunting so he gets excited when he gets fed mealworms. He usually stares at his bowl until I put some worms in it, he's only been getting those lately because I'm trying to breed my roaches. I'm hoping I get some roach babies soon
You can always give dubia roaches a shot if anywhere near you sells any. Mine loves them and they're a little slower than crickets.
You can always give dubia roaches a shot if anywhere near you sells any. Mine loves them and they're a little slower than crickets.
Roaches are a no from my parents. They don't want them to get out of control/escape. I feed like this currently:
Monday-crickets
Thursday-crickets
saturday-mealworms
I don't know that much about breeding superworms, but I saw some in one of the pet shops near me. Are they too unhealthy if I switch like for example, thursday-crickets to thursday-superworms? then the schedule would be like
Monday-crickets
thursday-superworms
saturday-mealworms
If that would work he might like that better since he would catch them easier, but would it be worth it?
Monday-crickets
Thursday-crickets
saturday-mealworms
I don't know that much about breeding superworms, but I saw some in one of the pet shops near me. Are they too unhealthy if I switch like for example, thursday-crickets to thursday-superworms? then the schedule would be like
Monday-crickets
thursday-superworms
saturday-mealworms
If that would work he might like that better since he would catch them easier, but would it be worth it?
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