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

JessJohnson87

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This is sorta good news! Some will only eat when all lights are off and no one is around, mine eats regardless if I'm looking or not. He has gotten into a habit of watching me while I eat dinner at the table, it's kind of weird when your gecko is watching you chow down on a steak and veggies.
 
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logan1234

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There probably wondering what the steak tastes like lol. He eats mealworms infront of me so I'll keep feeding him those infront of me, but I'll leave the crickets in rounds of 4 and hopefully he will keep eating like that. :)
 
JessJohnson87

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It's usually on the nights that I do not feed him, he's like "Where's my dinner?", then goes off to sulk when he doesn't get anything.

Keep doing it that way and hopefully he will start feeling more comfortable with eating those in front of you.
 
Elizabeth Freer

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You could do this:
Monday - crickets
Thursday - Phoenix worms or Blaptica dubia
Sat - mealworms

Phoenix worms don't need to be dusted because they are very high in calcium. You might add a couple Phoenix worms to each feeding.

Roaches are "just around the next corner". ;)
 
amsdadtodd

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LIke others have said, phoenix worms are hit or miss. My guys generally wont eat them. I even saw one of them, I think it was Puff, spit one out! I hope you find that yours eats them, I ended up putting the ones I bought in the compost bin. At least it wasn't a total waste, it turns out a lot of composting fanatics claim there are great benefits to adding them to the process!

Todd
 
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Even if it is a vitamin day do they have to be dusted? Every other thursday is my vitamin schedule and if I feed him phoenix worms on thursday, and if they don't have to be dusted then I won't need to use my vitamin powder?
 
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When we went to the pet stores, one said that they had night crawlers besides mealworms and crickets. The other said that they had a type of roach (I think it was hissing roaches) and they said they could special order dubias. They said they are too large for a leopard gecko so if I ever decide to try to breed roaches, I'll go for them. Sadly, they both didn't have phoenix worms, so I'll have to buy some online whenever I need them.
 
JessJohnson87

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Madagascar hissing roaches, fun pets but they get HUGE. Dubia get about 2 inches long, adult length. Mine has no issues chowing down on one that's a little over an inch, I never feed him the adults. 1/2-1" roaches would be a good size for Flynn.
 
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I was away from home today and I went to petco / petsmart. I am on phone coming home so ill keep it short. I got 20 small Dubai as a treat for Flynn. I am going to feed them with other feeders. I'm trying 2 with mealworms tonight.
 
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I fed him 5 mealworms and 2 medium dubia roaches tonight. I thought crickets stank >_>. I'm keeping them in the thing they came in since there is only 20.
How do I gutload dubia? I'm planning on feeding them carrots/adult bearded dragon food mainly. Would I need to gutload them if I did that?
I'll send a picture of there size tomorrow and then could you tell me how many to feed to him at a time? I'm maybe planning on replacing a cricket day or two with them and dusting them like how I would the crickets.

When I was feeding flynn the dubia and mealworms he thought the shadow of the tongs was food and tried to bite at it! lol. He stayed out staring at me until I left the room and was like, "I want some more of this magical food!" I think he enjoyed them, and it was cute when he was staring at me seeming like he wanted more.
 
JessJohnson87

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Dubia do not usually stink, it could be from the frass and whatever else being in the container and not having proper ventilation. I have found they will eat almost anything. I feed my dubia the pellets, mango, oranges, apple, carrots, kale, collards, sweet potato, bug burger, strawberries, blueberries and I tried green bell pepper one time and they swarmed it. Yeah I got spoiled roaches :roll:

One good thing about dubia is they live longer than crickets. I have some dubia in my bin that I've had for months, still waiting on them to spit out some babies.
 
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How is your mealworm culture doing, Logan?
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Every month I use a make-shift strainer thing and I get all the frass away from the oats and the small mealworms come with it. I did that 2 times now and they are a little bigger, but still way to small to feed. I put a little oats in there for them to eat and some carrots just like the big mealworms with the beetles.
 
JessJohnson87

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No that is their gut-load, I would feed them the collards the day before you are going to feed that way they have it in their system. Remember to that Dubia's metabolism slows down at room temperature so they will not eat as much, they eat more when provided heat but if you do not plant on breeding them, room temperature is fine.
 
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Okay since that is their gutload I'll feed them bearded dragon food and carrots as there main then gutload with collards.

Also, here is a picture of the roaches, how many should I feed him at once? they may seem bigger then they are.
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JessJohnson87

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I usually feed 2 or 3, just depends on how many mine wants to eat. They are bigger than crickets so they will not need near as much to fill them up.
 
Elizabeth Freer

Elizabeth Freer

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logan1234 said:
Okay since that is their gutload I'll feed them bearded dragon food and carrots as there main then gutload with collards.

Also, here is a picture of the roaches, how many should I feed him at once? they may seem bigger then they are.
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Your plan sounds good!

:banana: on the dubia! It sounds like Flynn approves: :drool:

Do you see budding wings on some of them? Those are the males.
 
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