Best place to buy feeders (crickets meal worms etc)

[Beginner gecko]

So soon I will get a baby leopard gecko so I’m assuming I need 1/8 inch crickets and mealworms(do mealworms come in certain sizes) and this brings two large questions for me.

If it’s a baby, I have heard they eat more crickets but I don’t want to over buy on mealworms and crickets and have them grow too large within the span I have them. So can anyone tell me about how many I should get? Also anyone know if there’s a such thing as a bad quality critter keeper for crickets? Also could you include a link to a good/ recommended one?

Next question. Where do I get them can anyone really say where a good place to get them is I’m looking more on the affordable side so whether that just be a pet shop or online please say and include a link would be great as well.

Lastly SUPPLEMENTS! There is so many conflicting views on this which is it? “Pure calcium without d3 and separate multivitamin” “ calcium with d3 and a separate multivitamin” or repashy’s all in one. Which will be the best for a baby if there is one and also if possibly imleaning towards the all in one if it really doesn’t make a difference.

 

[acpart]

Even newly hatched leopard geckos can handle 1/4" to 1/2" crickets (I feed 1/8" crickets to my dwarf geckos that are 1 1/2" long as adults!). They can even handle normal sized mealworms (don't get the "giant mealworms"). For one gecko, the best bet is to get crickets from the local pet store. Get 25-50 at a time. Get a small 2.5 or 5 gallon tank (they can get kind of crowded in the little "cricket keepers"). Get some "gutload" (you can make your own, or Flukers makes some). This is the grain looking stuff, not the colored gel cubes. Cover the bottom of the cricket enclosure with the gutload, not too deep (like 1/4"). Get a jar lid and put some of the water crystal cubes into it to hydrate the crickets (you can get dehydrated water crystal cubes in bulk from progeckos.com --just add water and let it sit). Keep the egg crate that will come with the crickets in the enclosure so they have some place to stand.
Mail order crickets are much cheaper but they come in lots of 500-1000 (I use 3000 crickets every 2 weeks), so your best bet is getting them in smaller increments.

Aliza

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

Here are 2 separate schedules. Aliza uses Repashy's Calcium Plus all-in-one. I use Zoo Med supplements.

Oftentimes experienced keepers and breeders tweak the supplements more than the manufacturer suggests based upon the health of their leopard geckos.

Here's the Repashy's Calcium Plus multivitamin schedule that GU's acpart (Aliza Arzt) has used for all her leopard geckos ----> breeders and non-breeders.

R = Repashy, Cc = pure precipitated calcium carbonate (without vitamin D3)

Week 1:
M-------T-------W------Th-------F-------Sat-------Sun
R.....................Cc...............................R...................


Week 2:
M-------T-------W------Th-------F-------Sat-------Sun
Cc...............................R..........................................

For hatchlings 0-2 months old: Aliza also places a bottle cap of pure precipitated calcium carbonate (without vitamin D3) in the cage 24/7.

Repeat this schedule every 2 weeks throughout your geckos' lives.

Weekly Schedule 124 for Leopard Geckos 12 months old & under​

Crickets or dubia >> Monday - lightly dusted with Zoo Med Repti Calcium with D3
Mealworms >> Tuesday
Crickets or dubia >> Wednesday - lightly dusted with pure precipitated calcium carbonate (Zoo Med's Repti Calcium or NOW human brand calcium) without D3
Crickets or dubia >> Thursday
Crickets or dubia >> Friday - lightly dusted with Zoo Med ReptiVite multivitamins without D3
Mealworms >> Saturday
No food or free choice >> Sunday

Future weeks:
Continue on since all weeks are identical. . . . . .

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

In the past I used Fluker's High Calcium Cricket Food to feed my crickets. Then I heard it was weak in ingredients.

Now I finely grind Zoo Med's Natural Adult Bearded Dragon Food for both my crickets and my Blaptica dubia. They love it!



Off to the side in a separate dish feed your crickets high calcium, low phosphorus, greens like collard, mustard, and turnip greens, and pesticide-free dandelion flowers and greens.

I don't have any info on crickets or feeders available in Canada.

Click: http://www.geckosunlimited.com/comm...ues-/68574-cricket-guidelines-post391349.html