Leo Feeding Research(PLS POST!)

[PDDM]

Hi...im looking for ways people feed thier leos(what,and how much and when you dust)
Example:

"I always have a bowel Of Mealies Out"or

8 Crix Every Other day etc etc

Thx

Oh and also Include The wieght Of Your Gecko.

[drewlowe]

Main diet is mealies, there is a bowl in there at all times with herptivitamin and calcium in a 6:1 ratio of calcium to herptivitmin. I breed my own mealies so i know exactly what thier diet is.

Then they get the variety of crix, hornworms, butters, silkies, and wax worms (treats).

My lowest girl weighs around 60 grams with the rest averaging in the 70's and low 80's and my male is 84.6 as of last weekend.

[PDDM]

Hmmm...how long did it take your leos to get that big???(same question apllies to everyone lol,sry im interested in getting my female to at least 68 grams and im wondering what i have to do and how long i must wait)

[geckoguy157]

i persoanlyprefer to feed evry night and i feed mainly crickets and rarley mealworms they usualy get 5 or 6 crickets each a night most my leaves are high 70's(mostly females) and most my males are 85 to about 107 at the highest(these leo's range from 1 to 5 years old

[Ixidor]

How do you guys gutload? I mail order my crix and throw some veggies in there and when I feed I put them in a small container dust and throw them in the enclosure, not sure about the weight but they're fairly big

[PDDM]

i gutload my mealies with potatoes and carrots

[geckoguy157]

i use aples oranges carots and some times ground up dog food and i dust my crickets evry time i feed

[drewlowe]

My mealie diet is in this thread http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=40627

Crickets get various greens (the same greens i feed my beardies that week) and a cricket gutload from Flukers. Butterworms i feed off in 2 days. Silkies and hornworms come with food.

My Geckos range from 1 1/2 to 5 years old.

[LISA127]

I feed my leo's every other night. I have 3 females. My biggest female is housed by herself because the other two are much smaller than her. The two small ones each weigh approximately 50 grams. They are one year old and 6 years old. They weigh too little because the 6 year old is a leo I rescued a few months back that came to me thin. She has put on weight since she has been with me but needs to gain more. The one year old was closer to 60 grams, but went on a voluntary fast for a few months. She is now eating, though. I am feeding both of these girls crix every other night and waxworms occassionally to try to fatten them up.
Anyway, my big girl is 18 months old. She weighs close to 80 grams. She also gets fed every other night. She usually gets a dish of mealworms, usually about 18 or so is what she ends up eating. Maybe once a week I give her crix instead of mealworms. And she occassionally gets waxworms, but not as often as the other two.

[PDDM]

yeah my leo put on 4 grams since yesterday...(after she laid) shes becoming a mealworm monster...so everyones in favour of mostly giving mealies?

[672]

I don't have a set feeding schedual. I just feed whatever I want to whenever. I dust wiith calcium most of the time, and I skip 1 day a week, rarely 2.

[Samba]

Wow... what do you guys do to stimulate your girls into eating? Mine eat, but it seems like they don't eat as much or as often as they should... Just curious =)

[LISA127]

Originally posted by Samba
Wow... what do you guys do to stimulate your girls into eating? Mine eat, but it seems like they don't eat as much or as often as they should... Just curious =)

I think it depends on the individual leo. My big female, the one that is almost 80 grams, wants to eat all the time. When she sees me by the enclosure getting ready to feed her, her eyes get real big and she gets all excited. And she's a fat one...lol. My other two small ones, the ones that weigh around 50 grams, eat maybe 2 crickets and then lose interest. And I feed every other day, not every day. I really wish they would eat more, because I would like to see these two gain some weight. Needless to say, my big leo is housed by herself because if she was housed with the two little ones, then they would never get a chance to eat!

[Samba]

That's exactly the situation I have! I have an older, larger female, who is very gentle, by the way, and two younger girls. Boo, the youngest, is very timid and shy. Candy, whom I've had since November is an outgoing girl, and I have no worries about her. She is the queen here, dominating everyone (even though she's smaller than the oldest, Freckles, and slightly bigger than Boo). They all get along quite well, I did the best I could in introducing them (slowly over a period of weeks, instead of just throwing them together). Both Candy and Boo seem to adore Freckles, and they often take turns 'spending the night' with her in her hide. They just arn't eating very much, but I may and try to separate them a little while longer, perhaps they just weren't ready for living together. Thanks for your imput! =)