Which livefood is the easiest to breed that you can feed to leopard geckos and how do you keep them,what do you feed them Ect.Examples of yours please reply!
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Roaches by a long shot, but you'll be hard pressed to keep up with their production rate with a few leo's, if you've got friends with reptiles too you can get rid of em' that way - or release extra's way out of the city.
Easy to care for, too - just put a layer of dry dog or cat food in a tank, keep it fairly warm 70 degree's or higher and keep some orange slices/cotton balls dipped in water in the tank for a water source.
I prefer these guys as they're slow moving and play dead rather then try to escape when they're startled:
http://lllreptile.com/store/catalog/feeders/feeder-roaches/-/medium-blaptica-dubia-roaches/
If you're up to the challenge - silk worms are a great source of nutrition (one silk worm is equal to 3 crickets in protein) and if you can find a mulberry tree nearby the leaves are a free food source:
http://www.mulberryfarms.com
I don't feed meal worms or superworms to my leo's...
Crickets are easy to breed but stink and make a lot of noise - just put them in a warm tank with a layer of dirt that stays moist so they can lay their eggs in it - dry dog food and wet cotton balls in a corner for food and water - orange slices or apple slices for the young.
Easy to care for, too - just put a layer of dry dog or cat food in a tank, keep it fairly warm 70 degree's or higher and keep some orange slices/cotton balls dipped in water in the tank for a water source.
I prefer these guys as they're slow moving and play dead rather then try to escape when they're startled:
http://lllreptile.com/store/catalog/feeders/feeder-roaches/-/medium-blaptica-dubia-roaches/
If you're up to the challenge - silk worms are a great source of nutrition (one silk worm is equal to 3 crickets in protein) and if you can find a mulberry tree nearby the leaves are a free food source:
http://www.mulberryfarms.com
I don't feed meal worms or superworms to my leo's...
Crickets are easy to breed but stink and make a lot of noise - just put them in a warm tank with a layer of dirt that stays moist so they can lay their eggs in it - dry dog food and wet cotton balls in a corner for food and water - orange slices or apple slices for the young.
If you go to geckoforums.net they all recommend mealworms. The famous leo breeder, Ron Tremper also exclusively feeds mealworms.
I don't like superworms because they can bite the leo and then they won't eat anymore I found. But I like giant mealworms.
I don't like superworms because they can bite the leo and then they won't eat anymore I found. But I like giant mealworms.
A LOT of large-scale breeders feed mealworms exclusively and when properly gutloaded, they are as healthy to consume as any other prey item, regardless of the increased amount of non-digestible shell that leopard geckos have no problem passing.
I feed my adults "giant mealworms"...not superworms because as stated above, they bite pretty hard.
And this (off-topic):
Worst idea ever. Any form of roach would be just about the LAST thing you'd want to introduce into a non-native ecosystem. Nothing personal, but right now the reptile-hobby is under attack for this very same sort of thing and if they can't ban the reptiles based on the merit that the reptile itself wouldn't impact local ecosystems, you bet the next place they'll look to justify a ban are the food sources that reptile keepers breed to feed those reptiles. All it would take is one genious to follow your advice, create an invasive population of roaches, and track them back to being bred for food for such a commonly kept reptile such as a leopard gecko.
I feed my adults "giant mealworms"...not superworms because as stated above, they bite pretty hard.
And this (off-topic):
Worst idea ever. Any form of roach would be just about the LAST thing you'd want to introduce into a non-native ecosystem. Nothing personal, but right now the reptile-hobby is under attack for this very same sort of thing and if they can't ban the reptiles based on the merit that the reptile itself wouldn't impact local ecosystems, you bet the next place they'll look to justify a ban are the food sources that reptile keepers breed to feed those reptiles. All it would take is one genious to follow your advice, create an invasive population of roaches, and track them back to being bred for food for such a commonly kept reptile such as a leopard gecko.
so can anyone tell me in more detail about crickets.like can u keep them in storage boxes with holes in.and i waslooking if u breed ur own tofill them with decentfood with vitamins for the best results with ur herps is this true.
thnx for the quick replys!
thnx for the quick replys!
bombay_biorb;1526605; said:so can anyone tell me in more detail about crickets.like can u keep them in storage boxes with holes in.and i waslooking if u breed ur own tofill them with decentfood with vitamins for the best results with ur herps is this true.
thnx for the quick replys!
Crickets are very very hard to breed on a small scale. They smell very, very bad too, require daily cleaning, and are very sensitive to temperature changes. Too warm, they die, too cold, they don't breed.
I'd seriously consider starting a mealworm colony. They are relatively easy and safe to maintain and they are a great food source for your leos.
Being a fish board, won't a lot of cichlids or catfish eat them as well?
I have a nifty cricket container that has feeding tubes that I just take out and feed to my geckos.