This is true with any reptile that eats too much and isnt given the right temps to properly digest their meal.
Mealworms in leo diet...
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When I first started keeping leos and didn't yet know what I was doing, my leo regurgitated some mealworms after I gave her too many. Sometimes I feel sorry for her after a few things I put her through out of ignorance after I first got her. She is still alive and healthy with a different owner now though. She's now 8-9 years old
Most breeders only feed mealworms. Mealworms by themselves are not that healthy it is best to gut load them for a day then feed them. I hear that Pheonix worms are the best food source for a leo, they can't the right balance in nutrition for the leo. The only thing is they are pretty spendy and I guess harder to keep alive whereas Mealies are pretty easy to keep alive.
Also if you feed mealies as a main source I find that geckos get lazy and when you try to feed crickets it is harder for them to catch. Thats from my experience.
I think you should be ok
Another amazing food I herd is mulberry worms
high in calcium , fiber and protein, but hard to come by here. The only rule I use for mealworms is to not give them to very small lizards like anoles. Once I lost a male green anole that was impacted with mealworms exoesqueletons
But for leos and many other lizards they are good as part of the diet
Another amazing food I herd is mulberry worms high in calcium , fiber and protein, but hard to come by here. The only rule I use for mealworms is to not give them to very small lizards like anoles. Once I lost a male green anole that was impacted with mealworms exoesqueletons But for leos and many other lizards they are good as part of the diet
Great, thanks everyone for the help!
I guess my leo's still don't recognize mealies as a food sources yet, even though the smaller one ate four the day before.
At last nights feeding, I tossed in some dusted crickets and dropped a few mealies in, and they chased down all the crickets and didn't seem to care about the meal worms.
I guess my leo's still don't recognize mealies as a food sources yet, even though the smaller one ate four the day before.
At last nights feeding, I tossed in some dusted crickets and dropped a few mealies in, and they chased down all the crickets and didn't seem to care about the meal worms.
