Got a new gecko sunday night (leopard) adult male albino. Well I settled him but all hes ate since then is two waxies and maybe a small locust. He's fat and an healthy, dead active but his previous owner said if given the choice he's eat a whole tub (25?) of waxies in a night, whats wrong? Is he just settling in? Is it too early to worry? His previous owner had him for two years so maybe hes taking a while to settle in or do I need to start looking at other things? Panicking my ass of atm so any help appreciated thanks.
New Gecko.
- Thread starter Jessica Dring
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Congrats on the new gecko Jessica. I bet he's nice and fat after eating nothing but waxworms. But I would get him to switch his diet as soon as possible. Those little buggers have a lot of fat content in them. I only feed them to my LG's as a treat once a month. I'm sure he'll settle in soon. How about some pics?
got pics but have no way of uploading them onto my poota lol, i have to do em by the ton when i get a mate to do it for me lmao. Yeah He's on locusts and a few waxies but 'cause it was his fave food I gave him them LOL.
So you think hes just settling in yeah?
So you think hes just settling in yeah?
Thanks alot. He took some locusts today, which suprised me. I found the reason he weren't munching... he had scoffed loads the day I got him and weren't to be fed for a few days... silly me. Guess I just panicked. Defo gonna get some pics for you to see, but when I do, It'll be along with the rest of my collection more than likely LOL.
Yeah I know waxies are dead fattening. I only use them when trying to fatten something up abit, or to get them to start feeding. I don't think the previous owner fed him that many waxies, I think it was kinda to say don't feed them him much cos he'll scoff em till he's sick LOL
He's fat though so will defo only feed as a treat.
He's not obese or anything; just big boned
Yeah I know waxies are dead fattening. I only use them when trying to fatten something up abit, or to get them to start feeding. I don't think the previous owner fed him that many waxies, I think it was kinda to say don't feed them him much cos he'll scoff em till he's sick LOL
He's fat though so will defo only feed as a treat.
He's not obese or anything; just big boned
Congrats, he is probably just going through "nesting". A good staple food for leopards in my experience is crickets lightly dusting in Miner-all or HerpCal (I have been out of the herp-hobby for about 10 years so i don't even know if these products are still made) with a few occasional waxworms.
Take a ziplock baggy and put in a Tsp of the powder supplement into it, add a however many crickets your feeding him into the baggy. Give the baggy a shake and the little buggers should be coated antenna to toe and ready to serve. Kind of like shake-and-bake chicken. keep the left over supplement in the bag for the next serving. Bon Apetit!
Take a ziplock baggy and put in a Tsp of the powder supplement into it, add a however many crickets your feeding him into the baggy. Give the baggy a shake and the little buggers should be coated antenna to toe and ready to serve. Kind of like shake-and-bake chicken. keep the left over supplement in the bag for the next serving. Bon Apetit!
Yeah I already supplement my geckos food reguarly. Main diet I feed mine is locusts with crickets less often and waxies ever 2-3 months. I don't really feed mine mealworm.
Congrats on the new gecko, leos are great, but be warned that I've had a few that would refuse food every now and then but were otherwise very healthy. Just out of curiousity, are locusts more commercially available in the UK than crickets?