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RE: Newly Adopted Leo

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Posted by: John_Yezbak at Thu Mar 4 06:34:53 2010  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by John_Yezbak ]  
   

3 mealworms a day will be enough to get him started. Many times pet store and wholesale geckos have not eaten in a very long time (if ever!) and will need to be started slowly.

You are on the right track...if he eats the 3 and digests them without problems then offer him 4 the next feeding. Keep offering him more until he is up to full meals (my hatchlings get 5/day and juvies get 10-15 every other day).

Your info regarding the temps. is not correct. They should be housed at 88-90 degrees at the warm end and 80-82 at the cool end. This will help him to properly digest his meals. They can ,and do, survive at lower temps but that's not ideal.

Good Luck!



John Yezbak
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