I am not switching completely - I would like to feed them crickets here and there because I like watching them "hunt" but the crickets last as long as the mealworms do in the cage, so psychologically I don't know if they get more out of one vs. the other. I just want to switch their main diet to mealworms, which isn't too bad since two were eating worms only at the pet store. I am not sure what the other girl was being fed, but she eats crickets and mealworms readily. I just don't have the room for the amount of crickets I would need to keep them all happy (they are pigs!) or the time to go to the pet store every few days. Meal worms seem much more convenient, and they don't seem to have a preference, so why not? Currently I feed a few crickets, then drop in some mealies and they scarf them all down - especially the lively mealies.



I just know more about how to take care of crickets than mealworms, and my main question is "do I have to "gutload" them?"
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-Kristin



0.1.2 Leopard Geckos

(Monet, Kumquat, and Tamale)

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