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Are baby praying mantises okay to feed to leopard geckos? I hope, since I can order egg cases that will hatch out 100-500 babies for very cheaply. I doubt it, but does anyone know their nutrition content?
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~Sara~
"If you look down on me, I am evil, If you look up to me, I am God, if you look straight at me, I Am you"
-Charles Manson

I don't know about geckos but they are use often for chameleons. Baby mantids are very small but won't stay small long. If you have 500 mantids you're going to need a lot of lizards or food for the mantids.
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Wade's Weptiles & Wodents

Ok cool, so no toxins or anything, that's great. I'll make sure to get a vial of fruit flies when they hatch, but I like Mantids so if a few happen to get too large for the leppies, I'll just keep them as pets.

-Sara
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~Sara~
"If you look down on me, I am evil, If you look up to me, I am God, if you look straight at me, I Am you"
-Charles Manson

Why not just feed them Crickets or any other food readily available at any pet store, I raised and bred Leopard Geckos for quite some time on Crickets, Meal Worms, Wax Worms and the occasional Pinkie mouse
Foot Hill Reptiles

I DO feed crickets, mealworms, wax worms, etc. etc. etc.. I like to give my pets variety.
-Sara
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~Sara~
"If you look down on me, I am evil, If you look up to me, I am God, if you look straight at me, I Am you"
-Charles Manson

As I said I fed Crickets, meal worms and wax worms and my Geckos were extreamly healthy. I used them as breeders and eventually sold them all. I would just stick with that and not worry about the Mantids.
Foot Hill Reptiles

I'm not saying that my geckos aren't healthy on crickets, mealworms, waxworms, etc. I simply want to include a larger variety of food in their diet.
Thank you for your imput, regardless.
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~Sara~
"If you look down on me, I am evil, If you look up to me, I am God, if you look straight at me, I Am you"
-Charles Manson