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I just made a post about my one leo shying away from the crickets but the other one eating them fine. I fed the one that shys away mealies from my hand, she seems to love it. Is it okay to just feed her the mealies from my hand, or does she have to eat crickets too? Please let me know.

>>I just made a post about my one leo shying away from the crickets but the other one eating them fine. I fed the one that shys away mealies from my hand, she seems to love it. Is it okay to just feed her the mealies from my hand, or does she have to eat crickets too? Please let me know.
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I appreciate your response, that is good to knoe because she likes to eat them out of my hand, but not the crickets. If you don't mind, I would appreciate it if you would take a look at my other post which is like 2 spots down about the 2 leos feeding...I'd appreciate it, thanks.

You can gutload with a mix of oatmeal, bran, ground flax seed, carrots, spirulina, bee pollen and soy protein powder. Some people also use chicken mash (chicken feed) or monkey chow, that sort of thing. Fish flakes can be a good addition too (some of these contain sprirulina, if you can't find it in powder form at your health food store. A health food store where they sell item in bulk (scoop from bins) is a great place to find good gutload ingredients.

Feeding only mealies will also help your geckos from aquiring worms, which are transmitted by crickets. If gutloaded well, they are cleaner and safer than crix and just as nutritious. However I like to feed a variety to keep their appetite and interest up, they will eat more sometimes if you give them different foods. Also, I think geckos enjoy stalking crickets, but that may be a personification on my part. If they don't like crickets, you could try feeding silkworms, butterworms, or king mealworms on occassion for variety. Waxworms are okay as an occassional treat but can be addictive, and are too high in fat to give regularly. Waxworms are "gecko twinkies".