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My leo finally ate 3 mealworms! I didn't get to see it unfortunately, but after I switched to his night bulb I went to do some stuff, an hour later I check in, he isn't in the same hide he was in before, and 3 of 6 worms are MIA. Yes!

NP
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1.1 Leos(Ron and Raine), 2.1 Kitty Cats(Bubba, Angelo and Cookie) and 1.1 Rouen Ducks(Buddy and M.J.).

congrats i just hope he really ate those mealies instead of them escaping and hiding in the substrate a few of my longer mealies tend to do that and i eventually find them hiding when i clean my leos cage hehe~

[aimEe]
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0.1.0 Albino Leopard Gecko (Marlene)
0.0.2 Fire Bellied Toads (Norman & Forman)
1.0.0 Fighting Fish (Blue Balls)
1.0.0 Black Lab / Pit Bull (Mikey)
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Well, I have ruled that out as an impossibility taking into consideration that the depth of the dish is greater than the length of the largest worm I put in there. Well... unless mealies have learned to levitate anyway.

>>Well, I have ruled that out as an impossibility taking into >>consideration that the depth of the dish is greater than the >>length of the largest worm I put in there. Well... unless >>mealies have learned to levitate anyway.

Actually it doesn't really matter how large/deep the dish is, if theres anything that they can cling to on the bowl (ie. calcium powder) they can and will climb out. This is from personal experience. I dust my mealworms AND leave calcium in the mealworm dish but i must make sure theres no powder on the walls of the bowl or i find mealworms everywhere. The geckos thenselves can actually assist a mealworms escape by tracking through the bowl and dragging it out with them.

If you are using a loose substrate i'd change to tiles or slate to be safe.

Just my opinion
Red
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Crested Gecko Zeek:1.0
LEOS: Boo: 1.0 normal , Bronx & Nala: 1.1 blizzard,
Lily: 0.1 patternless, Abby: 0.1 albino, Zoe: 0.1 reduced pattern, Dot: 0.1 hypo
Chip: 1.0 papillion (small dog)

yeah i agree - if there's powder on the sides or the dish "looks natural" and has any small ridge that the mealie can hang onto, it'll pull itself up and get out. the safest thing you might want to do is feed your leo the max amount and watch it eat them - if there are any remaining worms that aren't eaten within the next 5 minutes, just scoop em up and gutload them again you might want to leave just one or two small ones in the dish over night, but nothing more than that~ take care!

[aimEe]
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0.1.0 Albino Leopard Gecko (Marlene)
0.0.2 Fire Bellied Toads (Norman & Forman)
1.0.0 Fighting Fish (Blue Balls)
1.0.0 Black Lab / Pit Bull (Mikey)
aimee.i8.com

Well, there is no powder on any of the sides of the dish. As substrate I use paper towels.

>>Well, there is no powder on any of the sides of the dish. As substrate I use paper towels.

Ok, just wanted to let you know they could get out.
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Crested Gecko Zeek:1.0
LEOS: Boo: 1.0 normal , Bronx & Nala: 1.1 blizzard,
Lily: 0.1 patternless, Abby: 0.1 albino, Zoe: 0.1 reduced pattern, Dot: 0.1 hypo
Chip: 1.0 papillion (small dog)

Appreciate the info. =)

1) How much they eat is usually proportional to how much I leave in the bowl for them. If I leave 15 mealworms, they usually eat 10-12. If I leave 7 mealworms, they might only eat 3.

2) I thought my two juveniles already knew how to eat from their bowls, because that's what they've been doing for weeks/months. But for the past couple of days, the food in their bowls have remained untouched. It's like they forgot how to eat from the bowl. It wasn't until I handfed them by dropping the mealies one by one in front of them that they eagerly went after the food. So... sometimes you gotta baby your leo to get them eating. (My hatchlings on the other hand kick butt. They're so self-sufficient. lol)

Anyway, this is just from my own experience. My three adults are at a great weight, so if they stopped eating for a few days, it's not a big deal.
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3.2.2 leopard geckos (Rosie, Locke, Lisa, Caesar, Tommy)
and 1 more egg a' cookin'