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I won't use a wax worm staple. I use mealworms. But if I wanted to, or someone wanted to, why shouldnt I/they use wax worms as a staple? I know they are high in fat, and a bit pricey, but why couldnt I use them as a main stay in the diet?

Like You said their high in fat and they get so used to it they wont eat anything else..its like candy for them !!
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Jae from Jer'z

my reptile collection and their names..
1.0.0 normal ball python [1½ ft.] Jumangi
leopard geckos
1.0.1 tremper albinos [juveniles] Yoshi & Laly
0.2.0 albino [babies] Peatree & Little Foot
1.0.0 hypo [adult] Tigga
0.0.1 normal [seems pregnant] Queens

Too much fat. It would be like us eating fast food for every meal. And not Subway, lol like mcdonalds and burger king. I don't like wax worms cause they don't move very much, so even when I tried to fatten up one of my girls she didn't care because nothing moved! Ahh well, kinda a waste of my money.
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-Kristen

0.5 Leopard Gecko (Buttercup, Beaker, Beauty, Blaze, and Bubbles)
1.1 Fat Tail Gecko (Bell and her new boyfriend Bowser!)
0.1 Deformed Leopard Gecko (Gimpy)

Proud owner and operator of a Powerbook G4! Why use windows, when I can use Panther? It even sounds better.

>>I won't use a wax worm staple. I use mealworms. But if I wanted to, or someone wanted to, why shouldnt I/they use wax worms as a staple? I know they are high in fat, and a bit pricey, but why couldnt I use them as a main stay in the diet?

Here's a good breakdown of nutritional info..
http://www.grubco.com/Nutritional_Information.cfm

a steady diet of mealworms is like a steady diet of Twinkies.

You could do it, but it's not good for you.
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0.3 Leopard Geckos - Lexi and Libby (clutchmates), each about 2 yrs old, and Lilly - about 1.5 yrs old.
2.0 cats - Benny and Nigel.. why have kids when I have 2 cats?
0.1 fiance - Emily.. the greatest woman in the world

"a steady diet of mealworms is like a steady diet of Twinkies"

Did you mean waxworms? Im assuming you did..b/c most of us DO use mealworms as a staple, lol.

~Crystal
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Crystal Light (Yes..thats my real name)

*Whenever you lose a gecko, just think of it as God building on his own Leopard Gecko collection

The Gecko Barn

>>"a steady diet of mealworms is like a steady diet of Twinkies"
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>>Did you mean waxworms? Im assuming you did..b/c most of us DO use mealworms as a staple, lol.
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>>~Crystal
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>>Crystal Light (Yes..thats my real name)
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>>*Whenever you lose a gecko, just think of it as God building on his own Leopard Gecko collection
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>>The Gecko Barn
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D'OH! nice catch
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0.3 Leopard Geckos - Lexi and Libby (clutchmates), each about 2 yrs old, and Lilly - about 1.5 yrs old.


2.0 cats - Benny and Nigel..
who needs kids when you've got 2 cats and 3 geckos?
0.1 fiance - Emily, the greatest woman in the world