When I got my 3 geckos in november I was feeding them mealworms, they barely ate any so I got them crickets, they could eat 10 a night no problem and these are adult crickets. Its been a few months and I am trying to feed them mealworms. I got big juicy ones that are about to morph, I dusted them and put them in a bowl in their cage. After a few hours I realized that they might not know where food is, so I took a few and put it infront of the geckos. One female gobbled them up, my male saw right through them and my other female ate one and didn't like it. I think that my geckos like hunting and wouln't go after such a strange target squirming on the floor of their cage. Any tips on how to switch them over would be nice
Thanks!
Owen
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0.0.2 red ear sliders
2.2 cats
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very picky eaters
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Owen it is very common for geckos to prefer one food source over the other. The best way to get them to take mealworms again is to not offer any food for a few days. I only suggest this if they have sufficient fat stores. The problem is that if at some point you try crickets again you could have to start all over again. If you are not going to only offer mealworms from now on, I suggest keeping a dish of mealies in the cage at all times. Then you could just feed them crickets a few days a week.
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Just my thoughts and opinions based on my experiences.
Jeremy Letkey
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