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my leopard geckos love pinkies and wax worms better than meal worms crickets and super worms but they will eat them they perfer to eat wax worms and pinkies if I put wax worms pinkies meal and super worms the leopard geckos adults will only go after the pinkies and wax worms. Also pinkies and waxworms beef up leopard gecko fast then super worms do. before I put my leopards geckos in mating I put them on a diet of pinkies and wax worms so they can be ready for mating and the females stay beefed up during pergantes and after so wax worms and pinkies rule. thats just what I think.

Waxworms and pinkies should be used ONLY as a supplement to their diet.

If you're putting waxworms in with mealies at the same time, the leos will def. eat the waxworms before the mealies - they're like chocolate is to kids. Plus, waxworms wiggle around more, so they get more attention. And they're mainly fat.

You need a steady diet of mealworms or crickets or superworms.

~~Dusty Windom
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they might become addicted...thats usually not a good thing....have u noticed fat pockets under the armpits yet?...
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Fat Pockets are okay.

And, y'all may not believe it, but there IS such a thing as an obese leopard gecko! I went to the local Petco a few months back and was looking at the leos they had.

It was the WEIRDest thing. There was this gecko in there that looked as though she hadn't had food or moisture in MONTHS upon months upon months. Dark as she could be from all the stress, too. (the associate in charge tried to tell me she'd just laid eggs - and I corrected and told her a healthy leo does NOT look like that, even after having laid eggs. But anyway...)

Well, right next to that starved gecko was this HUMONGOUSLY FAT leopard gecko. I mean, there is NO other way to describe her! Now I know why the other gecko hadn't eaten. This Leopard Gecko was OBESE to the extreme - and it was NOT a healthy fat. It LOOKed bad. The leopard gecko equivalent of a 5'0, 400 pound human.

Yeah, so. Fat is good. But too much of a good thing is BAD.

~~Dusty Windom
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Geckos sometimes choose waxies and pinkies over other foods because they taste better or move more...that does not mean that they are better for them. They have a very high fat content that is very unhealthy for leos. I would recommend switching back to superworms, crickets, and/or mealies as a staple to keep your little ones as healthy as possible, and maybe give them a few waxies or a pinky once or twice a month.
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Christina

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2.3 leos
-0.1 tangerine het rainwater albino w/jungle background (Blinkers)
-0.2 jungles (Vahz & Skissor)
-1.0 tremper albino (Spitfire)
-1.0 tangerine rainwater albino (Bronx)

-ignorance is not to be punished when one is trying to gain knowledge...what scares me is the vast number of people who, when given the information to gain knowledge, choose to ignore it.

If you feed pinkies and waxies like this, your leos WILL die. Pinkies and Waxies are nothing but fat. Imagine you living soley off of candy. Sure it tastes good, but it's not healthy for you in the least. Also when you feed pinkies, you increase the risk of your gecko getting internal parasites.
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Ignorance isn't necessarily a bad thing...He's already been told by 2 people the truth about feeding waxies and pinkies as a staple. So long as he takes the advice about not using them as a staple, then there is nothing wrong with his ignorance. You can't get mad at someone for not knowing something when they have no way of knowing it.
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Christina

Leopard Gecko Morph Descriptions

2.3 leos
-0.1 tangerine het rainwater albino w/jungle background (Blinkers)
-0.2 jungles (Vahz & Skissor)
-1.0 tremper albino (Spitfire)
-1.0 tangerine rainwater albino (Bronx)

-ignorance is not to be punished when one is trying to gain knowledge...what scares me is the vast number of people who, when given the information to gain knowledge, choose to ignore it.

Actually Karu.. You're ignorant on one thing as well.. so don't be so quick to jump on others who have an opinion.. Feeding crickets increases the risk of giving your leo's parasites as crickets are a perfect vector for intermediate stage parasites.... however feeding pinkies raised in a clean environment does not pose much of a risk of introducing parasites to your gecko.. no more so than feeding any other source to your gecko save crickets. Crickets can harbor many kinds of parasites.. including hookworm, tapeworm, roundwarm and others.
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Lucien

1.1 Columbian Redtail Boa (BCI)(Sutekh and Isis)
2.1.1 Leopard geckos (2 Blizzards (Caine and Goliath), 1 Tangerine Albino (Tequila Sunrise ...Tiki for short) and 1 dbl. het blizzard x tang albino (Malice))
0.1 Savannah Monitor (Kiros)
13 rats
1 Gerbil
2 Dogs (Loki and Storm)
2 cats (Sahara and Hercules)

Feeding them to our leos???

~~Dusty Windom
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np
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So Many Alleles, So Little Time...!
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they are so much more nutritionally complete than other readily (supers, mealies, giant mealies, waxies) available feeders when gutloaded properly, are very inexpensive, most pet stores only sell crickets, and most sources aren't parasite ridden (the pet stores in my area by from timberline, armstrongs, and flukers).
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Like you said earlier, no offense, but are you mocking me or something? Not to just jump on the band wagon, but if you do adequate research, you WILL see that the two food items you are talking about are unhealthy and are NOT superior to crix/mealies/supers. I agree strongly with the above post, it is like offering candy to a child. Of course the child will always choose the hershey bar over the apple, but does that mean the hershey bar is better for them. Think about this seriously man, your gecko's health may be at stake.
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like stina said...no need to insult the guy..its all a learning experience....now the question was can he feed his gecko these all the time and the obvious answer is NO...

now once we jumped to the other topic about parasites...it is true that CRICKETS DO HARBOR MORE PARASITES...and ive experienced it first hand spent 200 dollars to get my hi yellow treated when she was only 2 months of age...so now i hate crickets and i stick with mealies...not saying that mealies DON'T have such a chance but it is quite unlikely since raising mealworms cleanly is extremely easy...of course if u are getting ur feeders from good sources...theres no need to worry...so feeding crickets isn't a bad thing..just be careful...also remember crickets run around...so when they aren't eaten u won't have any idea if it touched/ate/covereditselfin...ur geckos poo..reintroducing bacteria or whatever harmful stuff there is to ur geckos....now people like stina are clearly aware of that...and thats why she has no problem...i personally give parasitic crickets the benefit of the doubt...well..actually i experienced their wrath first hand...but like i said..if u are knowledgable...and have a good feeder source...*which is most if u ask me...rarely do u have bad sources...especially when ordering via mail*....

boidsntegus...i think we are ALL aware that crickets are much more nutritionally beneficial than say waxies and pinkies...they just kinda went o/t to talk about parasites....
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"you won't know success if you haven't failed..."-eric chen
1.1.1 Hi-Yellow Leopard Geckoes
0.0.2 Blizzards
0.1.0 Western (Plains) Hognose Snake
0.1 Boxer Dog