Hi,
I have some questions about wax worms.
1:Is it okay to feed to leopard geckos?
2:Will they get addict and only eat them?
3:How often do you feed them worms?
Thanks in advance.
Wired_Gecko
here is how big my gecko is
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Wax Worms
Wired_Gecko
Aug 24, 2004 10:18 PM
Replies (8)
reptilefreak16
Aug 24, 2004 10:52 PM
Your answers:
1) yes it is ok to feed them to leos. But not as a staple. It is a good fattener some say its the "twinkie" (sp) of the lizard world.
2)They will only get addicted if they are fed mostly as a staple diet. but if fed sparringly they wont get addicted.
3)When my cricket provider ships them (once about every three months)i usually get 250-500 wax worms. I feed them around 3 with around 6 crickets. So they dont get addicted.They are always fed wax worms with crickets never just wax worms. I also have around 25 lizards, so im not sure the exact numbers. sorry. But i feed no more then 3 a feeding.probobly every other day.
Hope this helps.
Reptile
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Wired_Gecko
Aug 24, 2004 11:05 PM
Thanks for the help
LeopardGeckoMan
Aug 25, 2004 03:21 AM
Wow that does not seem like a good diet, i think you should re consider how many wax worms u feed them... But any how to answer your questions.
1) yes you can feed them to your gecko
2) They will get adicted to them if you feed them to many at a time.
3) a safe amount to feed them to your gecko is once a week.
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Wired_Gecko
Aug 25, 2004 09:57 AM
Well im fine with them getting addicted is that bad for them?
reptilefreak16
Aug 25, 2004 11:08 AM
Yes it is bad for them to get addicted, they can get obese from eating it to much.Wax worms dont have much if any nutritional value. Like if you eat too many twinkies....
I dont think my diet it bad for my leos. All of my leos are healthy. Like i said i may only get the wax worms once every three to four months. And my main reason for useing wax worms is to beef up females after breeding. Guess i for got to add in the breeding part.
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4.5.2 leopard geckos (super hypo tangs, blizzards,albinos)
1.0.1 crested geckos
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1.1 texas collared lizards
1.1 veiled chameleons
0.0.1 Bearded dragon
Snarks
Aug 25, 2004 05:17 PM
Aside from being fatty and not nutrious, become addicted to waxworms will mean that they will refuse to eat anything other than waxworms.
I have never fed them to mine but if i were to i would use a variable ratio schedule where it would never be a fixed amount, meaning totally random time intervals so that the leos wouldn't expect or try to hold out for waxworms.
LeopardGeckoMan
Aug 26, 2004 06:27 PM
yes because they wont accept anything else and soon will get to much of the nutrience they give and get too fat.
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LeopardGeckoMan
Aug 26, 2004 06:29 PM
I ment to say they dont give enough nutrience and will make your gecko fat****
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