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1.0 Blizzard Bill
1.0 Hypo stripe 100% het Rainwater from JL (BJ)
1.0 HypoTang from Crested (Apricot)
1.0 Tremper Albino Hypo (Cloud)
0.3 Normal/Hi-Yellow Leopard gecko (Beatrice, Goldie (now w/SD), Freckles, Pepper)
0.1 SHCT Leopard Gecko (Brite)
0.1 Tangy Mutt Leopard Gecko (Rainbow)
0.0.2 Corn Snakes (MIA)
RIP Peaches, Ghost

don't feed bananas to your feeder mealies: their phosphorus to calcium ratio is so high, it would surely give your leos extreme calcium deficiencies. it's really high, i think something like 3:1.
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marla
currently: 0.0.9 catfish, 0.1 ferrets, 2.8.3 leopard geckoes, 0.0.13 oriental fire-bellied toads, and 0.2.0 sugar gliders

thx! I knew 6they were high in phos. D'oh! I was thinking high fiber. how about just peels?
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1.0 Blizzard Bill
1.0 Hypo stripe 100% het Rainwater from JL (BJ)
1.0 HypoTang from Crested (Apricot)
1.0 Tremper Albino Hypo (Cloud)
0.3 Normal/Hi-Yellow Leopard gecko (Beatrice, Goldie (now w/SD), Freckles, Pepper)
0.1 SHCT Leopard Gecko (Brite)
0.1 Tangy Mutt Leopard Gecko (Rainbow)
0.0.2 Corn Snakes (MIA)
RIP Peaches, Ghost

Aside from the calhos ratio (which I did not know, thanks marla) I do know that the peels, well they love and devour them, but I fed some to the mealworm beetles and had a pretty bad die-off. I think there's residual pesticide on the peel. Maybe more than on other fruits since ppl dont eat the banana peel. So I would pass unless you washed the banana well with fruit wash before peeling.

what i meant to say was Cal to Phos ratio

you're welcome! i first ran into the lists of ratios while doing research for feeding my sugar gliders- they come in handy when trying to decide what to use to gutload insects as well.

i agree about the pesticides- i would not use non-organic banana peels. plus, i'd assume the peels have the same ratio as the fruit part, until i found out otherwise.
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marla
currently: 0.0.9 catfish, 0.1 ferrets, 2.8.3 leopard geckoes, 0.0.13 oriental fire-bellied toads, and 0.2.0 sugar gliders

could you point me to those lists? do they have Vit A, C and D3 counts too? fiber?
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1.0 Blizzard Bill
1.0 Hypo stripe 100% het Rainwater from JL (BJ)
1.0 HypoTang from Crested (Apricot)
1.0 Tremper Albino Hypo (Cloud)
0.3 Normal/Hi-Yellow Leopard gecko (Beatrice, Goldie (now w/SD), Freckles, Pepper)
0.1 SHCT Leopard Gecko (Brite)
0.1 Tangy Mutt Leopard Gecko (Rainbow)
0.0.2 Corn Snakes (MIA)
RIP Peaches, Ghost

well, sort of. the first list i encountered was in my sugar glider book, by caroline macpherson (i think it only had calcium & phosphorous levels). the onther one i have i got from my vet (i have the same one for all of my pets, they are an exotics practice), and they have a little website @ http://www.swanimalhospital.com/ (i recommend them to anyone in oregon or washington). the other ones i have are just ones i've jotted down while researching food info for sugar gliders online. i think most had only Cah levels. i hope that helps a little bit.
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marla
currently: 0.0.9 catfish, 0.1 ferrets, 2.8.3 leopard geckoes, 0.0.13 oriental fire-bellied toads, and 0.2.0 sugar gliders

They love Apples.

But I still use the good ol' crix unless im trying to fat'n my girls up real nice.