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need to fatten up my leo

thecheezman069 Jan 12, 2005 08:49 PM

my leo is a juvenile and she needs to get fatter she is not skinny ut very lean do you ahve any tips to fatten her up better

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witeleo Jan 12, 2005 09:45 PM

My females are all eating meal worms now, they all gained about 10% there weight. There tails look like they are about to pop.

Try meal worms.
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witeleo Jan 12, 2005 09:45 PM

and gut load if you use crix
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peachstategeckos Jan 12, 2005 11:32 PM

I agree, try mealworms. I use mealworms as the staple diet and all my geckos are huge. I got a couple geckos at a show and they were fed crickets, once I started feeding them mealworms they gained like 15g right away.
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lizgirl17 Jan 12, 2005 11:33 PM

Yeah, I'd definately go with mealworms. Crickets are great when they are gutloaded but from my experience hatchling are scrawnier when raised on crix and grow faster on mealworms. This year had my hatchling on crix and they were are small, not skinny, just not growing fast enough. I switched to mealworms and in about a week they all gained at least ten grams.
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