I have had an increase in infertile eggs and i was wondering if it was related to the fact that I have been feeding my geckos a diet exclusively of waxworms for the past 3-4 months. All the geckos appear to be extremely healthy, and I have been providing them with a dish of Rep-Cal, but females that normally have a high fertility rate have been laying infertile eggs. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Infertile Eggs/ Diet
LivingArtExotics
Jan 03, 2006 10:40 AM
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baseballsls
Jan 03, 2006 10:42 AM
I heard that waxworms should not be fed as the main diet. This could be the cause of the infertility rate.
Shelley1063
Jan 03, 2006 03:35 PM
Waxworms have almost no nutritional value. They are extremely fatty and can lead to fatty liver disease. Yes, this could be your problem. I would get rid of the waxworm right away, was there a reason to decided to feed them strictly waxworms to begin with? Even when these are used to put weight back on a female after breeding season, it is recommended to give only 2-3 once a week.
Any other feeder insect is better for a Leo than waxworms. Good choices would be crickets, superworms, mealworms, silkworms or roaches. And also you need to be gut loading your feeder insects to get the most nutritional value out of them.
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