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Hey everyone,

I recently got a few leopard geckos for my wife's classroom. I'm experienced with snakes and some lizards and turtles, but leos are new to me.

One thing I noticed is that the four I got seem to have no interest in mealworms and only go after the wax worms if I dangle the worms in front of their faces.
Also, the wax worms I got don't seem to eat anything and don't last long, so I'm worried they might not be providing enough nutrition to the geckos. What do you guys think?

I've been feeding the leos crickets since we got them in October and they are all healthy and happy. I just wanted to provide them with some nutritional variety.
Currently, I feed the crickets a mix of carrots, Ghann's cricket chow and Fluker's Orange cubes. I dust them with calcium (w/o D3). Do any of you recommend different supplements?

Thanks.
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Hi just wanted to let you know that waxworms should only be a treat maybe couple times a month because they have a very high fat content. Don't worry about them not eating mealworms if they didn't start on them as babies it is hard to get them on them. You could try Phoenix worms or roaches as well.
As for gutloading the crickets I personally use a dry receipe I do a mixture of 4 cups chick mash or hog mash,4 cups crushed dry dog and/or cat food,11/2 cups fish flakes,1 cup dry milk, and 1/4 cup calcium powder. sometimes I add rolled oats too. This is a dry mixture and my crickets love it. I also feed them the fresh vegies such as carrots,potatos, zucchini which they love, lettuce and apples. The fresh vegies give them their liquids so I don't have to worry about gels or any other water source. I keep a dish of this dry mixture and fresh vegis in the crickets container at all times. In the long run it is much cheaper then any store bought stuff.
You should also be using calcium with D3 and a vitamin powder for dusting. I personally mix a little of each powder together for dusting and I dust mine 4 out of 5 feedings. You also should have a small dish of straight calcium with D3 in their tank. Hope this has helped