How often do you feed your leopard geckos?įor the first year of their life it was every evening, however if we went away for a night, we would leave extra mealworms or roaches just to sustain them until we are home the next day. ![]() Mealworms 120g tub – £4.49 + free postage Silkworm Mulberry Chow – £2.50 + £3.40 postage I live in central London and I find this to be the cheapest and most convenient option (I don’t live anywhere near a pet store supplying insects!)ĭubia Roaches – 50 small roaches – £3.33 + (£4.79 postage)ĥ0 Phoenix Worms (Calci worms) – £6.99 + free postage I don’t always have a supply of silkworms but I will continue to buy them because they have a really good nutritional profile so they’re just about worth the extra effort. They need to be fed a very specific diet of mulberry leaves or mulberry chow ONLY, they die very easily due to things like too much moisture or germs from your hands, and they don’t move around a lot so they’re less stimulating for my geckos. Last but certainly not least, they can’t crawl out of smooth surfaces, so I can put them in a dish and forget about them, without worrying they’ll get lost in the vivarium.Īs mentioned above, I don’t bother with crickets, but aside from that, my least favourite has to be silkworms, mainly because they are expensive and so difficult to look after! They are easy to keep and low maintenance, they have a good nutritional value and contain a high moisture content, they move around a lot and my geckos seem to LOVE them, and they have a relatively soft shell so I don’t need to worry about them giving my geckos digestive problems. I like different insects for different reasons, but I must say that my favourite all-rounder has to be dubia roaches. ![]() Also they’re noisy, smelly, and they stress out my geckos who are usually too lazy to catch them… the list goes on. My leos haven’t had crickets since they were very young – I find them too much of a hassle considering the nutritional content isn’t that great anyway. ![]() I believe it’s important to feed my leopard geckos as much of a varied diet as I can provide.Ĭurrently my regular feeders are: mealworms, dubia roaches, phoenix worms (aka calci worms), silkworms, locusts, and the occasional waxworm. I feed them a mixture of insects each having its own set of positive attributes and drawbacks. Over the next month I will follow up this post with several more giving a more detailed overview of the various insects I use. On my Instagram page I get quite a few messages asking questions about the insects I use to feed my leopard geckos, so this has prompted me to do a short blog post about my feeding routine.ĭisclaimer: This is what works for me and my geckos, keeping them healthy and happy – I’m not saying that everybody should do what I do.
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