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what's the deal with the meal worms...........

This is what our member has to say: so it was highly recommended to me that I give aprox. 3 meal worms a day to my geckos. all good, right. no one eats ...


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03-03-2006, 04:28 PM
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what's the deal with the meal worms...........

so it was highly recommended to me that I give aprox. 3 meal worms a day to my geckos. all good, right.
no one eats them!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i still offer them on a daily basis, yet I'm feeling as if this is a ridiculous act in futility.
any substitutes someone could recommend, oh and wax worms give me the same result. they are not into them as well.
thanks
peace to all.................

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Hehe...my Sally wouldnt touch mealies untill well after her hunger strike..but after I started feeding her pinkeys she began to eat anything/everythign I put infront of her all I can say is just keep trying

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Are they leopard geckos that you are speaking of?


With my leopard geckos, I put a few different types of worms together in a little bowl. The bowl has to be short so the gecko will notice the commotion. Superworms are super active so they stir up the mealies. The same works with waxworms too. Waxworms and mealworms are not exciting until I make them into a worm salad.

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aaahhhh.............tiva, i like what you had to say. i will try it.
and yes, 1 is a gecko, the others are a crestie and a skunk.
i figured more protein for all is nothing but a good thing.
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Guinevere, one of my gargoyles has an issue with mealworms. He either eats them all or doesn't touch them. I believe it's due to their size but I haven't yet figure it out.
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hey.......
I altered the depth of the dish I was using.......
my skunk and leopard are dabbling with them but my crestie is going to townnnnnn............man, he's chowing and beefing up to boot. thank god.
i recall when I first got him, he was soooo tiny and lacking in girth, i thought for sure I was doomed, actually the doom was in his fait. now he's thriving and looking all studly, right on.....
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