I have this book on leopard geckos and I was reading through it again today and it said aswell as the crickets mealworms and waxworms I could feed bugs from the garden every now and then has anybody done this before, what do you think?

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My Herps
2 Leopard Geckos
1 Emperor Scorpion
1 Chille Rose Tarantula
1 Western Hognose
1 Royal Python
3 Corn Snakes
4 Giant African Land Snails
1 Tail-less Whip Scorpion
1 Goliath Birdeating Tarantula (t.blondi)
1 Columbian Rainbow Boa
1 Guyana Pink-toe Tarantula

Unless you know they are free from pesticides, I would not feed bugs from outside.

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MARSHA

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I think it is a bad idea, you never know what you are going to get.
Garden bugs could have ingested a poisonous plant or they could have been sprayed with a pesticide. Both could be bad news for your gecko.
Even if you don't use pesticide on your garden bugs move around, they could pick something up at your neighbors.

Also the could be harboring parasites.

If you are looking for a new treat buy some silkworms.

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I would say no. Those bugs have a big chance of having chemicals on it, even if you don't use chemicals in your garden. Bugs travel and could have fertilizer and pesticides from other yards.

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My name is Liz
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Also the bugs themselves could be dangerous, they could bite, be toxic or have hard exoskeletons that cause impaction.

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ok thanks I wasnt sure so thought I best ask you guys

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My Herps
2 Leopard Geckos
1 Emperor Scorpion
1 Chille Rose Tarantula
1 Western Hognose
1 Royal Python
3 Corn Snakes
4 Giant African Land Snails
1 Tail-less Whip Scorpion
1 Goliath Birdeating Tarantula (t.blondi)
1 Columbian Rainbow Boa
1 Guyana Pink-toe Tarantula

Some specialtly pet stores have different assortments of safe bug's ( Flys, Beetles etc. ). Ask around if your looking for a different item menu.

If your leo's large enough you could try superworms. I feed them to my skink as treats every once in awile.

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