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Higgy · Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 7:48 pm Post subject: Live food for crested Gecko

I want to feed my new crested geckos live food as well as CGD and fruit puree. Ive got some small crickets at the moment but the missus dint like em. Is there any other live food i could give that's not "as creepy"? Can i feed Wax worms or are they too fatty? The geckos are only about 8wks old.Any help is greatly appreciated. Many thanks. Paul

Phil1988 · Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 8:02 pm Post subject:

Locusts maybe? If she didn't like crix then I doubt she will like roaches so maybe theyre out of the question Cool

Higgy · Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 8:35 pm Post subject:

She doesn't like crickets or locusts or roaches. I know they cant be fed meal works due to the hard skin. So can they be fed wax worms?? Or is there any other live foods?

Phil1988 · Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 8:37 pm Post subject:

The odd waxworm won't do any harm.

Higgy · Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 8:40 pm Post subject:

How often can you feed the wax worms?? I want something i can feed every few days.

Phil1988 · Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 8:48 pm Post subject:

A couple every few weeks I'd say so not something you can give as a staple really. Surely the missus can put up with a few teeny locusts Cool

Higgy · Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 9:08 pm Post subject:

The thing is Ive got size 4crickets but they have a few bigger 1s in which chirp and she hates it and its hard to get the smaller ones out. Plus shes scared they will escape.

Phil1988 · Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 9:15 pm Post subject:

Well locusts make no noise, don't really smell, aren't particularly fast moving so you can easily catch them if you did drop one. Also they don't 'hide' like crickets or roaches would.

Higgy · Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 9:59 pm Post subject:

How small can u get locusts? my geckos are only very small. 1 ate last night but not ate 2day. But i think the crickets may be to big. 1 seemed scared of them when they moved it ran away. Thanks for all the help so far Phil.

Phil1988 · Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 10:18 pm Post subject:

No worries on the help. Also you can get tiny locusts and because they climb about and dont hide then cresties usually love to stalk them and catch them. As a bit of a rule try and feed livefood items that are no bigger than the distance between their eyes. But a little bigger or smaller won't hurt. I'll just go find you some measurements on locusts and get back to you as quick as I can Wink

Where abouts in Manc are you too matey? Cool