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#1854200
Lisiate
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 AWW man! please help
I have a leopard gecko and when i feed her crickets the crickets hide and she never sees them and when i feed her freeze dried meal worms (dead) from petclub she wont eat them? what should i do?
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09/08/08 12:29am
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#1854260
3240
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Message To: Lisiate In reference to Message Id: 1854200
AWW man! please help
Your gecko is nocturnal. Crickets tend to come out of hiding during the night just in time for your gecko to catch them.
Don’t waste your money on dead bugs.
You can also try using mealworms (live) if you’d prefer. Put them in a small dish and your gecko will eat out of the dish at night.
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09/08/08 03:03am
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#1854334
AditiLuna
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Message To: 3240 In reference to Message Id: 1854260
AWW man! please help
try putting a small dish with carrots and such in the tank. it will draw the crickets out, just dont leasve it in too long or it’ll rot and get smelly.
Also, food variety is best - try sites like MulberryFarms.com for more nutritious foods that dont run away - like silkies and goliaths :)
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09/08/08 08:33am
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#1854344
BooByVu
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Message To: Lisiate In reference to Message Id: 1854200
AWW man! please help
Hmm cant really help with crickets....The only time i feed crickets is to my picky eater and I pick off the back legs so they cant jump or run too fast. Other then that I hand feed to my mack super snow...shes blind....
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09/08/08 08:43am
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#1854683
Lisiate
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Message To: BooByVu In reference to Message Id: 1854344
 AWW man! please help
ok thank you
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09/08/08 05:45pm
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#1856895
Cesaro
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Message To: Lisiate In reference to Message Id: 1854683
AWW man! please help
What I do is put the crickets in a container and put them in the fridge for 10 mins maybe 15. It slows them down and makes them sleep. Then I put them in the cage with my leo and they slowly start to move she runs at them and eats them up.
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09/11/08 03:27pm
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#1856925
Yasha
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Message To: Cesaro In reference to Message Id: 1856895
AWW man! please help
I do the same thing quite often so that theya re slower. I have to take the whole top off the tank in order to feed and I hate having the bigger crickets jump right back outagain, ususally onto me...
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09/11/08 03:59pm
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#1856957
Manderzratz
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Message To: Lisiate In reference to Message Id: 1854200
AWW man! please help
i remove his house and rocks until he eats. once he’s done (i sit and watch for the 5-10 minutes), i take whatever he doesn’t want and replace his stuff. that way they don’t hide. i use carpet too.
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09/11/08 04:51pm
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#1857112
GatorGirl286
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Message To: Manderzratz In reference to Message Id: 1856957
AWW man! please help
hey. about the mealworms in the bowl thing....do the mealworms not climb out of there? bc when i put mealworms in the tank for my leo they always end up crawling towards the edge of the tank to hide between the edges of my substrate and the sides of the tank. those little guys can crawl between just about anything it seems like. i always figured they’d crawl right out of the bowl, so i never thought to do it.
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09/11/08 07:32pm
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#1857382
Modestmouse
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Message To: GatorGirl286 In reference to Message Id: 1857112
AWW man! please help
If you have a bowl that’s tall enough (all smooth edges) that they can’t just get out but is low enough that your gecko can still get into it, you should be fine. I personally wait for my gecko to come out & drop them relatively close to him one at a time until he doesn’t touch them for a few minutes. Patient process, but I get to watch him eat, so it’s cool.
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09/11/08 11:02pm
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