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#2261261 MandibleHead View Profile	A thought on feeding was just thinkin, uknoqw if ueat smaller amounts through the dy udgest faster resulting in eating more at the end of the day? well instead of givin the baby geck crickets n stuff until he stups eatn, what if i gave say one every hour or 2 or 3 through the day, by the end of the day hed have eaten more. and as i understand u have to feed thebbys as much as ucan? whats your thoughts on that?
04/03/12  01:56pm
#2261267 KrazyKelli View Profile	Message To: MandibleHead   In reference to Message Id: 2261261  A thought on feeding You can if you want, but it seems a tad time consuming. You don’t eat a small meal every hour. Leopard geckos, and all reptiles, have an extremely slow metabolism. They can hold food in their systems quite a long time more than mammals, and can live much longer without food. The metabolism and growing rate of hatchlings is faster, but not nearly as fast as people. Then there’s the whole thing about making sure the leo eats everything. Leopard geckos are nocturnal and sleep all day. You’d continually be waking the guy up to eat 3+ meals a day, putting stress on him. He may not want to eat every cricket given to him, which could freak you out. Then you’d have to spend a ton of extra time catching those uneaten crickets. Those are just my thoughts on the matter. I just randomly remembered something. Did you know that some people in India and the Middle East (depending on religion and family) only eat one meal a day, at night, as much as they can in one sitting? They’re all fine and fit. Just saying. It’s fascinating.
04/03/12  02:14pm
#2261268 Lani123 View Profile	Message To: KrazyKelli   In reference to Message Id: 2261267  A thought on feeding What Kelli said.
04/03/12  02:18pm
#2261269 MandibleHead View Profile	Message To: Lani123   In reference to Message Id: 2261268  A thought on feeding ya that makes good sense what u said. and hmm interesting . i just measured him. hes xactly 9 centimeters, and i think hes begining a shed
04/03/12  02:23pm

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