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 #1724044


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 My Leopard Gecko (bout time for her to get something nice)

Hi yes i have a leopard gecko she’s the sweetest one you will ever meet only bit once but it was because i was holding a cricket she wanted noew the nicest thing she gets is a mouseso i think its about time for her to get something nice kind of a payback thing. heres a pic of her



05/03/08  12:35pm

 #1724164


Jakemyster44
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   Message To: TBShot   In reference to Message Id: 1724044


 My Leopard Gecko (bout time for her to get something nice)

kinda hard to read, but did you say you were giving her a mouse? you shoiuldnt really feed leos meat.



05/03/08  03:43pm

 #1724172


TBShot
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   Message To: Jakemyster44   In reference to Message Id: 1724164


 My Leopard Gecko (bout time for her to get something nice)

A zoo keeper from NC zoo we used to hang out and he gave me her and told me to feed her baby mice
05/03/08  03:52pm

 #1724225


Hacksaw
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   Message To: TBShot   In reference to Message Id: 1724172


 My Leopard Gecko (bout time for her to get something nice)

I don’t know why everyone insists that Leopard Geckos eat Pink Mice/Mice. They key word in their diet is insectivors. Meaning that they are not designed to digest cartilidge (which is what a Pink Mouse is mainly made of), bones, and hair/fur. Nor can they digest Veggies/Greens (Wasn’t the main concern, just thought I’d throw that in there as well). The only prey items you can feed a Leopard Gecko is Crickets, Silkworms, Superworms, Discoud Roaches, and Mealworms. The point is, they are insectivors, and nothing else.

Just because someone works at a Zoo doesn’t mean the information is always going to be 100% accurate.

Anyway, you have a very nice gecko, and would hate to see anything happen to her because of a simple mistake that can be easily avoided.



05/03/08  05:38pm

 #1724294


Hacksaw
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   Message To: Hacksaw   In reference to Message Id: 1724225


 My Leopard Gecko (bout time for her to get something nice)

I also noticed that she has some left over skin on the tips of her toes. You could remove this by either placing her in a sink of luke warm water up to her elbows. Or you could take a wet Q-Tip and gently rub it on the place where the skin was unsuccesfully taken off. Make sure you always provide a humid hide to aid the gecko in shedding.



05/03/08  07:43pm

 #1724450


TBShot
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   Message To: TBShot   In reference to Message Id: 1724172


 My Leopard Gecko (bout time for her to get something nice)

then explaine why she enjoys them so much? and were we are realy good friends and ill trust him before i trust some of you guys
05/03/08  10:08pm

 #1724507


Hacksaw
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   Message To: TBShot   In reference to Message Id: 1724450


 My Leopard Gecko (bout time for her to get something nice)

Quote:

then explaine why she enjoys them so much?


Just because she will eat them doesn’t mean she should.
Can I eat a McDonald’s Cheeseburger? Yes. Is it good for my health. No.


Quote:

some of you guys


Don’t expect any nice responses after that comment.



05/03/08  11:04pm

 #1724512


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   Message To: TBShot   In reference to Message Id: 1724450


 My Leopard Gecko (bout time for her to get something nice)

Small mice and pinkies can give a leo two things: One is septic bowel from impaction, where the bones of the mouse (especially a fuzzy) would lodge in the gut of the leo and tear things open. The second, which is far more common, is Fatty Liver Disease. Pinkies are mostly all fat and little in the way of nutrition. They’re sometimes given to pregnant females once every month or two, but that’s only to keep weight up from the egg laying. If you feed too many too often, the fat and junk in the pinky will lead to obesity, which will then lead to the liver getting trashed from trying to filter too much of it. After that the liver is damaged or shuts down, the leo has toxins running loose in its body, and it dies a rather terrible death.

Think of a pinky as five BigMacs in a SuperSized meal at McD’s. If you eat five BigMacs every day and that’s all you eat, you’re going to get very sick, fat, and may die from internal complications. The same thing happens with pinkies, waxworms, and other fatty foods. Like BigMacs to people, a leo will like it because it tastes good. It doesn’t necessarily mean it’s good for the leo, though.

We have had deaths from excessive pinky/fuzzy consumption on the leo forum in the far past. Those people thought they were doing fine as well and didn’t know any better. Only one person caught it in time, stopped, and their leo lived with only minor liver damage. The rest died from FLD or septic bowel.

A proper diet for a leo would be soft-bodied insects. Some good choices would be roaches, silkworms, and superworms (though supers can be fatty if fed too much). Other insects on the market that are fine are crickets and mealworms. Avoid Giant Mealworms.
05/03/08  11:09pm

 #1724682


TBShot
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   Message To: KrazyKelli   In reference to Message Id: 1724512


 My Leopard Gecko (bout time for her to get something nice)

i feed her pinkies once a month and mealworms once a week and crickets as her staple die and i made her like a jungle gym for Leos
05/04/08  08:28am

 #1724755


Gecko boy12
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   Message To: TBShot   In reference to Message Id: 1724682


 My Leopard Gecko (bout time for her to get something nice)

to my understanding people who are trying to gratley fatten leos before sale.
05/04/08  11:08am

 #1724972


TBShot
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   Message To: Gecko boy12   In reference to Message Id: 1724755


 My Leopard Gecko (bout time for her to get something nice)

ok just put the whole pinkie thing aside im just trying to do something nice for her and i want some ideas
05/04/08  03:48pm

 #1724983


Hacksaw
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   Message To: TBShot   In reference to Message Id: 1724972


 My Leopard Gecko (bout time for her to get something nice)

You can try feeding Silkworms or upgrade to a bigger tank.



05/04/08  04:04pm

 #1725005


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   Message To: Hacksaw   In reference to Message Id: 1724983


 My Leopard Gecko (bout time for her to get something nice)

yeah im going to get her a bigger tank after my birth day wich is is 21 days so if i get it what kind of set up do you have? pics please
05/04/08  04:20pm

 #1726217


Jakemyster44
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   Message To: TBShot   In reference to Message Id: 1725005


 My Leopard Gecko (bout time for her to get something nice)





Those are my setups.

Ok, I know you said put te pinkie thing aside, and that your zoo freind said to feed her pinkies. it is true that some people feed pinkies with supposedly know problem, but in the long runn it will DEFINATLY catch up. Crickets and mealies are fine, the nices possible thing you can do is simply stop buying/feeding pinkies. I will drop the subject on that note, and hope that you greatly consider what I have said.



05/05/08  06:52pm

 #1726223


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   Message To: Jakemyster44   In reference to Message Id: 1726217


 My Leopard Gecko (bout time for her to get something nice)

not to start a quarel but in hacksaws defence Hacksaw is a very well educated person(Ok this is killing me, Hacksaw are you a guy or a girl?, lol) I deffinatly respect his/her opinion and know that s/he takes great care of his/her pets.



05/05/08  06:56pm

 #1727676


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   Message To: Jakemyster44   In reference to Message Id: 1726223


 My Leopard Gecko (bout time for her to get something nice)

I tell you I like the plain tank much better than the rest lol nice setups though
05/06/08  11:01pm

 #1728198


Jakemyster44
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   Message To: Luckyherps   In reference to Message Id: 1727676


 My Leopard Gecko (bout time for her to get something nice)

thanks. I like to make atleast sortof natural looking cages.



05/07/08  03:26pm

 #1728385


Hacksaw
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   Message To: Jakemyster44   In reference to Message Id: 1728198


 My Leopard Gecko (bout time for her to get something nice)

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Ok this is killing me, Hacksaw are you a guy or a girl?


dude.....lol
05/07/08  05:31pm

 #1729521


Jakemyster44
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   Message To: Hacksaw   In reference to Message Id: 1728385


 My Leopard Gecko (bout time for her to get something nice)

Thought so (your usernname) but i didnt want to risk you being a girl and calling you he, the ladies usually dont like to be mistaken for a man, haha.
05/08/08  05:29pm

 #1730003


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   Message To: Jakemyster44   In reference to Message Id: 1729521


 My Leopard Gecko (bout time for her to get something nice)

its ok for leopard geckos teo eat pinkies but only one, and they should really only be fed during a pregnancy or after maybe its just after but anyways its ok to occasionally feed them but only one two max a year not two in a row but two spread out by months
05/09/08  01:26am


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