KellenJCole
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Hello Forum,
I am 13 and I am looking to purchase a leopard gecko to keep as a pet at some point. The thing standing in the way of me getting a reptile right now is that my mom seems to be very against having live bugs crawling around the house or even just in a refrigerator somewhere. If I were to get a leopard gecko, I would definitely feed it mealworms because they are the least disgusting bug out of roaches, crickets, and mealworms to my mom. The problem is, mealworms quickly turn into pupa/beetles. If my mom found beetles in our house she would scream so loud birds on the other side of the planet would get scared and fly away. So how could I feed my gecko mealworms without ending up with beetles? The only way I could imagine doing this is to buy around 50 at a time to feed to him/her during the week so all the mealworms would be gone before having a chance to turn to pupa/beetles. I know that you can put mealworms in a fridge to slow down their bodies which would cost them to not mutate so fast. The problem with that is that I would not be able to feed the mealworms to make them nutricious because they don't eat fast when their bodies are slowed down. Also would it be dumb to get a mini fridge to hold live food in?
TLDR: How can I keep mealworms as food without them turning to pupa/beetles.
TLDR: Should I get a mini fridge to keep live food in so my mother doesn't have mealworms living next to her food.
TLDR: It will be very hard to convince my mother to allow me to get a leopard gecko without a guarantee she wouldn't have to deal with its food or anything.
TLDR: If I kept mealworms in the fridge would they be able to get the food needed to be nutritious to my gecko?
Please help and take this seriously as I am very set on getting myself a pet reptile! Thanks
I am 13 and I am looking to purchase a leopard gecko to keep as a pet at some point. The thing standing in the way of me getting a reptile right now is that my mom seems to be very against having live bugs crawling around the house or even just in a refrigerator somewhere. If I were to get a leopard gecko, I would definitely feed it mealworms because they are the least disgusting bug out of roaches, crickets, and mealworms to my mom. The problem is, mealworms quickly turn into pupa/beetles. If my mom found beetles in our house she would scream so loud birds on the other side of the planet would get scared and fly away. So how could I feed my gecko mealworms without ending up with beetles? The only way I could imagine doing this is to buy around 50 at a time to feed to him/her during the week so all the mealworms would be gone before having a chance to turn to pupa/beetles. I know that you can put mealworms in a fridge to slow down their bodies which would cost them to not mutate so fast. The problem with that is that I would not be able to feed the mealworms to make them nutricious because they don't eat fast when their bodies are slowed down. Also would it be dumb to get a mini fridge to hold live food in?
TLDR: How can I keep mealworms as food without them turning to pupa/beetles.
TLDR: Should I get a mini fridge to keep live food in so my mother doesn't have mealworms living next to her food.
TLDR: It will be very hard to convince my mother to allow me to get a leopard gecko without a guarantee she wouldn't have to deal with its food or anything.
TLDR: If I kept mealworms in the fridge would they be able to get the food needed to be nutritious to my gecko?
Please help and take this seriously as I am very set on getting myself a pet reptile! Thanks