Dimidiata
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Ive been told the giant mealies are prevented from changing into beetles via horomones or chemicals. And are made to grow bigger.
okay awesome... thanks! will 2 be sufficient for our 8 month assuming we're trying to have her gain some weight? shes healthy but not full like everyone i see on here. we just got a scale today so by Wednesday we'll have her weighed to find out exactly her situation.
okay well heres the deal...
our leo will not eat more than 2 crickets at this point and thats with MUCH effort on our end chasing the cricket, getting it to stay still in front of her and thats IF she'll eat it.
mealworms are always a huge success with her but we always hear about needing to change diet, not feed too many mealworms because of impaction, not enough meat contained in it (not nutritious enough).
We ordered phoenix worms with many suggestions favoring them on the forums but with further research we've seen that they sometimes will poop a full phoenix worm, regurgitate them, or not eat them period (which has been the most common result)
my girlfriend is terrified to feed the leo a hornworm because of the horn on top and she works with them often in bio and says the horn is rather sharp...
silkworms require the special leaves and may be too big for her right now not to mention expensive little buggers.
waxworms and butterworms are too fatty and i can't feed them on a constant basis.
and finally roaches aren't okay with our landlord. she had issues with the last person raising them in their apartment and she was not pleased.
so basically, what is a staple food i can offer the gecko that can just put all of this at rest? I just want to be able to end my searching the internet constantly for a food that she WILL eat, and it be nutritious enough? if she would just be satisfied with crickets like she was the first several months we wouldnt be having this problem but here I am.
So guys... help me out. I ordered the necessary calcium without d3, multivitamins from repti-cal and of course already had the repashy plus. that being said, what can we feed her that will just end my stressful time here?