Can Geckos eat mealworm beetles?

[Sandyballs]

Can they eat the mealworms beetles, I'm not breeding and i have a few so can i give them to my leopard gecko?....They seem to be more active then mealworms so I think that'll make her happy
why and why not?

 

[BioWorkZ]

Hahaha, I asked the exact same question on the following thread/link:

http://geckoforums.net/showthread.php?t=49795

 

[Sandyballs]

Hahaha, I asked the exact same question on the following thread/link:

http://geckoforums.net/showthread.php?t=49795

haha
So you think its okay if I feed it thw white ones?

 

[BioWorkZ]

I personally wouldn't try it.

 

[robin]

geckos wont eat them. they have a stink. i have never know a leopard gecko to eat mealworm or super worm beetles.

 

[Srt14292]

geckos wont eat them. they have a stink. i have never know a leopard gecko to eat mealworm or super worm beetles.

+1

 

[latshki]

I have a video of my aft eating one

 

[robin]

does he eat them on a normal basis? :O

 

[GeckoNub]

I gave Yoshi one once and he grabbed it, bit it then spat it back out again so im guessing they dont taste too nice :sick:

On a side note i once gave him a waxworm moth and he yummed it down and seemed to love it, wings were a bit chewy though :laugh4:

 

[blsmit]

Chewy (leopard gecko) wouldn't go for them but, my friends bearded dragons love them.

 

[Sandyballs]

geckos wont eat them. they have a stink. i have never know a leopard gecko to eat mealworm or super worm beetles.

well I tried it and she ate it........8)

 

[robin]

i wonder what the nutritonal info is like on them. i know they have a hard shell on em, so that might be hard to pass. eww mealie beetles

 

[Coils]

I had a few that I didn't plan on breeding and wanted to see if Gizmo would eat them...I guess he might be one weird gecko because he likes them! He eats them whenever they are offered, though he still likes the plain old meal worms best.

He also eats the pupas if they wiggle!

 

[erik]

My girl just ate a beetle, no problems so far...

Recently I suddenly saw a beetle prancing through my tank, it was not reddish but more black, probably a diff type of flour beetle? It kinda freaked me out because apparently it had been pupating somewhere. I only feed crickets, waxworms and meaworms and only the latter turn into beetles as far as i know

 

[Khrysty]

My girl just ate a beetle, no problems so far...

Recently I suddenly saw a beetle prancing through my tank, it was not reddish but more black, probably a diff type of flour beetle? It kinda freaked me out because apparently it had been pupating somewhere. I only feed crickets, waxworms and meaworms and only the latter turn into beetles as far as i know

They're white when they first come out of the pupa stage. Then they turn reddish, then jet black. You probably just saw an old beetle....

My leos will eat the pupae. Only Jasper will touch the beetles, though

 

[erik]

Thanks Khrysty! That explained a lot

 

[Khrysty]

Thanks Khrysty! That explained a lot

Yep, np