dry leofood

[daleo]

i found a dry leopard gecko food at the LPS. has anyone ever tried it? i dont think a gecko would eat it because it has no movement. anyones thoughts on this?

dale

 

[sleepyjones]

I've tried this stuff as one of my geckos wasn't eating live food :

My gecko's aren't interested in it at all

 

[Ratman667]

I've seen the stuff. It looks like dead flies, right? Like you said there is no movment, so I doubt they would even give it a second look.

However, I did see a vibrating food bowl at a chain store. Maybe is you put the food on it? I still doubt it would work.

Plus, what I saw was like $12 for a small can that would be gone in about 2 or 3 days. Between my 3 leos, they put away about 150 - 200 large crickets a week.

 

[Dan K.]

that stuff looks like used coffee grounds. yuc!

 

[daleo]

yup thats it! lol didnt think anyone used it with any good results. but wanted to ask before i wasted $5! lol thanks

dale

 

[thestack510]

I don't think dried food is really appealing to them at all. Vibrating food dish?! :main_laugh:

 

[Ratman667]

yup... its made by exo-terra


http://www.exo-terra.com/en/products/vivicator.php

 

[CHAMpion]

Yeah I've seen it at Petsco and it looks like a joke....but what ever floats your boat I guess. Some one suggested buying one and putting my dead crickets in it for my chams.....No thanks

 

[leosrus1970]

I bought the vibrating dish a few weeks again and took it back the very next day, My gecko wouldn't go near it. It made so much noise. I also bought some of that dried food, but she wanted no part of it. I didn't want to throw it out, so I fed it to the crickets and supers. I have some roaches coming any day now, I hope she likes them. I had to order 1,000, They only cost me $28.74 including shipping, so we will see. I really hope she likes them because I really hate crickets.

 

[Ratman667]

i was just pointing that thing out as a joke...

 

[geckoqueen]

I've tried this stuff as one of my geckos wasn't eating live food :

My gecko's aren't interested in it at all

I have tried dried food and usually my Gecko's wont touch it, it has to move.
I know with the flies both Gecko's would never eat it..I know I tried. The dried worms sometimes the orange gecko when he was eating, would sometimes eat the dried worms, not always though. If you are going to feed dried food take some tongs and make the worm move, or do it with your hands..Though this does not always mean the gecko's will still eat it. I know with the flies it did not matter how I made them move with the tongs I had they never touched it. I would just get crickets and if you don't like those, then get live worms that move. Myself I wish I could feed dried food but since it doesn't move there seems to be a problem with it.

 

[DoubleZ]

My babies won't eat anything unless it moves. A few crickets figured out if they sat still enough the geckos would lose interest and walk away.