Fiber???

[Blizzard Lizard]

Is fiber good or bad for leos?

 

[Baoh]

Vegetable fiber has no place, however, insect chitin is effectively fiber. Every time they feed on arthropod prey, they are getting their needs in that regard, assuming there is one.

 

[Blizzard Lizard]

I was reading that superworms had alot of fiber and didnt know if it was good or bad.

 

[malgecko]

i think the fiber of superworm should be the same as insect chitin. from my experience, superworm can be digested easily if compare to mealworm.

 

[ElapidSVT]

fiber helps animals have enough bulk in their poop to move it easily through the digestive tract, tho it has no food value, being indigestable. when a gecko preys on insects, it also ingests the food that the prey has eaten, including vegetable fiber. whether this is 'necessary' is possibly debatable, whether it is natural isn't.